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February 2026 Underserved: Retail Access in Milwaukee County – Minds@UW  

Measuring Neighborhood Socioeconomic Performance In Milwaukee, 1980-2020: An Index-Based Approach – Narae Lee and Joel Rast

UNEQUAL LANDSCAPES Race, Ethnicity, and Environmental Equity in Metro Milwaukee by Nene Osutei, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Joel Rast, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Download the full report here. Read the executive summary here.  

The AALAM/UWMCED Index of African American Well-Being in the Nation’s Largest Metropolitan Areas, 2024 Edition by Marc V. Levine

The Hispanic Collaborative/UWMCED Index of Hispanic Well-Being in the Nation’s Largest Metro Areas, 2024 Update by Marc V. Levine

Please welcome our new Research Scientist, Dr. Nene Osutei!

Wisconsin is currently home to over 331,000 veterans of the US Armed Forces who have served from World War to the present. In this report, we analyze Wisconsin’s veteran population and identify critical gaps across 4 key categories including education, economy, housing, and health.

Host Andrea Williams speaks with author and UW-Milwaukee Professor Emeritus Dr. Marc Levine about the sobering statistics involving incarceration rates in Wisconsin and the factors that influence them. View at CW18 Milwaukee.

Milwaukee ranks third in the nation for residents without access to running water at home, according to a new report from Kings College London. The report found there are approximately 3,000 households in Milwaukee without plumbing — that means if… Read More

Yaidi Cancel Martinez along with UWM colleagues Lingqian (Ivy) Hu (Urban Planning), Robert Schneider (Urban Planning) and the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission received a $1 Million National Science Foundation Civic Innovation Challenge award . Their project, “User-Centered Mobility Solutions… Read More