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2019 Distinguished Teaching Awards
Plan to halve U.S. child poverty in 10 years presented by UW–Madison professor
Childhood poverty could be reduced by half in 10 years, according to a report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Timothy M. Smeeding, a UW–Madison professor of public affairs and economics, served on the committee that wrote the report.
Q & A: Reducing childhood poverty by half in 10 years
Governor visits research institutes in Discovery Building
Governor Tony Evers, Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes and state Representative Chris Taylor toured the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and the Morgridge Institute for Research in the Discovery Building Tuesday to discuss the importance of state investments in higher education. They met with faculty and staff members and graduate students doing research in such fields as systems biology, psychology, data science, tissue engineering and others.
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The University of Wisconsin–Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background—people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
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The Big Ten Conference announced today that James E. Delany will officially conclude his term as Big Ten Commissioner at the end of his current contract which expires on June 30, 2020. https://t.co/vShsdKrPGI
