Quoted: “It has this strong motivating factor when it appeals to the politics of resentment,” said Donald Moynihan, director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who opposed the regents’ policy.
Op/ed by Barry Burden and Robert Yablon.
Noted: Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said though the Democrats won just one of the two contests held Tuesday, both districts moved significantly in the Democratic direction from voting patterns in the 2016 presidential election.
Noted: Another study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers indicates this may be especially true in Wisconsin, where nearly three out of four gun deaths are suicides. Compared to the national rate of 60 percent, this number is above-average.
The chain had not been profitable for years. Wisconsin School of Business professor Hart Posen argued in an April 20 interview with Wisconsin Public Radio’s Central Time that the company wasn’t competing very effectively with its retail peers, to say nothing of online challengers. “Really the fundamental problem at Bon-Ton was there was nothing distinctive about them,” Posen said. “They weren’t low-price, they didn’t have the best selection, they didn’t have the best customer service. There was nothing that would really make you go into a Bon-Ton store … Bon-Ton would have been in trouble, I think, regardless.”
Quoted: “Most people who go into medicine are scientifically-oriented and want to take care of people,” said Dr. Bruce Harms of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. “The financial picture isn’t their focus at this point in their careers.”
Oliver Hoare, a native Australian running for the University of Wisconsin, came out of nowhere to win the national title in the 1,500 meters at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday in rainy Eugene, Ore.
In spring 2015, two determined University of Wisconsin-Madison students, Aaron Olson and Mehrdad Arjmand, set a lofty goal: bring electricity to off-grid rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
Quoted: David Canon, professor and chair of the political science department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said research suggests there is an advantage to being higher on the ballot — particularly in such a large field. “There is definitely work I’ve seen that says that being first is definitely an advantage to being second,” he said.
Noted: In Assembly District 42, Republican Jon Plumer, a Lodi Town Board member and owner of karate schools, is running against Democrat Ann Groves Lloyd, a Lodi alderwoman and University of Wisconsin-Madison academic adviser.
The choice of materials used in e-commerce packaging makes a big impact on consumers’ perception of product value, claims a joint study by converter Pregis and the University of Wisconsin (UW).
Application fees for two-year University of Wisconsin schools will be waived through Sept. 7, University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross announced Thursday.
In the wake of the #MeToo movement and elevated allegations of sexual harassment at campuses across the state, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved a resolution Thursday to review human resources policies to prevent harassment.
Despite a robust job market, Wisconsin’s poverty rate increased to 10.8% in 2016, compared to 9.7% in 2015, according to a report released Friday by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Now Kilo is working on a collaboration with a local artist in Madison, where she used to play basketball for the UW-Madison’s women’s team. She plans to debut her solo mixtape “L.I.A.R. Living In a Reignbow” at the showcase.
Noted: Don and June met at Carroll College in Waukesha, where he studied mathematics and she majored in music. Don continued on to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for his MBA.
Two prominent ex-Wisconsin Badgers football players are among those on the ballot for the 2019 College Football Hall of Fame class, with final selections announced Jan. 7 prior to the College Football Playoff National Championship.
Noted: “It is also a job that is very physical, and you have to work in a refrigerator, which is not everyone’s cup of tea,” he explained. Parajecki is a member of the UW-Madison Meat Cutter Hall of Fame.
Noted: She’d run in college at the University of Wisconsin and, of course, had trained for the running leg of the triathlon. But this was something altogether different. Unlike elite marathoners, Jorgensen didn’t have thousands of miles in her legs. She’d never trained for a marathon, had never run more than 40 miles in a week. After giving birth to a son, Stanley, in August 2017, she would have less than three years to make up all that ground.
Sexual harassment of students, long carried on behind closed doors and in late night phone calls, is now seeping into Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, texting and dating apps like Grindr, where students stay connected or hang out.
According to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the GOP tax bill likely led some companies to increase their defined-benefit pension contributions in 2017.
Noted: According to a Wisconsin School of Business study, people who learn how to use credit cards early in life are less likely to have “a serious default in the future” and more likely to have a high credit score.
Noted: McMahon, 49, grew up in tiny Hegg, in southern Trempealeau County, where his parents ran the general store. In 1980, he moved with his parents to Botswana on a mission trip. Upon his return, he attended high school at St. John’s Preparatory School in Minnesota. He earned his B.A. from University of Wisconsin-Madison and graduated from Seattle University School of Law School in 2002.
Noted: Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft had gone to St. John’s Military Academy in Delafield and, after graduating from Cornell University, earned a master’s degree in art history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Op-ed by R. Alta Charo, the Warren P. Knowles professor of law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Noted: Broekema grew up in Neshkoro, Wisconsin, a town of about 400 people about 90 minutes north of Madison. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and moved to New York to pursue a career in fashion journalism. He and his fiance Eric Riley are featured in a “Love first” campaign for J.Crew.
Don Pratt wasn’t supposed to be in a glider soaring over the English Channel in the early morning hours of D-Day, but the University of Wisconsin-Madison alum wanted to be with his men.
A study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison released this week revealed that President Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act led to an increase in defined-benefit pension plans in 2017.
Companies substantially increased their contributions to defined-benefit pension plans in 2017, likely because of the new tax law that President Trump signed in December, according to a new paper from researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Terry Taylor wasn’t alone in bringing out the very best in his students. Head to the University of Wisconsin’s School of Business and you’ll hear Jan Heide’s name come up often. A charismatic force who teaches Introductory Marketing, Heide was more than a professor whose door was always open to students like Linda Liu.
Quoted: “They’re fabulous structures given what they’ve done. But it’s time,” said Ernie Perry, principal investigator of a recent University of Wisconsin-Madison study examining how agriculture products would move to markets if the locks and dams closed.
The University of Wisconsin System scrambled to get ahead of developing news stories Wednesday in announcing it would review hiring practices and reference checks to weed out prospective employees with a history of sexual harassment and tighten documentation.
The sight of Wisconsin safety Michael Caputo struggling to his feet and standing motionless near the Alabama huddle, apparently unaware of his location on the field, was frightening.
Chris Borland, an All-American linebacker as a senior at Wisconsin in 2013, stunned observers when he retired from football shortly after his rookie season with the San Francisco 49ers.
Wisconsin’s football fans should get a chance to visit one of the more iconic professional baseball venues in 2020. According to the Chicago Tribune, UW’s road game against Northwestern on Nov. 7 of that season will be played at Wrigley Field instead of at Ryan Field on the Wildcats’ campus.
Ethan Happ has reached the decision most observers expected. He is returning to Wisconsin for his final season of college basketball.
At the request of Gov. Scott Walker, the University of Wisconsin System next week will consider tightening its hiring processes and reference checks to keep potential employees with a history of sexual harassment from slipping through the cracks.
University of Wisconsin Colleges and UW-Extension Chancellor Cathy Sandeen has been named chancellor for the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Quoted: Mostly floodwater species of mosquitoes — those bloodsuckers laying eggs in heavy woods, low-lying areas or wherever they find a pool of water, such as a tire or bird bath — were out in force for the first time over the holiday weekend, said Patrick Liesch, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison insect diagnostics lab.
Quoted: Alfonso Morales, a professor of food systems and urban planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, seconded that. “Urban agriculture is a process,” he said. “It’s not something that happens from one day to the next.”
Well, that was quick. Darius Feaster, who graduated from Homestead High School in Mequon and played football at the University of Wisconsin, was cut on the first night of the new season of “The Bachelorette” Monday.
It has been 27 years since the University of Wisconsin dropped baseball as an NCAA Division I sport.
Noted: The terrace is just about the best place to sit and stare at the water and do absolutely nothing else. Sit in one of the iconic chairs with a beer or ice cream cone and get some quality “people watching” in.
Noted: Last year the number of births fell 4% from the year before and China’s fertility rate was at 1.24 births per woman, below the expected rate of 1.63, according to Yi Fuxian, a demographer at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Medicine and Public Health.
Quoted: Dee Warmath, an assistant professor of consumer science at the School of Human Ecology.
Noted: Kirk wasn’t exactly sure how to get his bread business started, but then a consultant from the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business told him to start with wholesale and get his bread into stores. “She told me to bake some loaves, walk in and ask for [the] manager. [She told me that] any meeting you go to, bring bread,” Kirk says. Soon, loaves of Kirk’s bread could be found on the shelves of the Jenifer Street Market, the Regent Market Co-op and Fresh Market. “I slowly figured it out,” he says.
Someone may have left a friend behind when they moved out of the University of Wisconsin dorms for the summer.
Quoted: “Ticks are definitely out in full force at the moment, so anyone heading outdoors this Memorial Day weekend should be on the lookout,” said P.J. Liesch, extension entomologist and director of the UW-Madison Insect Diagnostic Lab.
Quoted: “Retailers prefer sampling events to price-based promotions, such as coupons or temporary price reductions, because these events encourage consumers to try a product and build loyalty that won’t disappear once the price goes back up,” said Qing Liu, an associate professor in marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who contributed to the study.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin-Madison named Karen Wassarman, associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Can the University of Wisconsin-Madison discover innovative ways to boost the incomes of 10,000 people in Dane County over the next two years?
Kelton Halbert was chasing after supercell storms near Kansas City when he was rewarded with the view of a tornado twisting down to a farm field.
Former Wisconsin men’s basketball player Nigel Hayes said Tuesday he and his teammates discussed boycotting a game early in the 2016-17 season to protest the NCAA’s limits on what athletes can receive while playing college sports.
Noted: Today’s media is so diverse in its mission, style and point of view that there is something for everyone to hate (or like). But the mistrust of the “mainstream media” on the right has reached a point where it is reinforced by practically everything that happens in the Trump presidency, said Dhavan Shah, a professor of mass communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Allegations of sexual harassment involving a subordinate were swirling in January when a top University of Wisconsin System administrator resigned several months after her arrest for drunken driving while out of town for a Board of Regents meeting.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin in Madison has selected Egan’s book as the Go Big Read selection for 2018-’19. Copies will be given to first-year students at the Chancellor’s Convocation for New Students, and the book will be incorporated into some classes. (Past Go Big Read selections include Matthew Desmond’s “Evicted.”)
Noted: Troy Fumagalli earned that degree in December and was a consensus second-team All-American after catching 46 passes for 547 yards and four touchdowns.
“No matter how the draft and football go, he’s set,” Doug Fumagalli said. “Wisconsin’s business school can be a challenge. It’s very selective and it’s tough to get in.”
According to recent research by the Wisconsin School of Business, the use of emojis will likely continue to increase in marketing communications.
“Brands are trying to be authentic, to come across as personable, and project traits like warmth and competence,” Joann Peck, associate professor of marketing at the Wisconsin School of Business, said in the press release. “One way to do that is to mirror everyday conversation, and that means taking the non-verbal cues we use in face-to-face communication into the online environment.”
NovoMoto, a spinoff from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is finishing its first 100 solar lighting installations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
