University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Barry Burden quoted in The Hill “Republicans seek to swing Wisconsin back to their side”

Steven Deller quoted in Bloomberg “US Economy’s Disconnect With Voters Badgers Biden in Key State”

Alvin Thomas quoted in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Just how ‘horrible’ is Milwaukee’s crime?”

Barry Burden quoted in NYT “A Democracy With Everything but a Choice”

Alvin Thomas is an author of this article for The Conversation “Men are carrying the brunt of the ‘loneliness epidemic’ amid potent societal pressures”

Richard J. Davidson answers questions about emotions for WIRED

Eric Grodsky, Jennifer Manly, Chandra Muller, and John Robert Warren, “Cohort Profile: High School and Beyond”

Shiro Furuya and Jia Wang “The Long Shadow: Early Life Adversity and Later Life Loneliness in the United States”

Eric Grodsky awarded NIA sub award, Why Education Shapes Risk for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Focus of Major Study

Alzheimer’s and dementia research is getting a big boost after the National Institute on Aging awarded scientists a large grant to study how education affects the development of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Led by Chandra Muller at The University of Texas at Austin, the grant brings together an interdisciplinary team of neurologists, neuropsychologists, sociologists, …

UW Faculty Focus Article on Sam Trejo

This week’s UW Faculty Focus Article features an introduction to Sam Trejo. Sam is one of the scholars who will be joining the University’s Initiative in Social Genomics.