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AAPOR Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement is the Association’s lifetime achievement award and is given for an outstanding contribution to the field of public opinion research, including advances in theory, empirical research, and methods; improvements in ethical standards; and promotion of understanding among the public, media and/or policymakers. AAPOR announced Nora Cate Schaeffer as the Recipient of the 2025 Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement Award.

We are excited to announce the publication of an article that explores “Changes in Public Awareness of the Social Determinants of Health over 15 Years in Wisconsin, United States” by Dr. Stephanie Robert and Amy Yinan Lou.

Project Directors Ken Croes and Jacob Boelter presented a poster highlighting the advantages of using the WisconSays panel to recruit participants for qualitative research. Their presentation and flash talk at the Annual UW-Madison Showcase event on April 17th at Union South featured the innovative uses of the UWSC’s online panel, WisconSays, to recruit participants for qualitative research.

UWSC undergraduate and NextGenPop Fellow Jeremyah Williams presented at the Annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), held in Washington DC from April 10 to 13.

UWSC undergraduate interns Mai Tah Lee and Lev Menzin presented at the 27th annual Undergraduate Symposium on Friday April 25th at Union South. The annual Undergraduate Symposium has been held since 1999 and showcases undergraduate endeavors in multiple areas of study at UW-Madison.

The UW-Madison Showcase, an annual event to highlight organizational improvements and innovations across campus, will take place April 17, and Project Directors Ken Croes, Jacob Boelter, and Nadia Assad, and Faculty Director Jen Dykema, will attend to display a poster titled “Recruiting Participants for Qualitative Research with the Probability-Based Panel WisconSays.”