In its May 2nd edition, Inside UW-Madison News shared an update on diversity efforts at UW-Madison. In the article, they described the 18 initiatives to be achieved in phases over a 10- year period. The …
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UWSC survey work at the heart of Pulitzer Prize-winning book Evicted
UWSC client, Matthew Desmond, has won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for his book, Evicted. UWSC collected the in-person survey data for Dr. Desmond’s Milwaukee Area Renter Study (MARS) and Milwaukee Eviction Court Study (MECS). Evicted is based in …
UWSC Staff to participate in the 51st annual International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC)
Many staff from the UWSC will participate in the 51st annual IFD&TC in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 21st – 24th 2017. Staff will participate by giving presentations, leading panel and round table discussions, and …
UWSC researchers examine factors associated with providing biomarkers by mail among graduates in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
UWSC researchers along with collaborators at Loyola University Chicago and UW-Madison recently published findings in Public Opinion Quarterly of a study examining factors associated with compliance to a request to provide a salivary DNA sample …
UWSC staff to participate in the 72nd annual AAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research) Conference
Several staff from the UWSC will present at the annual meeting of the 2017 conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 18-21. As in previous years, …
UWSC’s involvement in Midlife in the US (MIDUS) Study highlighted in Inside UW-Madison News
Inside UW-Madison News January 19th edition focuses on “Telling the tale of midlife in the United States” by examining the Midlife in the US (MIDUS) Study. UWSC has been a collaborator with MIDUS since 2000, …
UWSC staff participate in the 41st annual conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR)
UWSC staff presented papers at the annual meeting of the 2016 conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR) in Chicago, Illinois on November 18-19.
Big Read author and UWSC client Matthew Desmond talks about Evicted
On Tuesday November 1, Matthew Desmond will discuss his book Evicted as part of the UW’s Go Big Read events: https://gobigread.wisc.edu/. Desmond, a MacArthur Fellow who is currently at Harvard, received his Ph.D. in Sociology …
UWSC’s John Stevenson and Kerryann DiLoreto interviewed by Andrew Flowers, of Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight.com
A new article on FiveThirtyEight.com, “How We Undercounted Evictions By Asking The Wrong Questions,” underscores the critical role of UWSC in successfully executing Matt Desmond’s groundbreaking study on eviction in Milwaukee. Over many years and …
Featured Artist – LaRae Fjellman
UWSC is pleased to offer an exhibition of three-dimensional art by LaRae Fjellman, on the 4th floor of Sterling Hall. Hailing from Lindstrom, Minnesota, LaRae Fjellman offers over 40 pieces that display her unique approach …