Media Mentions of Human Ecology
An ongoing, chronological list of Media Mentions from School of Human Ecology faculty, staff, students and alumni.
October 2024
- ‘Feel the Beat: Felted Textiles’ allows students to witness cultural exchange in interactive felt exhibition (The Badger Herald; Angus, Center for Design and Material Culture and Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery)
- In the United States, the lunchbox, a headache for parents (Top Buzz Times; Gaddis)
- Wisconsin Design Team sets the stage for stylish Wisco apparel (The Daily Cardinal; Lawrence)
- ‘It’s All the Rage’ exhibit proves activism has no age (The Badger Herald; Center for Design and Material Culture)
- Fathers in Focus 2024 Conference (WORT FM; Thomas)
- The Labour of Lunch (Feminist Food Journal; Gaddis)
- LARC use can affect well-woman visits and STI screening (Contraceptive Technology Update; Fitzpatrick)
September 2024
- Sen. Ballweg: Receives national award from Reach Out and Read (WisPolitics; Navsaria)
- American Academy of Pediatrics promotes shared reading starting in infancy as a positive parenting practice with lifelong benefits (U.S. News & World Report, HealthDay News and other news outlets; Navsaria)
- Opinion: Tim Walz and JD Vance have a chance to spotlight fatherhood during VP debate (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Yahoo! News, MSN, USA Today and other news outlets; Thomas)
- How Universal’s ‘Wicked’ can improve retail sales this holiday season (Forbes; Bea)
- Wisconsinites react as Instagram introduces new guidelines to increase youth safety (WMTV 15, WSAW-TV and WEAU-TV; Kirkorian)
- Alvin Thomas recommends more men to discuss mental health (KCBS Radio; Thomas)
- OPINION: Cost of living topic of Oct. 15 Main Street Agenda town hall meeting in Milwaukee (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; J. Michael Collins)
- Opinion | The joy factor versus gloom and doom (The Cap Times; Navsaria)
- How to spot the difference between khakis and chinos, plus 6 buys to try (The Globe and Mail; Anika Kozlowski)
- Men are carrying the brunt of the ‘loneliness epidemic’ amid potent societal pressures (The Conversation, Associated Press, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Lifestyle, San Francisco Chronicle, MinnPost and other news outlets; Kinzer and Thomas)
- Janesville plans to take ownership of GM Assembly Plant site by early 2025 (Wisconsin Public Radio; Sarmiento)
- Latest Census data show an increase in childhood poverty (Marketplace; J. Michael Collins)
- Do babies have kneecaps? (The Bump; Navsaria)
- School Lunch (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver; Gaddis)
- With $75 million gift for new UW–Madison engineering building, brothers’ impact spans generations and transcends campus boundaries (UW–Madison News, WisPolitics and Finance & Commerce; Phillip Levy, Master of Science in Design + Innovation and School of Human Ecology Board of Visitors)
- Take a fall-colors, art-loving journey to see these 7 Wisconsin art exhibits this autumn (Green Bay Press-Gazette, Yahoo! Lifestyle, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Fond Du Lac Reporter, Sheboygan Press, Marshfield News-Herald, Oshkosh Northwestern, The Post-Crescent, Stevens Point Journal and Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune; Angus)
- The latest shopping trend? Not shopping (CNN, CNN International, AOL and other news outlets; Bea)
- MPS still lacks school resource officers; deadline past due (FOX 6 Milwaukee and Yahoo! News; Fisher)
- Reciprocidad: Giving and Receiving (Isthmus; Kallenborn)
- Don’t bug out! New art exhibit at the Paine aims to create connections with insects (The Advance-Titan; Angus)
- Just announced: Wisconsin Book Festival line-up brings bestselling authors and local talent (Madison Magazine; Gaddis)
- New State Democracy Research Initiative, election experts and more from UW–Madison (UW–Madison News; J. Michael Collins)
- America must free Itself from the tyranny of the penny (The New York Times Magazine; Halpern-Meekin)
August 2024
- Opinion | When it comes to early child care, hard work is key (The Cap Times; Navsaria)
- Economic indicators, vibes and the 2024 vote in Wisconsin (PBS Wisconsin; J. Michael Collins
- Madison welcome for new faculty (UW–Madison News; Buhler-Wassmann)
- Parents as Teachers conference prepares professional caregivers to aid in development of young children (Yahoo! Finance and other news outlets; Navsaria)
- Column: A new era at California Endowment as longtime leader Robert K. Ross retires (Los Angeles Times and Yahoo! News; Sarmiento)
- Who's hungry? Madison’s school lunch program is a game changer for students (Madison Magazine; Gaddis)
- Fatherhood: Supporting healthy, resilient, and thriving family ecosystems (Scholars Strategy Network; Thomas)
- Prof. Jennifer Gaddis describes the politics of school lunch programs (WORT FM; Gaddis)
- September programs announced for Fond du Lac County Audubon Society (KFIZ; Angus)
- Nearly 1K students died at federal Indian boarding schools. At least 11 of those schools were in Wisconsin. (Wisconsin Public Radio; Keeler)
- Thompson named vice chancellor for University Relations (UW–Madison News, WMTV 15 and WisPolitics; J. Michael Collins)
- How some states help residents avoid costly debt during hard times (Ohio State News; J. Michael Collins)
- Tribal Elder Food Box program plans to increase production (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Yahoo! News; Dodge Francis)
- Meg Bea receives NICHD grant to study debt fluctuation and health (UW–Madison Center for Demography and Ecology; Bea)
- 2024 Reilly-Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment awards granted (UW–Madison News; Litzelman, Sarmiento, Shin and Vaid)
- Locked out of banking: Incarceration is associated with decreased bank account ownership (Rice University News and Phys.org; J. Michael Collins)
- RE:FUTURE program imagines possible futures for our world (WORT FM; Douglas and Watt)
- Celebrating Disability Pride Month in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Public Radio; Bille)
- Boarding school report, South central Wisconsin health care apprenticeships, Wisconsin’s ‘Bachelorette’ (Wisconsin Public Radio; Keeler)
July 2024
- Trees and clouds woven of wool at new UW–Madison art installation (The Cap Times; Center for Design and Material Culture and Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection)
- Seven impressive things to do in Grand Rapids for August 2024 (Wyandotte Daily; Angus)
- Grant supports effort by UW–Madison and tribal partners to expand on Indigenous food practices (Wisconsin State Journal; Dodge Francis)
- Opinion | Murray Katcher a hero for Wisconsin’s children (The Cap Times; Navsaria)
- UW–Madison, Tribal partners launch collaborative effort to support Native American foodways in Great Lakes region (UW–Madison News; Dodge Francis)
- Navigating career paths with Hannah Hatlan-Atwell: Insights from UW–Madison's School of Human Ecology (Wisco Bound; Hatlan-Atwell)
- When do babies understand no? (The Bump; Navsaria)
- Bruce Museum and The Greens at Greenwich join forces for memorable art and soundscapes experience (Greenwich Sentinel; Angus)
- Just how ‘horrible’ is Milwaukee’s crime? A look at the mid-year stats (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Yahoo! News; Thomas)
- ‘Illegal immigrants’ are reinforcing Social Security, not draining it (The Badger Project; Holden)
- Preserving Native history through oral storytelling (MinnPost; Keeler)
- More efforts are underway to limit social media. How do you separate good from bad? (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Yahoo! News; Kirkorian)
- Erie Insurance Review (WalletHub; Jasper)
June 2024
- The world of luxury fruit: Does a $156 melon taste sweeter? (The New York Times, the Seattle Times and the Boston Globe; Shim)
- The surgeon general's push for social media warning label explained (Medscape; Kirkorian)
- Poetics that heal trauma: A review of “Novel Ecosystems” at Saint Kate Arts Hotel in Milwaukee (Newcity Art; Angus)
- Denied the 'right to hug': In many U.S. jails, video calls are the only way detainees can see loved ones (NBC News; Poehlmann)
- Women and money (Insights with Dick Goldberg; Lepe)
- The Art of the Insect: Artists Responses to the Need for Interconnection with Heather Swan (Aspen Daily News; Angus)
- Artist Jennifer Angus wants you to see the beauty of bugs (Artnet; Angus)
- Newsmakers: Bassett Creek Oral History Project gathers suburban Indigenous stories (CCX Media; Keeler)
- Think cicadas are weird? Check out superfans, who eat the bugs, use them in art and even striptease (Associated Press, Yahoo! News and CBS News; Angus)
- A generation of AI guinea pigs (The Atlantic; Kirkorian)
- Forward Art Prize winners studio tours (Isthmus; Angus and Mace)
May 2024
- Organic cheese and free lunch for all: what the US can learn from other nations about better school meals (The Guardian; Gaddis)
- Badgering: Nicole Soulier (Wisconsin Alumni Association; Soulier)
- Going to the boardroom from the classroom helps students learn how nonprofits work (The Conversation and the Chronicle of Philanthropy; Mary Beth Collins)
- Buy Now, Pay Later platforms will soon be more regulated (Marketplace; Robb)
- Divine 9 organizations host college sendoff for high school students (WKOW; Riser)
- 5-10-100: Women Artists Forward (Isthmus; Angus and Mace)
- Do Princetonians 25 years out know the purpose of life? (The Daily Princetonian; Whelan)
- What to do in Madison this week: Jacob Kushner, 'Majeska Mondays' and more Isthmus Picks (Isthmus; Cho, Kohlmeier, Morrick, O’Hare Bennett, Pham, Rauh, Rickey, Schueller and Xiong)
- Women’s Philanthropy Council October Meeting Summary (University of Wisconsin Foundation; Mary Beth Collins)
- Coming to Terms with Housing and Homelessness in Rural Places with Jess Huff, Erin Carreon and Mallory VanMeeter (The Rural Impact; VanMeeter)
- Student spotlight: Camber Walvoort combines two ‘people-focused’ majors (UW–Madison School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences; Walvoort)
- Spanning The State: Interview: Youths protesting with youth political engagement and Professor Constance Flanagan (WTMJ-AM; Connie Flanagan)
- UW Prof. Connie Flanagan offers historical perspective on campus protests against war in Gaza (WORT FM; Connie Flanagan)
- Search begins for new vice chancellor for university relations (UW–Madison News; J. Michael Collins)
- Commencement 2024: Meet some of this spring’s notable graduates (UW–Madison News; Bille, Fish and Lee)
- Arts Literature Laboratory exhibits reception (Isthmus; Angus, Kohlmeier, Mace and Torres Mata)
- Art of Insects and Introspection (Isthmus; Angus)
- Heal, Create and Share (Isthmus; Kohlmeier, Mace and Torres Mata)
- Commencement profile: Through disability rights advocacy, she’s improved campus accessibility, climate (UW–Madison News; Bille and Maguire)
- Does financial literacy actually improve your money habits? Some experts still aren’t so sure (MarketWatch and Morningstar Magazine; J. Michael Collins)
April 2024
- Protests continue on UW–Madison campus (Channel 3000; Connie Flanagan)
- How payday loans have dodged serious Wisconsin regulation (The Cap Times; Harvey)
- This month in Madison: From the page to the stage to the city's streets (Madison Magazine; Sager)
- Madison isn't famous for fashion, but UW-Madison student designers make their mark (Wisconsin State Journal; Bote, George and Lyga)
- Earth Fest at UW–Madison promotes sustainability and pays tribute to Earth Day founder (Spectrum News 1; Holwerda)
- Excellence in Insect Science Symposium leverages insect-focused solutions to global grand challenges (Michigan State University Department of Entomology; Angus)
- From Fiber to Hand reception (Isthmus; Cho, Kohlmeier, Morrick, O’Hare Bennett, Pham, Rauh, Rickey, Schueller and Xiong)
- Native scholars to headline NSU's Symposium on the American Indian (Northeastern State University, the Claremore Daily Progress, Cherokee Phoenix, Muskogee Phoenix, the Northeastern and Tahlequah Daily Press; Keeler)
- Wisconsin tribe sues social media companies over suicide rates among Native youth (Wisconsin Public Radio, CBS 58 Milwaukee and Wausau Pilot & Review; Kirkorian)
- Marriage rate in Wisconsin returning to pre-pandemic level despite steady drop since 1980s (WSAW-TV (Wausau); Whelan)
- Milwaukee Film Festival; Breaking financial barriers; The happiness of Americans; Child care at colleges (Wisconsin Public Radio; Whelan)
- Three new MFA exhibits explore ethnicity, bodies, and bathroom secrets (WORT FM; Cho, Kohlmeier, Pham, Center for Design and Material Culture and Ruth Davis Design Gallery)
March 2024
- Program seeking applicants for political violence prevention (Kenosha News and Lake Geneva Regional News; Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies)
- Esther Cho, Heather Kohlmeier, Veronica Y. Pham (Isthmus; Cho, Hark, Kohlmeier, Pham, Center for Design and Material Culture, Dorothy O’Brien Innovation Lab, Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery and Ruth Davis Design Gallery)
- Issue #231: Why some people don’t have bank accounts (DealTown; Fitzpatrick)
- Milton meet-up: Community visit informs UniverCity Alliance projects (UniverCity Alliance; Fisher and Hjelm)
- March 2024 North America Newsletter (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab; Halpern-Meekin)
- Easter Survey 2024 (WalletHub; Jasper)
- This local artist is spreading the healing power of Indigenous art from Oneida to the Oscars (Madison Magazine; Skenandore)
- Retirement takes Wei Dong to new heights (Madison Magazine; Dong)
- Centering parents and parenting in randomized evaluations of cash transfers to families (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab; Halpern-Meekin)
- Wisconsin’s 32 most influential Native American leaders for 2024 (Madison365; Byington)
- The millennia before UW–Madison: How the First Nations Cultural Landscape Tour became a unique campus institution (On Wisconsin; Kane Funmaker)
- Outstanding Women of Color Awards honor six women for exceptional contributions to their communities (UW–Madison Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Dodge Francis)
- Extension announces 2024 Wisconsin Idea Collaboration Grants (UW–Madison Division of Extension and Wisconsin Ag Connection; Papp)
- “It’s not just mine”: Lily Gladstone on her historic Oscars nod and powerful red carpet look (Vogue; Skenandore)
- Feeding Wisconsin kids locally grown food (Daily Jefferson County Union; School of Human Ecology)
- Q&A: BadgerDoodles creator is here for love of art, not profit (The Daily Cardinal; Edwards)
- As young consumers drink less, brands and bars offer more and better alternatives (Marketplace; Whelan)
February 2024
- Study shows minimum wage increase linked to greater financial equity (The Badger Herald; Bea)
- Hope for an endangered art (OnWisconsin; Hark, Pham and Ruth Davis Design Gallery)
- Macy's closures part of labor market challenges, changes, says UW professor (Channel 3000; Robb)
- Morning Buzz: February 27 (FOX 17 West Michigan; Angus)
- Philly schools may not be 'following the research' on school safety (RealClearPennsylvania; Fisher)
- Remaking the Renaissance: Textile innovations (WORT FM; Pitman, Center for Design and Material Culture, Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection and Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery)
- Cleveland Museum of Art chief conservator talks textile preservation, ethics at UW (The Badger Herald; Pitman and the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection)
- Years later, pandemic purchases trigger buyer’s remorse (Marketplace; Whelan)
- Here’s your complete list of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park events for 2024 (MLive, Yahoo! Finance, PRWeb and other news outlets; Angus)
- UW displays collection of board games from 18th, 19th centuries at Memorial Library (The Badger Herald; Center for Design and Material Culture)
- For-credit internships can — and should — be paid (National Association of Colleges and Employers; Hazen)
- UW–Madison aligns spring recess with local school district calendars (UW–Madison News; Papp)
- Wisconsin parents of young kids more likely to struggle with bills (The Cap Times; Halpern-Meekin)
- 'You won't see anything like it anywhere else': UW–Madison exhibit showcases Renaissance textiles (WKOW; Pitman and Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery)
- Madison’s first municipally-owned grocery store (Madison Commons; Bublitz)
- Building a winning team (The Stoughton Courier Hub; Sutton)
- From diamonds to dogs, UW experts weigh in on Valentine’s Day (The Badger Herald; Papp and Whelan)
- UW–Madison: Survey finds Wisconsin families with young children are more likely to struggle financially (WisPolitics; J. Michael Collins and Halpern-Meekin)
- Daycare. Diapers. Dilemmas about paying bills or buying food. Parents struggle. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Green Bay Press-Gazette, the Post-Crescent (Appleton), Oshkosh Northwestern, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune and Stevens Point Journal; Halpern-Meekin and J. Michael Collins)
- Valentine's Day on a budget (WISN 12 Milwaukee; Whelan)
- Some Americans say Valentine's Day gifts are worth going into debt (Scripps News; J. Michael Collins)
- Badger Doodles draws love from student body (The Badger Herald; Edwards)
- UW exhibition reimagines, displays Renaissance art, fashion (The Badger Herald; Pitman, Center for Design and Material Culture, Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection and Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery)
- What to do if you’re laid off; A possible new expanded child tax credit; Shakespeare in cinema (Wisconsin Public Radio; Halpern-Meekin)
- UW–Madison experts on Valentine’s Day topics (UW–Madison News; Papp and Whelan)
January 2024
- Cheapest car insurance in Wisconsin: Ask the experts (WalletHub; Nancy Wong)
- Threat assessment trainings launch to prevent violence in Wisconsin schools (The Badger Herald; Fisher)
- Police presence in schools; UW–Superior welcomes new research center; How to avoid probate court (Wisconsin Public Radio; Fisher)
- UW–Madison: La Follette and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel partner to highlight what matters to Wisconsin (WisPolitics; J. Michael Collins)
- UW–Madison exhibit highlights Appalachian craft with a modern aesthetic (Wisconsin State Journal; Burke, Carter and Sims Peck)
- Long-term and intergenerational benefits of early childhood health interventions (VoxDev; Kagy)
- Paul Bunyan lore leaves out Native loggers (MinnPost; Keeler)
- New Faculty Focus: Mengni Zhang (UW–Madison News; Mengni Zhang)
- Federal data shows a drop in campus cops — for now (The 74 and Yahoo! News; Fisher)
- Secretary of labor in Wisconsin; Emotional learning through media; Wisconsin chef on ‘Chopped’; Legislative maps proposals (Wisconsin Public Radio; Kirkorian)
- State Debate: Redistricting debate, promoting RFK Jr., Trump's eligibility lead the comments (The Cap Times; J. Michael Collins)
- Can you afford an emergency? UW survey shows many don't have $400 to spare. Blame inflation (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Stevens Point Journal, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Green Bay Press-Gazette, the Post-Crescent and Oshkosh Northwestern; J. Michael Collins)
- Polarization isn't a given. The fix? Listen to each other, civil conversations (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Stevens Point Journal, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Green Bay Press-Gazette , the Post-Crescent and Oshkosh Northwestern; J. Michael Collins)
- A dozen (or so) ideas to cure cabin fever for the coming frigid weather (Wisconsin State Journal, The Chippewa Herald and Kenosha News; Ruth Davis Design Gallery)
- Opinion: Higher energy efficiency in power grid is one way to fight climate change (The Week (India); Singh)
- Free school meals program produces quick increases across Minnesota (FOX 9 Minneapolis and Yahoo! News; Gaddis)
- An art exhibit offers a new model for education (Isthmus; Ruth Davis Design Gallery)
- At a tipping point: Madisonians say they're tired of being asked to tip (FOX 47; Robb)
- Wisconsin Partnership Program announces $3.5 million in new community grant awards (Wisconsin Partnership Program and WisPolitics; Mary Beth Collins and Washbush)
- Wis. Afternoon News: A deep dive into school resource officers in Milwaukee (WTMJ-AM; Fisher)
- The Textile Arts Center of Madison brings together exhibits, workshops and resales of supplies and tools (Isthmus; Fairbanks, Hark and Kohlmeier)
- Ten UW–Madison profs share their favorite books of 2023 (The Cap Times; Keeler)
- New year, new you: Experts share how to make realistic, meaningful resolutions (Channel 3000; Whelan)
- Eight strategies to make your New Year’s resolutions stick (National Geographic; Whelan)
- Making and keeping New Year's resolutions (WISN 12 Milwaukee; Whelan)