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By Gabriella Bachara Feb 21, 2021 6:19 PM WAUNAKEE, Wis.– The University of Wisconsin-Madison is continuing a program that aims to bring practical solutions to community-based challenges. This time in four different locations, including the Village of Waunakee. UniverCity Year Program was launched to bring university resources to communities around Wisconsin, addressing issues like sustainability, resilience and livability. “This is truly about making UW a practically beneficial institution to places all across the state,” program director Gavin Luter said. Communities can targe...

Share Faculty are encouraged to join the UniverCity Year program as it partners with Marathon County, Racine County, the Village of Waunakee, and Milwaukee to find practical solutions to community-based challenges. This mission is at the heart of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s UniverCity Year program, which brings faculty, students and members of Wisconsin communities together to address local challenges through engagement, university research, and state-of-the-art problem-solving approaches. Launched with the Wisconsin Idea in mind, this program bridges university resources with c...

One Year Later: Honoring the 9 victims of the Calabasas helicopter crash By Kelli Johnson article LOS ANGELES - January 26, 2020, was a day that broke hearts beyond the world of sports. A year after a helicopter crash took the lives of nine California residents, including Kobe and Gianna Bryant, their legacies continue to live on.  Alyssa Altobelli, 14 Alyssa was an eighth-grader at Horace Ensign Intermediate School in Newport Beach. During the memorial service for the Altobelli family, Keri Altobelli’s brother, Derek Sanders, said his niece had "the most infectious laugh." Her childhood ...

The Waunakee Village Board approved a pay bonus for the Deputy Clerk Laurie Helt at their meeting Monday. Helt orchestrated elections during the clerk’s maternity leave February. She then took the lead in the next two elections, Clerk Caitlin Stene wrote to Village Administrator Todd Schmidt in a memo. “Amid preparations for the April 2020 election, the COVID-19 pandemic started in Wisconsin and Laurie took the lead in coordinating the election during unprecedented times which included responding to over 4,000 new requests for absentee ballots. With my remote help, Laurie was succes...

and welcome to "today" and to london's olympic park on this tuesday morning. good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer. missy franklin came here to london with so much pressure on her shoulders. she was labeled the next big thing in u.s. swimming. and so far she's delivered. >> and you and i were there. we watched her win gold. i had no idea you could scream that loud. >> you know, it's very exciting. we were sitting just down at the end of the pool. when you see that number one go up to missy's name, it's a great moment. >> it was so exciting. chenabed gold and...