“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, flattening entire cities. Florida officials report the storm’s death toll at 83 and climbing. So far, the total damage from …
“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 services on ice because they can’t risk having their providers or patients commit felonies,” Higgins told USA TODAY. “It’s amazing …
“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 of Social Work, in a recent presentation. “Children who attend high quality ECE, especially children from families with low incomes, …
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 behavioral research. Additional Guidelines • PI must have a doctoral degree and a UW or VA appointment • Funds can …
“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.