Can Wisconsin’s forests be managed for carbon?

Researchers like Bailey Murphy are looking to Wisconsin forests as a potential solution to maximize carbon sequestration.

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School for the self

Jamie Stark (Journalism/Poli Sci ’12) co-founded Farming Hope in 2016 with the goal of helping un-housed or formerly incarcerated people build community and acquire job and life skills. The non-profit has garnered attention from the highest levels.

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Rachel Banda receives AAUW international fellowship

Teaching assistant in the Department of Communication Arts plans to use the fellowship to hone her teaching skills, the better to serve young students in her home country of Malawi.

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Rebekah Willett in The Atlantic: Children have a shared sense of folklore

And children have no interest in tracing where the games, rhymes, legends and trends they embrace and share come from, Information School professor says.

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Barry Burden in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Absentee voting numbers soar above 2018 midterm elections

The increase is more about changes in voters' preferences than an increase in voters, Director of the Elections Research Center says.

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Hilary Dugan in the Capital Times: Waterfront redevelopment plans must include water quality improvements

As part of one of the teams submitting a design proposal, Professor of Limnology argues that promoting ecology and restoration of the lakefront should be key considerations.

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Barry Burden in Vox: Spilt-ticket voting makes an unexpected return

The Director of the Elections Research Center discusses the historical context of the practice of electing candidates from different political parties for different statewide, congressional, or presidential races

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Humanities, amplified

The Constellations program encourages students to dive into critical questions, while fulfilling gen-ed requirements.

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Nick Buttrick in the Los Angeles Times: Why former slave states became the base of U.S. gun culture

In an op-ed, Professor of Psychology argues that former slave states in the aftermath of the Civil War propagated the idea that guns keep a person safe and secure.

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