Author: knutson4

Quoted: “There’s no question there’s an income disparity, and probably in no case does more than half of that [79-cents-on-the-dollar] gap go away when you control for other factors,” says Barry Gerhart, a professor of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin School of Business. “The question is, what causes that? That’s harder to answer.”

UW-Madison professor Hart E. Posen talks to News 3 This Morning about the naming of a new CEO for Wisconsin company Lands’ End.

Noted: We know that, as human beings, we compare ourselves to other people constantly—whether we’re aware of it or not. Research by Liad Weiss, assistant professor of marketing at the Wisconsin School of Business, and Gita Venkataramani Johar of the Columbia Business School showed that we also compare ourselves to the inanimate objects that surround us, and whether or not we own these things can dictate how they make us feel about ourselves.

Quoted: A University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor who was on hand for the vote said that once again in 2016, the Electoral College meetings playing out across the country have made history.”I don’t think we’ve seen anything like this in decades,” Professor Barry Burden said. “To have crowds outside protesting, a full room to watch the event, a lot of interest, a lot of opposition, frankly, to what was happening. Nothing like this before.”

Quoted: While the vote ended any potential controversy surrounding the Electoral College for 2016, UW-Madison Political Science Professor Barry Burden – who sat in on the historic vote – believes the nationwide concern over it long-term isn’t going away.”I suspect this will lead to an ongoing conversation about whether to reform the Electoral College or maybe to do away with it,” said Burden.

Quoted: The choice of Griffith shows that even though the Lands’ End board cut ties with Marchionni, it plans to keep moving fashion forward, said Hart Posen, a UW-Madison associate professor in the School of Business.

Noted: Prof. Anuj Desai serves on the claims commission ruling on the Pan Am pilots’ case.

Noted: In fact, when the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, the giant Canada goose received serious consideration for listing, said Stan Temple, Beers-Bascom professor in conservation and professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Quoted: That’s despite students in extracurricular activities being “less likely to use drugs (although not necessarily alcohol) than youth who are not actively involved,” according to UW-Madison professor Stephen Small, who studies adolescent development and parenting.

Quoted: Ryan Owens, a UW-Madison political science professor who specializes in judicial issues, said the effect of Walker’s preference of appointing judges with Federalist Society ties only signals “a commitment to a more conservative judicial principles.”