This story series explores the impact of investing in women-led wellbeing projects around the world, made possible by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Women’s Philanthropy Council. Women’s Philanthropy in Action: Advancing Women and Wellbeing in …
Human Ecology Communications
Women’s Philanthropy in Action: Advancing Women and Wellbeing in Wisconsin and the World (4W) through high-impact small grants program
By Susan Lampert Smith This is part of a story series highlighting the impact of investing in women-led wellbeing projects around the world. As an alumna and longtime donor to UW causes, Marlene Hartzman appreciates …
Wellbeing Clubs for girls: from Wisconsin to Uganda to Southern California
By Susan Lampert Smith This is part of a story series highlighting the impact of investing in women-led wellbeing projects around the world. The 4W (Women & Wellbeing in Wisconsin & the World) Engagement Grant …
Identifying sex-trafficked patients
By Susan Lampert Smith This is part of a story series highlighting the impact of investing in women-led wellbeing projects around the world. Lara Gerassi, a co-leader of 4W-STREETS (social transformations to end exploitation for …
Latin@ moms supporting new parents
By Susan Lampert Smith Photo by Tania Rivera, provided by Roots4Change Cooperative (Cooperativa Raíces para el Cambio) This is part of a story series highlighting the impact of investing in women-led wellbeing projects around the …
#MeToo: Tracking caste, abuse and soft porn in the Malayali film industry
By Susan Lampert Smith This is part of a story series highlighting the impact of investing in women-led wellbeing projects around the world. Darshana Sreedhar Mini’s research into gender and labor issues in the movie …
Advancing Online Education: New SoHE degree option lights the way for UW–Madison overall
In 2019, well before the changes brought by the novel coronavirus, Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced the goal of providing comprehensive online degree programs for students who are unable to be on campus due to work, family, or other circumstances. This fall, in a first step toward that vision, students began logging on to earn UW–Madison’s first fully online degree: a Bachelor of Science in Personal Finance from the School of Human Ecology.
Material World: The Center for Design and Material Culture centers learning on the objects all around us
When COVID precautions limited in-person gatherings and closed campus galleries, the CDMC quickly adapted. Exhibitions were put online. Social media channels were revamped. And before the end of the summer, the center had launched a new website (cdmc.wisc.edu) as well as CDMC Conversations: live, online discussions between artists, designers, industry professionals, staff, and students.
Experience (Still) Required: Internships set SoHE students apart—even in a work-from-home world
Last spring, as companies and schools scrambled to move online, SoHE students found their summer internships being cancelled. Salvaging those opportunities required moving work online—fast.
See the 2020 Design Studies Student Showcase
View student portfolios at the THREADS website. Watch the Facebook Designer Discussion Event. At this time of the year, we would usually be presenting the TFD showcase in the Design Gallery, which gives the rest …