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VIDEO: Dr. Barbara Ingham, a professor of food science at UW-Madison, talks about common mistakes people make when canning the fruits of their labor.

Quoted: “Clinton is trying to shore up her weakness, which is young voters,” said UW-Madison political scientist Barry Burden. “Sanders is the best carrier of that message.”

News 3 This Morning talks with Dr. Hart Posen of the Wisconsin School of Business about the search for a new CEO at Lands’ End.

Quoted: “There’s no doubt in my mind split-ticket voting will be higher in this election than 2012 and 2008,” says University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Dave Canon, who points to the number of voters in both parties who have qualms about their nominees, as well as the potential size of the third party presidential vote for Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein.

Quoted: “But it’s always been my opinion that the more we rely on export markets for taking off our excess supply, the more volatile it is because we are dealing in a marketplace we can’t control a lot,” said Brian Gould, professor of agriculture and applied economics at UW-Madison.

Quoted: “The task she was undertaking was very difficult and I think at best offered mixed results,” said Hart Posen, associate professor of management and human resources at UW-Madison’s School of Business. “She was asked to help Lands’ End stand out among a crowded field of mid-level fashion retailers where everyone already is having a difficult time succeeding.”

Noted: Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, are guests on WHA radio (970 AM) at 11:45 a.m. the last Monday of each month.

Quoted: The new law will likely raise the cost of production on farms, said Paul Mitchell, associate professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.“When you have to harvest quickly, you work more than the standard work week,” he said. “Now that’s all of a sudden going to get more expensive.”

Quoted: David Williamson Shaffer, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in educational psychology, said if used correctly tablets have proven to boost test scores, help kids learn faster and make school more enjoyable.

Quoted: “The story (in Wisconsin) sounds similar to the national story,” said Timothy M. Smeeding, a professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Essentially, we’re not back to where we started (before the recession). We seem to be following a hopeful pattern.”

Quoted: Robert Batt, a University of Wisconsin-Madison business professor, said he liked how CMS included reporting from patients.”Surveys tend to have people with extreme opinions, but even at that, it’s real data of real patients who were there and who can say something,” he said.

Quoted: “If you look at global banking models, no countries have as many banks as we do,” said banking expert James Johannes, a finance professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business. “So if you believe in the natural order, the natural order is going to be fewer banks.”