L&S News  Tag: COVID-19

John Eason maps the connections between the pandemic and prisons.

Across UW’s campus, $45 million and 67 new grants were awarded in COVID-19–related research in 2020. In the best tradition of the Wisconsin Idea, L&S researchers have tackled the issue from multiple angles, adding critical insights to the ways in which the pandemic has affected lives in Wisconsin and beyond.

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic forced many courses online last year instructors, such as History Department's assistant professor Mou Banerjee, have been investing great thought and effort into making their virtual classrooms engaging and inclusive.

Nearly 150 UW-Madison students took part in a new kind of class that focused not on traditional subjects, but rather their own minds. The Art and Science of Human Flourishing was designed with first-year students in mind and many students experienced personal growth from life's setbacks and a renewed sense of meaning in their lives.

As part of a series, L&S is taking a look at how professors and students are adapting to teaching and learning during the global coronavirus pandemic. Graduate teaching assistants in an animal anatomy class create an on-the-fly video library.

Professor of Sociology points to high rate of Black incarceration as a central issue.

A graduate student charts the power of music to impact COVID-19 in Africa.

County decarceration efforts made a difference in decreasing new infections and spread of the disease, says Professot of Sociology.

Associate professor of planning and landscape architecture sees potential for pandemic to kickstart social and urban change.