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 …
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Milwaukee Area Renters Study, conducted by UWSC, featured in Matthew Desmond’s Evicted, the Big Read for 2016-2017
Evicted, the acclaimed book by Matthew Desmond was selected for the UW’s Go Big Read in 2016-2017. http://news.wisc.edu/go-big-read-selects-evicted-for-2016-17/ . In addition to Desmond’s ethnographic and other research, Evicted features findings from the Milwaukee Area Renters …
UWSC and UW Faculty Partner in UW2020 Pilot Study: Wisconsin Study of Family Complexity and Public Policy
Lonnie Berger, Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty and Professor of Social Work, and Nora Cate Schaeffer, Faculty Director of the University of Wisconsin Survey Center and Sewell Bascom Professor of Sociology are …
UWSC Studies cited as landmarks in PAA Presidential Address
In her April 2016 Presidential address to the Population Association of America (PAA), Judith A. Seltzer reviewed significant milestones and issues in family demography in the United States. She highlighted two studies in which the UW …
Chicago Communities Study
UWSC is developing a two-way interaction between laptops (CAPI interview) and tablet devices (touchscreen maps) for in-person interviews about neigborhood knowledge, selection, and segregation.
Longitudinal Study of Generations
UWSC is proud to administer the Longitudinal Study of Generations. In this respected multi generational study, researchers explore the ways family culture is transmitted across generations, and the effects of family life on physical and …
2016 Federal CASIC workshops
Chris Schlapper, Rob Schultz, and Eric White demonstrate collaborative bi-directional data collection using a laptop and a tablet simultaneously in CAPI interviews at the 2016 Federal CASIC workshops (FedCASIC). This is a methodological and technological …
Featured Artist – Zafer Gurel
The University of Wisconsin Survey Center is pleased to offer an exhibition of photographs by artist, Zafer Gurel, on the 4th floor of Sterling Hall. Gurel works as a scientist in the Department of Ophthalmology …
UWSC attends the North American Data Documentation Initiative (NADDI) conference
Brendan Day, Kate Krueger, and Eric White attend the North American Data Documentation Initiative (NADDI) conference in Edmonton, Alberta, CA. UWSC is investigating both how it can best use the DDI standard internally and how …
UWSC receives high praise for its work on the Milwaukee Area Renters Study
March 2016 – UWSC receives high praise for its work on the Milwaukee Area Renters Study (MARS) from Dr. Matthew Desmond, Harvard University Associate Professor of Social Sciences and 2015 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (“Genius Grant”) …