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Madison teachers’ union: One City should pay $500K to Madison School District
Wisconsin State Journal
January 12, 2023
Higher Education/System
Campus life
The ‘S’ in STEM: Sexism in STEM classes places barriers for underrepresented students
The Badger Herald
Underrepresented groups in STEM majors at UW face challenges in classes populated by mostly white, male students.
Arts & Humanities
Emily Reed Geyman releases new book “Voices of Two Americans: Overseas in the 1920s Work and Adventures”
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Harvey, in his 30s and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture, was invited by the YMCA to establish a new program in Vladivostok, Russia.
Opinion
Congress limits conservation easement write-offs — that’s good for conservation and taxpayers
The Hill
The cap on easement deductions is a win for the general taxpayers in an otherwise bloated spending bill. Additional reforms could further demonstrate how fiscal prudence makes for good conservation.
Dominic Parker is an economist at the University of Wisconsin, a senior fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center, and the Ilene and Morton Harris Visiting Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution.
UW Experts in the News
Money tips for 2023
The Hill
According to experts: Money tips for 2023 Christine Whelan, Clinical Professor of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shares ideas for approaching personal finance and family goals. Interview: AP
What, if Anything, Can You Do to Prepare for a Recession?
Wall Street Journal
The best strategy is to always be preparing for recessions, says Cliff Robb, a professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies financial decision-making. Which means now is as good a time as any to get started.
Question Everything: Do metal detectors at schools really work?
CBS Boston
We spoke with Ben Fisher, a professor at the University Of Wisconsin. He has researched security measures in schools.”You can spend some money and put in metal detectors, or put on a big show of having police dogs some in, but those aren’t the things that make schools safe,” believes Fisher.