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Human Ecology MS ’22 graduates share capstone projects

Posted on February 1, 2023

From environmental education to board member development, the spring 2021 graduates of SoHE’s applied master’s degree in human ecology address important community opportunities with their final projects.

Posted in School NewsTagged art, civic engagement research, COVID-19, environment, graduate students, Human Ecology MS, Latinx, wellness

Human Ecology MS Students Share Capstone Projects

Posted on May 10, 2021

From environmental education to board member development, the spring 2021 graduates of SoHE’s applied master’s degree in human ecology address important community opportunities with their final projects.

Posted in School NewsTagged art, civic engagement research, COVID-19, environment, graduate students, Human Ecology MS, Latinx, wellness

SoHE News: Aug 28–Sept 3

Posted on September 3, 2020

Wei Dong’s teaching prowess profiled in Madison Magazine, Kerr research briefs examine parents’ mental health in the pandemic, Poehlmann-Tynan on children witnessing violence, Addo and Robb win grant to study transfer student success, and more.

Posted in School NewsTagged art, autism spectrum disorder, child development, Christine Whelan, civic engagement research, Cliff Robb, Connie Flanagan, COVID-19, Design Studies, Fenaba Addo, grants, Jennifer Angus, Julie Poehlmann, Lauren Papp, News & Events, research, Sigan Hartley, student debt, Wei Dong

SoHE News: July 10-July 16

Posted on July 16, 2020

Halpern-Meekin discusses pandemic poverty implications with 1050 Bascom podcast, Collins joins Yahoo! Finance on retirement savings disparities in America, CommNS to host annual fundraising conference online in brief, Whelan offers work-from-home tips on WPR, and more.

Posted in Center for Community & Nonprofit Studies, Dean Shim, Graduate Students, School News, SoHE StudentsTagged Alvin Thomas, Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies, Center for Financial Security, Christine Whelan, civic engagement research, Consumer Science, COVID-19, Dean Soyeon Shim, disability research, financial education, graduate students, grants, Human Development & Family Studies, incarceration research, J. Michael Collins, Junior Scholars Intensive Training, Karen Holden, Mary Beth Collins, Melody Harvey, News & Events, podcast, poverty, racial equity, retirement, Retirement and Disability Research Center, retirement research, Sarah Halpern-Meekin, social poverty, workforce

SoHE News: June 26-July 9

Posted on July 9, 2020

CDMC gallery exhibitions now available online, Kerr TV interview on parenting stresses under COVID-19, Ponto wins data science research grant from American Family Insurance, new food security mapping tool from Bartfeld featured in Mid-West Farm Report, and more.

Posted in Center for Child and Family Well-Being, Center for Community & Nonprofit Studies, Center for Design and Material Culture, Graduate Students, Kohl's Center for Retailing, Ruth Davis Design Gallery, School NewsTagged art, Center for Design and Material Culture, Charles Raison, Christine Whelan, civic engagement research, Civil Society & Community Studies, consumer behavior research, Consumer Science, COVID-19, data, depression, Design Studies, exhibition, food security, graduate students, grants, Human Development & Family Studies, incarceration research, J. Michael Collins, Judi Bartfeld, Julie Poehlmann, Kevin Ponto, Kohl's Center for Retailing, Larissa Duncan, Lauren Papp, Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery, Margaret Kerr, Mary Beth Collins, Mengguo Jing, Nancy Wong, News & Events, retail, Ruth Davis Design Gallery, Sesame Street, Travis Moore, Wei Dong

SoHE News: May 29-June 4

Posted on June 4, 2020

Harvey on alternative financial services in times of crisis, Addo on compounded financial pressures for Black Americans, Hartley on the Alzheimers-Down Syndrome link, Kirkorian on screentime for young children, Ponto on emerging tech trends, and more.

Posted in 100 Women, Alumni, Center for Community & Nonprofit Studies, Graduate Students, Human Devl & Family Studies, School News, SoHE StudentsTagged alumni, Alzheimer's disease, Child Development Lab, Christine Whelan, civic engagement research, Civil Society & Community Research, Connie Flanagan, Consumer Science, COVID-19, Down syndrome, Early Childhood Development, environment, Fenaba Addo, financial stress, graduate students, Heather Kirkorian, Human Development & Family Studies, Kevin Ponto, Kristin Litzelman, Mary Beth Collins, Melody Harvey, News & Events, relationships, Robert Nix, screen time, Summertime Academic Research (STAR) Award, undergraduate, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, youth development studies

SoHE News & Events: Jan 24–30

Posted on January 30, 2020

Tenure for 3 SoHE faculty | Child Development Lab launches new website | Faculty discussion next Tuesday about course release | New research from Kerr | Olive, Fairbanks, Gaddis, and Angus in the news

Posted in Preschool, School News, SoHE Students, This is SoHETagged Carolee Dodge Francis, Center for Financial Security, Child Development Lab, civic engagement research, Civil Society & Community Research, Connie Flanagan, Design Studies, Fenaba Addo, funding opportunities, Jennifer Angus, Jennifer Gaddis, Margaret Kerr, Marianne Fairbanks, News & Events, Peggy Olive, tenure

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