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What Migration Means for America
Posted on June 1, 2017“The people who are able to leave very often do so,” explained Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance on leaving his hometown of Middletown, […]
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Men Disappear from Rust Belt as Unemployment and Addiction Rise
Posted on May 31, 2017“They’re all on dope or they’re dying up here,” one Ohio woman says of men in a recent Atlantic piece, investigating the […]
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Integrate Latest Go Big Read Book into your Course!
Posted on May 4, 2017On Tuesday, Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced the title of the forthcoming 2017-18 Go Big Read book, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family […]
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Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance is Chosen as the 2017-18 Go Big Read Book
Posted on May 2, 2017Today, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor, Rebecca Blank, announced that the forthcoming 2017-2018 Go Big Read book is to […]
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Evicted Wins Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction
Posted on April 12, 2017It is with much pride we share that this year’s Go Big Read text, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by UW […]
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Go Big Read Art on Display in Teaching and Learning Programs Office
Posted on April 4, 2017This past fall we shared that the Wisconsin School of Business’s direct admit LEAD course and the Go Big Read program had […]
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HUD Faces Major Cuts Under Proposed 2018 Budget
Posted on March 28, 2017On March 8, The Washington Post reported on considered budget cuts to HUD, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, within the yet […]
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Gov. Walker’s New Budget Proposal Includes Funding to Fight Homelessness
Posted on March 10, 2017Street Pulse, Wisconsin’s Homeless/Marginalized Newspaper, recently reported exciting news surrounding Governor Walker’s 2017-2019 Executive Budget: the proposed state budget will include major […]
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Awards & Honors for Evicted
Posted on February 16, 2017Last week, it was announced that Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City had won the distinguished Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in […]
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Gentrification – Consequences, Impacts, & Eviction
Posted on February 7, 2017For a background on the themes discussed in this article, check out Part I of this two part series on gentrification, Gentrification – Understanding […]