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Max Besbris quoted by CBS News, “As Floridians recover from Ian, most homeowners in the state do so without flood insurance”
Max Besbris interviewed on WORT, “U.S. Disaster Relief Fails Many”
“On September 28th, Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida. After devastating Puerto Rico and Cuba, the Category 4 storm lashed Florida’s Gulf Coast with 150 mile per hour winds and a 7-foot storm surge, …
Jenny Higgins quoted in USA Today, “After Roe v. Wade, abortion bans from the 1800s became legal matters in these states”
“The ramifications of the old laws are “huge, enormous,” said Jenny Higgins, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and director of the school’s Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE). In Wisconsin, “health care systems are putting their …
Mike Massoglia Co-authors Book on Prisons and Health
Alejandra Ros Pilarz quoted in Appleton Post-Crescent
“The time children spend in child care can affect the rest of their life, said Alejandra Ros Pilarz, an early care and education researcher and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School …
Michal Engelman Interviewed about Continued Declines in US Life Expectancy
Max Besbris co-authors Guest Essay on Climate Change and Managed Retreat of Neighborhoods
Request for Alzheimer’s disease developmental project proposals
The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) Developmental Project Awards offer up to $150,000 to support feasibility studies targeting research in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Proposals may range from basic or biomedical to translational, epidemiological, caregiving, or social …
Max Bebris co-authoed a new book, “Soaking the Middle Class ”
“Soaking the Middle Class ” (Russell Sage Foundation, 242 pages, $37.50) was authored by Rice assistant professor of sociology Anna Rhodes and University of Wisconsin assistant professor of sociology Max Besbris, who was on the faculty at Rice during Harvey. It explores how families in the Houston suburb of Friendswood recovered from the storm and how that process exacerbated economic inequality within the community.