Spring Journalist in Residence series explores how media report on critical news stories
UW–Madison’s Journalist in Residence program returns this spring with a series of virtual talks exploring what it means to be a journalist in today’s dynamic, deeply consequential news environment.
“Facing the Future” focuses on the media’s role in reporting on complex and often polarizing subjects. Topics of this semester’s talks range from the evolution of local news coverage to the role of media in the climate change debate.
The journalists are:
Amy Westervelt: Wednesday, April 21, at 7 p.m.
Award-winning journalist and Critical Frequency founder Amy Westervelt will discuss the news media’s role in the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to block climate action and obscure climate science. Westervelt says members of the media must acknowledge and understand their role in this effort and must constantly question the sources of information they lend credence to. Her talk, “Wi
Off to a busy start, data institute responds to COVID and seeks director
The American Family Insurance Data Science Institute’s first two years have been nothing if not eventful.
Last spring, as the campus and state shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, AFIDSI responded to the need for mathematical modeling to guide policy decisions and public health outreach. Within weeks, the institute had convened a team of leaders and experts from across the U.S. The COVID-19 Research Group met daily in the early weeks of the pandemic, creating models and sharing findings as quickly as possible.
New Data Science degree emerges as the fastest growing major at UW-Madison April 8, 2021 By Nicole Herzog
Data Science is one of the most rapidly emerging career sectors in the nation, as it finds new uses for increased computing power is used across a wide variety of fields. Here, bundles of orange data cables connect arrays of computer servers in the Space Science and Engineering Center Data Center at UW–Madison. Photo: Jeff Miller
From February through June, we will highlight the ways that UW–Madison powers the state’s economy through research and innovation, educates the next generation and reaches out to Wisconsinites to improve their lives. April’s theme is Innovation. Watch for more at #CantStopABadger and #UWimpact on social media. Your support can help us continue this work.
Build employee skills and member satisfaction with a valuable degree
March 23, 2021 by UW-Madison
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The University of Wisconsin–Madison offers an exciting opportunity for your employees to upgrade their knowledge and increase your credit union members’ satisfaction: an online Bachelor of Science in Personal Finance from UW–Madison Online.
Ranked the #2 personal finance degree in the U.S. by WealthManagement.com, this program is taught by the same world-renowned faculty who teach on campus.
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