Tammy Mocarski remembers her surgeon leaning over her as she woke up in recovery after having what appeared to be a harmless, pea-sized tumor removed from the crease below her left breast.
Noted: All of the estimated 75 students in the program will also be enrolled in a pre-college enrichment program operated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the university, the Milwaukee Police Department and the group Community Advocates will be partners in the program.
Hart Posen was interviewed about the FoxConn deal on the July 27 WTMJ morning show. Interview appears at the 38:33 mark.
Quoted: “The hope would have been that by targeting this, you could especially capture some of the people who early on fall off and get them to keep going for longer,” said Justin Sydnor, one of the report’s authors and a risk-management and insurance professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “These incentive programs did increase slightly how often people went, but only by about one visit, and then it really has no lasting impact.”
Noted: The study, recently published in the “Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin” at the University of Wisconsin — Madison, found that gift recipients ended up happier if they knew their gift-givers bought themselves the same thing. They study’s authors, both marketing professors, Evan Polman of the University of Wisconwin and Sam Maglio of the University of Toronto — Scarborough coined this phenomenon, “companionizing.”
Noted: Paul Jadin, President of the Madison Region Economic Partnership, and UW-Madison School of Business Professor Hart Posen talked about the impact a new plant with up to 13,000 jobs could have on the state’s economy.
Noted: Co-authors of the paper were Mark Stehr, assistant director of the School of Economics and an associate professor at Drexel University; Heather Royer, an assistant professor of economics at the University of California at Santa Barbara; and Justin Sydnor, an associate professor of risk and insurance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Barry Gerhart, a University of Wisconsin professor of management and human resources, said he thinks employers of low-skilled workers could have more trouble finding labor if Foxconn creates the promised thousands of new jobs. “They’ll either have to reach a little deeper in the applicant pool, raise wages and benefits, or automate,” Gerhart said.
Also quoted: Hart Posen, an associate professor of management and human resources in the UW School of Business, said the distribution of lower- and higher-paying jobs within Foxconn is extremely vague. But he doesn’t expect this plant to look like the company’s other ones that have great numbers of hand-assemblers. This one will more likely be highly automated.
Quoted: That ecosystem would be ideal, but it is far from guaranteed, said Hart Posen, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, on a recent episode of political talk show “Capital City Sunday.” The state needs to keep working to fully take advantage of Foxconn, he said.
Paul Chryst generally remains composed on the Wisconsin sideline and avoids venturing out onto the field to debate calls with the officials.
Quoted: “Up until very recently, surprisingly few people were looking at this,” says Heather Kirkorian, an assistant professor of human development in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “In the last year or so, we’re actually seeing some research into apps and touchscreens. It’s just starting to come out.”
Quoted: “There are numerous studies out there that have suggested that sometimes states get so wrapped up in winning the game, the incentive package never really pays for itself,” said Steven Deller, UW professor.
Quoted: “We don’t know what the benefits package is or the incentive package is because they’re holding their cards very close to their face,” said Steven Deller, Professor of Agriculture and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: “I hope that cooler heads prevail when putting these incentive packages together,” Steve Deller, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of agriculture and applied economics, said Tuesday. “Sometimes states get so caught up in playing the game that they lose sight of the costs these incentives incur. Wisconsin has historically not played that game.”
President Trump turned up the heat saying Congress should not leave for August recess until a new health care plan is passed. A possible Senate vote could happen early next week. We look at what the different scenarios could mean for insurance companies and Wisconsinites with Justin Sydnor, University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor in risk management and insurance.
Paul Chryst was a feel-good hire in the winter of 2014.
Quoted: “It’s a potentially pretty sensible way to go forward,” said Justin Sydnor, a professor of risk management and insurance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “There are good economics behind that.”
Think the cost of a University of Wisconsin education has been frozen for the past four years? Think again: that’s just tuition.
Noted: Carrie Coon, who after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison performed with the Madison Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre and Renaissance Theaterworks before moving to Chicago, was nominated for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie for “Fargo.”
Noted: Lorraine had a keen interest in business, receiving a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s degree in teaching of social science and history from Columbia University in New York.
Quoted: “The search costs are very high and the rules may be quite restrictive when it comes to determining what constitutes an identical product at a competing store,” says Noah Lim, a marketing professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Business.
Quoted: “If you look at the promotional materials, the lobbying, it’s the same people who are pushing against Sharia around the country — holding rallies, talking about ‘Sharia creep’ and Muslims taking over,” said Asifa Quraishi-Landes, who teaches constitutional and Islamic law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and serves as president of the National Association of Muslim Lawyers. “They see any acknowledgment of Sharia in American Muslim life as a first step to the Trojan Horse.”
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents on Friday unanimously adopted a “guidepost” on free speech protections that does not impose the penalties some GOP lawmakers are demanding for students who disrupt controversial speakers.
With the NBA’s moratorium period over, the Milwaukee Bucks went on a signing spree Thursday. The Bucks locked up their first-round pick, 6-foot-10 forward D.J. Wilson, to a rookie-scale contract, added former Wisconsin guard Bronson Koenig on a two-way contract, acquired Sterling Brown from the Philadelphia 76ers for cash considerations and signed former VCU guard JeQuan Lewis to a free-agent contract.
Noted: It was Richard Marsh, an affable, intensely curious scientist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who sounded a warning about questionable animal feeding practices more than a decade ago and kept sounding it until his death in 1997, even as critics dismissed him as an alarmist.
Quoted: People typically don’t decide on their own to hunt. Rather, said Thomas Heberlein, an emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has studied hunting for decades, they’re most likely to take up a gun or bow if they meet three criteria: They’re male, they grew up in a rural area and their father hunted.
Quoted: Richard Bishop, a UW-Madison economist specializing in natural resources, said the Journal Sentinel poll results are encouraging. “It sounds like people are putting a lot of thought into what kind of risk they are willing to accept,” Bishop said.
The man prosecutors say kidnapped a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois last month graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013.
Quoted: That could make coverage unaffordable for many people with medical conditions, said Donna Friedsam, health policy programs director at UW-Madison’s Population Health Institute. “Insurers could be offering a much thinner set of benefits for less cost and price the more comprehensive benefits at a much higher cost,” Friedsam said.
Quoted: Donna Friedsam, health policy programs director for the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, said while Anthem’s decision will be a big change for the affected members, it won’t necessarily mean a huge change for Wisconsin’s individual health care market.
Noted: In 2013, Richard Davidson of the University of Wisconsin at Madison and his colleagues reported that even one day of mindfulness meditation can impact the expression of genes. In their study, 19 experienced meditators were studied before and after a full day of intensive meditation. For control, the researchers similarly studied a group of 21 people who engaged in a full day of leisure. At the end of the day, the meditators showed lowered levels of activity of inflammatory genes—exactly the kind of effect seen when one takes anti-inflammatory drugs. The study also showed lowered activity of genes that are involved in epigenetically controlling expressions of other genes. The state of one’s mind, it seems, can have an epigenetic effect.
None of the 10 players with Wisconsin ties who had pre-draft workouts with the Milwaukee Bucks, among other teams, were chosen in the NBA draft Thursday night.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin-Madison named Mike Peters director of the agricultural research station network.
Lawmakers late Wednesday voted to crack down on University of Wisconsin System students who disrupt other people’s speeches and events, pitting one set of free speech concerns against another.
Noted: Hart Posen with the University of Wisconsin’s School of Business joined Wisconsin’s Morning News to discuss what this deal would mean for you.
As the Assembly takes up a bill Wednesday to require University of Wisconsin campuses to enforce free speech protections with the threat of expulsion, another debate is raging on the money behind conservative speakers and how well college students really understand the First Amendment.
Noted: The plaintiffs are 12 Democrats, including activist Bill Whitford, a retired University of Wisconsin Law School professor.
One of the most prominent citizens of Wisconsin’s early history continues to recognize excellence in education today.
Jessie Vetter traces the origins of her annual golf outing to when she was a student-athlete at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden said people shouldn’t view the stay as an indication of where the court stands on the case overall. He added, though, that because of the time it will take for the Supreme Court to decide the case, “In 2018, we’re very likely to be using the districts we have today,” regardless of how the court rules. He said he doesn’t believe the court will rule until possibly the middle of 2018.
To Tony Granato, a former University of Wisconsin men’s hockey player will have an advantage in becoming the team’s newest assistant coach. To a point.
Peering out onto the Milwaukee Bucks practice court from the wall of the Cousins Center, a sweaty Zak Showalter rattled off names like Glenn “Big Dog” Robinson and Ray Allen with ease.
Quoted: “Many women in the mindfulness group used the skills to avoid pain medication in early labor and then opted for epidural when things became more intense, but as a more intentional, mindful choice, versus out of fear of the bodily sensations of labor,” said lead study author Larissa Duncan of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
It’s no secret Donald Trump benefited from rural voters. But Democrat or Republican, they usually tell Katherine Cramer – who has spent a decade visiting residents of small-town Wisconsin – the same thing: it’s the cities that get all the breaks, and then have the gall to look down on them, too
Noted: Finally, Kremer is proposing to protect speakers on UW campuses by prohibiting students and faculty from protesting. In my opinion, every speaker should be heard respectfully, but responsible free speech by the audience should also not be curtailed. If, in rare instances, students or faculty see a speaker as lying, grossly misrepresenting the facts, or advocating discrimination, they should be allowed to protest, even if that means that views that Kremer might value are exposed to ridicule. That is democracy.
Noted: Screnock lives in Reedsburg with his wife, with whom he has three adult children. He received an MBA from Eastern College in Pennsylvania and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
People naturally open up to their hairdressers, said Andrea Nino De Guzman Ramirez, a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Eight University of Wisconsin head coaches had their contracts extended by one year by the Athletic Board on Friday.
When Hannah DePorter’s plant breeding and genetics lab at UW-Madison grows beets, only a fraction of what the students harvest winds up being used for research.
Every summer, about 60 graduate students with diverse backgrounds and interests come together at the UW-Madison School of Business for a week of intensive schooling about what it takes to start a tech-based company.
The day of the Blake Geoffrion Hockey Classic is usually a special one on the calendar for the charity game’s namesake.
Noted: He plans to return next year to UW-Madison, where he got his bachelor’s degree, to do a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at UW Health. He will also pursue research on using stem cells to treat chronic pain.
Noted: The students also met with Lesley Sager, assistant faculty associate in the design studies department of the School of Human Ecology at UW Madison, and some university students who took part in the study-abroad program, UW Design Studies in Kenya, which she led. The college students talked about their experiences there and the East students did an exercise that involved cutting out magazine pictures that depict things teenagers value.
Those who want to enjoy the bunker-like weight room and labyrinthine hallways of UW-Madison’s Southeast Recreational Facility before the popular campus gym is demolished have until Aug. 18 to do so.
Noted: Melih Eriten is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Jordan Ellenberg is the John D. MacArthur and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of “How Not to Be Wrong.”
Noted: Screnock has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MBA from Eastern College in Pennsylvania and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin.
Every day while working in a university lab, biology student Hannah DePorter sees produce grown for research wasting away in compost piles.
There’s an online dating site for nearly everybody, but can too many choices be problematic? Live at Four talks with professor Catalina Toma, one of the authors of a recent University of Wisconsin study, that reveals choice overload can raise the stakes.
