University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) moderated a discussion on Thursday September 3 at 12:00pm (CST) that included front-line workers in healthcare and other essential jobs, as well as those who have lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic. This online event, The Experience of Frontline Wisconsin Workers under COVID-19, was hosted by …
The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) has launched the 2020 edition of their “State of Working Wisconsin” report that tracks the ongoing economic indicators of the COVID-19 crisis in the state. This year’s research took a new approach since there was the unprecedented unfolding of the pandemic, economic crisis, and protests again racial injustice. An …
Josh Garoon, an assistant professor in the UW-Madison Department of Community & Environmental Sociology, studies the sociology of public health. He can address the social, economic, and political dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially health inequalities, and he can speak about how we’ve handled preparedness, planning, and response to COVID-19 and how that has affected …
Cora Marrett will be the next leader of the course and public lecture series, “Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present”. Cora obtained her master’s degree and doctorate in Sociology at UW-Madison and was also a faculty member from 1974-97, with appointments in the departments of sociology and Afro-American studies. Cora also currently serves on …
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 community challenges and projects. Professor Joel Rogers is the Director of COWS and a member of the UniverCity Year Advisory …