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Gentrification – Understanding & Context
Posted on January 17, 2017Gentrification – Understanding & Context is Part I of a two part series on gentrification and its consequences. Stay tuned for Part […]
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Seeking Go Big Read Book Suggestions Once More
Posted on December 19, 2016Here we are again. It seems like it was just yesterday that we were scanning “Best of 2015” book lists, reviewing community […]
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Links between Race & Eviction in Dane County
Posted on November 22, 2016On the UW campus, the lunch hour tends to be a sacred refuge from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. It’s […]
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Art and Go Big Read: How Curriculum, Creativity, and Evicted Intersect on Campus
Posted on November 16, 2016This week Wisconsin School of Business students and the Go Big Read program partnered to harness art as a means to further […]
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So You’ve Read the Book – What Now?
Posted on November 15, 2016Whew, it’s been a busy semester. Over ten thousand students and faculty on campus have read and discussed “Evicted” in their classes […]
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Reliving Matthew Desmond’s Visit
Posted on November 10, 2016Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, visited this past Tuesday, November 1st, giving eager students, faculty, and […]
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H(O)me: Understanding Opioid Addiction and Housing Consequences
Posted on October 31, 2016Earlier this month, an unlikely pair, President Barack Obama and rapper Macklemore, teamed up to address an increasingly dire issue in America: opioid […]
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Getting Ready for Matthew Desmond’s Visit
Posted on October 24, 2016The Author Event for Go Big Read is fast approaching. In just over a week, Matthew Desmond himself will be on campus […]
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Struggles between Landlords & Tenants in Los Angeles
Posted on October 18, 2016The subtitle of Matthew Desmond’s book, “Evicted,” is “Poverty and profit in the American city.” This serves as a reminder that although […]
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Desmond’s Innovative Survey Methods to be Integrated into HUD’s American Housing Survey
Posted on October 12, 2016As Matthew Desmond, author of this year’s Go Big Read book Evicted, began his research on eviction in the city of Milwaukee […]