Cited: And a 2019 study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that mandates “significantly reduced” the likelihood of borrowing high-interest payday loans.
Bringing Personal Finance to the Classroom for Generation Z
New York Times
March 18, 2022
Research
Higher Education/System
As he wraps up tenure, Tommy Thompson hopes UW System seen as ‘the problem-solvers’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Tommy Thompson is set to leave the University of Wisconsin System on Friday, closing a 20-month presidential tenure in which he brought stability and some momentum at a time of internal and external challenges.
Thompson calls for UW surveys on campus freedom of expression
WKOW-TV 27
As he wraps up his term as president of the University of Wisconsin System, Tommy Thompson told reporters Thursday he wants to better gauge perceptions students’ freedom of expression on the state’s campuses. Thompson, whose final day as system president is Friday, said he wanted buy-in from campus leaders on a survey of all students and faculty across the system’s 13 campuses.
Thompson won’t rule out run for governor as he steps down as interim UW System president
WISC-TV 3
Tommy Thompson, the former Republican governor whose time leading the University of Wisconsin System is coming to a close, has not ruled out running for his old job. Speaking to reporters Thursday morning, Thompson said he has not made a decision about whether he will run for governor again this cycle but that he plans to look at his options next month.
State news
Wisconsin’s 39 Most Influential Native American Leaders, Part 5
Madison365
Dr. Angela Fernandez is an Assistant Professor at the UW-Madison School of Nursing, and member of the campus Native American Environment, Health, and Community faculty cluster.
Robin Vos’ statement on voter fraud emboldens Wisconsin election deniers without delivering the ‘decertification’ they seek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Barry Burden, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor and director of the university’s Elections Research Center, said Vos’ statement will make it even more difficult to assuage concerns within his party over the 2020 election.
“To suggest that it was sort of endemic it was everywhere and substantial. That’s a big statement,” Burden said.
“Even if none of this other stuff had been happening, the investigations, or (Rep. Tim) Ramthun’s (decertification) efforts or anything else, but the speaker of the assembly to say there was widespread fraud in a statewide election is a real statement and a real change.”
Athletics
Experts give last-minute bracket advice ahead of March Madness
WISC-TV 3
As for the science behind March Madness, UW-Madison professor of industrial and systems engineering and bracketologist Laura Albert joined Live at Four to talk about how to make the most of your bracket for this year’s NCAA tournament.
Badger fans turn out for open practice as March Madness begins
NBC-15
Badger fans are traveling down the road to cheer on their home team. They showed game day-level spirit Thursday afternoon at open practice. The free event at Fiserv Forum came ahead of Wisconsin men’s basketball team opening the NCAA tournament play on Friday against the Colgate Raiders.
Wisconsin star Johnny Davis locks up consensus all-American honors
Wisconsin State Journal
Davis was named to the United States Basketball Writers Association All-America first team Thursday. He also earned first-team honors from Sporting News, AP and NABC to make him a consensus pick.
Wisconsin’s Daryl Watts named a women’s hockey All-American for the 4th time
Wisconsin State Journal
Daryl Watts ended her NCAA hockey career as a four-time All-American.
Business/Technology
Twin 22-year-old UW-Madison grads lead a growing startup that sells data tracking corporate jets, politicians’ stock trades
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A small Madison startup launched only two years ago to provide free alternative data for investors says it now has 340,000 registered users.
Twin brothers James and Chris Kardatzke debuted Quiver Quantitative in February 2020 while they were students at University of Wisconsin-Madison studying finance, economics, and statistics. They graduated that year and gave their full attention to running the business which now has six full-time employees, with plans to hire a few more soon.
UW Experts in the News
For Some Teens, as Masks Come Off, Anxiety Sets In
New York Times
Quoted: The imaginary audience shapes how teenagers think about even ordinary tasks like getting dressed, speaking in class or going shoe shopping, said Seth Pollak, a psychologist and director of the Child Emotion Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Whereas an adult may be thinking about cost or comfort, an adolescent may think about what specific people at school are going to think when they walk into homeroom in the new shoes. Those people aren’t necessarily friends. They may even be enemies. “Some adolescents’ lives are very dominated by these audiences in their heads that the
Once Motorcade Pals, Congressman and Photographer Are Now Public Foes
New York Times
Quoted: “This kind of thing is irresponsible and is unethical when done to score political points rather than to help a patient or to protect the public from imminent threat,” said R. Alta Charo, a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.