As the Town of Irving considers options for funding emergency medical services, interdisciplinary engineering students researched additional funding sources and explored how other small, rural Wisconsin municipalities are addressing EMS in their communities. […]
Black River Falls EMS, the current provider for these three municipalities, implemented a new $25-per-capita fee for 2025, prompting the towns of Irving and Melrose and the Village of Melrose to consider alternative providers. This report considers three alternative EMS providers, in addition to Black River Falls, wtihwithin in about 30 miles of the municipalities: […]
Dane County’s current opioid prevention efforts have two identified gaps: the absence of a coordinated navigation and linkage-to-care system and significant barriers to treatment access that people experiencing homelessness face. In this report, a policy analysis intern researched case studies, addressed how similar initiatives could be implemented in Dane County, and offered recommendations to strengthen […]
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Journalism students completed in-depth research to inform media and creative strategies to support Sheboygan County Foster care in their goal of recruiting and retaining foster care parents. Divided into three teams, the student groups created content strategy, brand messaging, and digital strategy implementation plans. […]
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Sheboygan County Foster Care’s goals are to encourage more families in Sheboygan County to open their homes to foster care and to reunite children with their biological families. To support this mission, journalism students created a suite of creative campaign materials, including print advertisements, videos, pamphlets, contact cards, yard signs, merchandise, one-pagers, and table banners. […]
The Problem In México, rapid urban and population growth have intensified environmental challenges, creating an urgent need to strengthen environmental education for primary school students. Limited municipal capacity and support for environmental education, often overseen by only a few government officials, have made it difficult to address current environmental problems such as deforestation, pollution, and […]
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COMPasso Extension Program – School of Architecture/Federal University of Minas Gerais Systemic Design Group – School of Design/State University of Minas Gerais The families of Dona Maria and Senhor Jair live in two of the ten areas most vulnerable to climate change in the municipality of Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Confisco and Paulo VI. They tell […]
The City of Durban, also known as eThekwini Municipality, has experienced three major flooding events over the past ten years (2017, 2019, 2022), which have had both localized impacts on informal settlements and city-wide consequences for infrastructure, besides multiple annual extreme weather events which occur at a smaller scale, but are very intense and destructive […]
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) youth face a number of health disparities, including increased mental health conditions and suicidal ideation and attempts (Russel & Fish, 2016), as well as behavioral risks such as substance use (Talley et al., 2014). The LGBTQ community makes up 4% of the total population of Wisconsin […]
In November 2020, the University of Botswana and the Gaborone City Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding to share and exchange knowledge, resources, and information. Using the EPIC Model as their guide, the City Council and the University decided to work together to achieve development in multiple areas including waste management, environmental sustainability, and climate […]