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  2. Year: 2019
  3. Month: July

Month: July 2019

Nora Cate Schaeffer Appointed to Research Leadership Post

Posted on July 30, 2019

Nora Cate Schaeffer, professor of sociology, will join the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education on August 19.  She will serve as interim associate vice chancellor for research in the social …

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Sociology Alumnus Elected to Madison School Board

Posted on July 30, 2019

Savion Castro earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology at UW-Madison in 2018, choosing this major for its combination of political science and theory, history, statistics, and methodology.  He now works as a legislative aide for …

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Anna Paretskaya Interviewed about Protest Gathering

Posted on July 18, 2019

Last Friday evening Anna Paretskaya was one of 500 people in Madison protesting the treatment of immigrants and refugees by the U.S. government.  Anna is a lecturer in the Sociology Department and studies political movements.  …

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Sarah “Frankie” Frank Leads Efforts to Aid Immigrants

Posted on July 18, 2019

Knowing that menstruation products are frequently sidelined as necessities during humanitarian crises, graduate student Sarah “Frankie” Frank raised money, put together menstruation kits, and drove to Texas to deliver them to immigrants in need.  She …

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Forthcoming Book on Caregiving by Sociology Alumna

Posted on July 10, 2019

Sociology alumna, Deb Cohan (B.A., 1992), has authored a forthcoming book titled Welcome to Wherever We Are:  A Memoir of Family, Caregiving, and Redemption.  It is published by Rutgers University Press and scheduled to be …

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Outstanding Community-University Partnership Award

Posted on July 10, 2019

UniverCity Year, a community partnership program that is part of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), was recently honored by UW-Madison for its exemplary efforts to collaborate with the Green County Development Corporation to address …

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Cheering for Soccer and Sociology Majors

Posted on July 9, 2019

Fans in the Rathskeller celebrated the U.S. Women’s soccer team’s World Cup championship this week and were proud of UW-Madison alumna Rose Lavelle, one of the team’s star players.  The number of Sociology majors on …

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