Civic-science integrates science knowledge with civic practice but differs from the citizen-science prototype by reframing science as a public good and citizens as both recipients of and actors in policy. Authored by Professor Emerita Constance …
Designing solutions, together
The School of Human Ecology had a lot to celebrate during UW-Madison Homecoming Week. Campus leaders, members of the Board of Visitors, and supporters gathered on October 28 for the grand opening of the Dorothy …
Horowitz: Indigenous cultural heritage preservation and the Dakota Access Pipeline
This paper published in The Geographical Journal [the academic journal of the Royal Geographical Society, since 1893] represents a “studying-up” of the controversy over federal regulatory processes regarding protection of Lakota and Dakota cultural heritage …
Dean Shim co-author on award-winning paper in Journal of Family and Economic Issues
Each year, the Family Financial Well-Being Focus Group of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) conducts a search of articles published during the previous year and selects one paper to receive its prestigious award. …
Black Friday comes early this year
“Get in early or potentially miss out.” says Associate Professor Cliff Robb. This year holiday shopping comes with no guarantees. “Don’t wait for the deals this year. That’s a typical Black Friday experience but if …
Kallenborn: Altar project in its seventh year
4W Collaborative Directorship furthers vision of gender equity and global well-being
While the vision of 4W Women & Wellbeing in Wisconsin and the World Initiative is straightforward — make life better for women, make the world better for all —the work itself can be quite complex. …
Kirkorian on effects of social media on children
Professor Heather Kirkorian, Laura M. Secord Chair in Early Childhood Development, discusses recent news surrounding Facebook’s own internal research, and revelations that teenage girls who used Facebook’s Instagram app, suffered from increased concerns about their …
JM Collins: Shared credit card accounts and divorce
“There is no ‘divorce’ variable in the report – so the [credit] score is not formulaically impacted,” says J. Michael Collins, faculty director of the Center for Financial Security in this interview with WalletHub. “But pulling apart …
Alzheimer’s disease associated with Down syndrome: a genetic form of dementia
Adults with Down syndrome develop the neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease and are at very high risk of developing early-onset dementia, which is now the leading cause of death in this population. Diagnosis of dementia remains …