Year: 2019

A recent study from a Wisconsin think tank suggests that state could increase energy-related jobs and keep money within the state’s borders if it moved away from fossil fuel usage. We turn to the researchers behind …

Moving away from fossil fuels could create thousands of jobs, improve public health, and increase overall economic activity by nearly $14 billion in Wisconsin, according to a new study by COWS.   https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/study-transition-to-renewable-energy-could-create-jobs-in-wisconsin/article_47d444ea-2402-50d3-b018-bd363ab11eb0.html?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wisconsin+state+journal&fbclid=IwAR

Bill Howe will be in Madison for the Thursday, February 7, 2019 Weston Roundtable, please join us for an informal brown bag (pizza n provided) to discuss his research interests in data management, curation, analytics, …

Despite policies meant to encourage alternatives to cars, traffic in cities has actually increased faster than population. n   n From 1990 to 2015, the metropolitan population has gone up some 30 percent while urban …

As director of the UniverCity Alliance at UW-Madison, Gavin Luter tries to bridge the gap between academia and the “real world.”   https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/know-your-madisonian-academia-gets-real/article_08e572bb-4c2e-59cb-94f0-3afbee81cfec.html?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wisconsin+state+journal&fbclid=IwAR36SsC0xdixclhgLUwR41XbdqMVPJIhVq_MPTHWRU

The election win wasn’t just about Congress. Many of the openings for democratic reform will be in the states. n   n “We will have people in charge who are actually interested in the project …

Joel Rogers speaks at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Population Health Sciences (PHS) Monday Seminar on Monday, March 4th, 2019.   Home

Joel Rogers speaks at Middleton High School’s 10th Annual Human Rights Week.   https://mcpasd.k12.wi.us/mhs/human-rights-week-1