Celebrating Humanitarianism and Service Across the Globe

Kristhel Vernaza Sanchez was awarded the 2026 Richard Ralph Winter Phoenix Rising Humanitarian Scholarship.

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L&S Student Wins Prestigious Public Service Award

King-Morgridge Scholar Angeline Morgado is the second Badger to ever win the Phi Beta Kappa Key into Public Service Award. 

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Civics & Democracy Collective Highlights L&S Course Options

The new collective just picked up one of the first Wisconsin Exchange grants, which promotes dialogue across difference on campus.

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All the World's a Festival

Sarah Smith Pancheri (Political Science ‘98) is a driving force behind Milwaukee’s annual Summerfest music festival.

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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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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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Ken Mayer in the Washington Post: Presidents don't have Green Lantern-like powers

Professor of political science reminds us that presidents don't possess the power to declassify documents at will.

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Barry Burden in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Trump's attempts to delegitimize 2020 election ignore downballot wins for Republicans

As the Wisconsin Supreme Court declares ballot drop boxes illegal, former President Trump's efforts to have the decision apply retroactively to previous elections preserve his supporters' mistaken beliefs, says the Director of the Elections Research Center.

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Barry Burden in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Gableman elections investigation an "incompetent circus"

As Michael Gableman's investigation of the 2020 Presidential Election in Wisconsin hits its one-year anniversary, the Director of the Elections Research Center says while it has produced no findings, it is having several real impacts.

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