MADISON, Wisconsin, June 24 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: A sidewalk in Rogers Park, Chicago, where residents used participatory budgeting to decide on infrastructure projects like repaving streets, painting murals and installing new playgrounds. Photo by James Andrews/iStock Street-level mobilization, an outreach strategy aimed at making participatory budgeting more inclusive, can only partially achieve its goal for marginalized groups, according to   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 24 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: A group of art-loving community members learned how to sketch better at a "Drawing in the Galleries" class led by artist Philip Salamone in the Chazen Museum of Art on June 20. The participants, of all ages and skill levels, explored figure drawing with a model. Salamone offered tips, including to look at the subject 90% of the time and at their paper 10% of the time, and to view the model in a   more