Two prominent academic economists, James Hamilton of University of California San Diego and Kenneth West of the University of Wisconsin, and two leading Wall Street economists, David Greenlaw of Morgan Stanley and Ethan Harris of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, closely monitored market reactions to Fed announcements and other news from QE’s introduction in November 2008 through 2014, when the Fed stopped buying securities.
August 1, 2018
Research
‘Am I dead or not?’ Tornado survivor shares story as a warning about severe weather safety
It was shortly after that Luke Odell, a Ph.D. students and storm chaser from UW-Madison, met Schultz. “It was like a war zone,” Odell said. “I was so numb because I’d never really seen something that horrific that close.”
Ancient people returned for millennia to river site south of McFarland
Quoted: “This is a site that had an enduring importance to people for 12,000 years,” said Sissel Schroeder, a UW-Madison anthropologist who in 2001 began studying the 37 acres that rises over the river a few miles south of McFarland. “That’s really remarkable.”
Higher Education/System
Foxconn, Johnson Controls execs to speak at idea summit
Foxconn executive Alan Yeung is slated to provide details of the company’s Smart Cities, Smart Futures competition, which was announced at UW-Parkside in May. The competition gives college and university students around Wisconsin the opportunity to submit new ideas for using technology.
Campus name change a step closer
The Marinette County Board of Supervisors by a 29-0 margin approved a recommendation from its Executive Committee and a working group on merging UW-Green Bay with three UW Colleges, UW-Marinette, UW-Manitowoc and UW-Sheboygan.
Crime and safety
Alec Cook case: Does the punishment fit the crime?
A Brookfield father, whose daughter is enrolled in the UW System, told Ehlke that he was out of touch and a threat to society. “The common consensus around here is that you don’t understand justice,” he wrote in a letter filed with the court.
UW Experts in the News
Away with words: The power of emojis
Interview with Joann Peck from the Wisconsin School of Business.
Ancient people returned for millennia to river site south of McFarland
Quoted: “This is a site that had an enduring importance to people for 12,000 years,” said Sissel Schroeder, a UW-Madison anthropologist who in 2001 began studying the 37 acres that rises over the river a few miles south of McFarland.
Matt Flynn’s claims that Foxconn is under investigation in China for fraud fall short
Quoted: Steph Tai, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, framed it this way: An environmental violation is noncompliance with environmental law, whereas environmental fraud is concealing the fact of that noncompliance. They are different legal categories.
News of Laos Dam Failure Didn’t Reach Them, but the Water Did
Quoted: Ian Baird, a professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has done research in the area, said the 3S basin was highly multiethnic, with most villagers subsisting on food from rivers and forests.
UW-Madison Related
Democrat launches first TV ad in governor’s race
Mitchell promises to raise wages, fight racism and return money that “Walker stole from our schools.” Mitchell spokeswoman Kirsten Allen says he’s referring to a $250 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System in the 2015-17 state budget and an $800 million cut in public school funding in the 2011-13 budget.