Quoted: Benjamin Cox is an assistant engineer in the Morgridge Institute for Research fabrication lab at UW-Madison and a graduate student in the medical physics department who has been working in 3D printing for seven years. He said comparing printing Filamet on a home 3D printer to the larger metal printers is “a bit of a false comparison”.
The number one rule for watching the solar eclipse on Aug. 21 is not to look directly at the sun without special eyewear, even when it is partially obscured, said Jim Lattis, who directs the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s astronomy outreach center Space Place.
Quoted: Justin Sydnor, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies insurance and risk said that Molina did not offer plans in all areas of Wisconsin, but the company sold more ACA policies overall in the state than other companies. It was also the largest seller in particular areas, including Milwaukee County.
Sometimes in order to get to the gym, all we need is a little extra push. A new study suggests that money might not be a good enough push though. UW Madison researcher Justin Sydnor and his colleagues studied a group of people of all ages and fitness levels who just joined a gym.
The start of another school year, just a couple weeks away, can trigger some anxiety among younger students, but there are things you can do to help minimize your child’s concerns. Dr. Marcia Slattery, director of the UW Health Anxiety Disorder Program, said you’ll likely notice that younger school-age children may become more irritable as the onset of school approaches.
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: Author Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, FAAP, is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and also holds master’s degrees in public health and children’s librarianship.
When an opening for a historian for the Joint Chiefs of Staff opened a few months ago, applicants needed a unique set of qualifications.
Noted: Well, “sharing” to the extent that two people have matching copies of the same object. “The fact that a gift is shared with the giver makes it a better gift in the eyes of the receiver,” says Evan Polman, marketing professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “They like a companionized gift more, and they even feel closer to the giver.”
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.”
The number one rule for watching the solar eclipse on Aug. 21 is not to look directly at the sun without special eyewear, even when it is partially obscured, said Jim Lattis, who directs the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s astronomy outreach center Space Place.
Quoted: “These incentive programs did increase slightly how often people went, but only by about one visit, and then it really has no lasting impact,” said Justin Sydnor, a risk-management and insurance professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and co-author of the report.
Quoted: This, FYI, is called “companionizing”. Ie, that yoga mat is a “companionized gift”. “The fact that a gift is shared with the giver makes it a better gift in the eyes of the receiver,” says study co-author Evan Polman, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin School of Business. “They like a companionized gift more, and they even feel closer to the giver.”
Noted: UW Law School Professor Keith Findley interviewed.
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.
Quoted: “Having these thriving populations in the countryside, just naturally occurring, is just one way that we can ensure that at least our crops get pollinated,” said Claudio Gratton, professor of entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison economist Steven Deller said it’s encouraging that Walker’s office has pledged certain safeguards for taxpayers, including clawback provisions for the state to recoup tax credits if Foxconn stops operating or leaves the state.
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.
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: Jerry O’Brien, a retailing expert at UW-Madison, wasn’t aware of any evidence that employee ownership leads to better work conditions, but it is “meant to be an incentive.” “Employee ownership is hoped to translate into a better employment situation,” he said. “But, yes, it is very situational. One of the goals is to provide the employee with more pride of ownership and thus more pride in their job performance.”
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.
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.”
Robert Drechsel, the former head of the UW-Madison journalism school and an expert on media law, agreed that someone who decides to speak at a public hearing has given their consent to have what they shared be made public.
UW-Madison School of Business professor of finance James Johannes said: “Merger & acquisition is going to be part of the banking landscape in the foreseeable future … It is not clear that bank margins or spreads will rise nor is it clear that regulatory costs will fall. Therefore, to enhance earnings, banks will have to apply stable or falling margins to higher earning assets.”
“Mosquitoes certainly are out in force. I mean this is Wisconsin, after all. We’ve had a lot of rain this year, so it is not surprising the mosquito numbers we’re seeing, but they seem to have really picked up in the last couple of weeks,” said P.J. Liesch, extension entomologist with UW-Madison.
Video: University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Jonathan Gray talks about the significance of cable and streaming services leading the pack of Emmy nominations on Live at Four.
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.
“I think it’s really important that we give them the spa treatment,” said Nigel Cook, who has directed the Dairyland Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine since 2010.
Noted: UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden grouped Evers in with Soglin and McCabe as unexpected candidates, but added he stands out from the list of 11 names in that he has won statewide office multiple times.
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.
Noted: The week of June 16 saw the worst outbreak of algal blooms in decades, said Jake Vander Zanden, an aquatic biologist at the UW Center for Limnology, and Stephen Carpenter, limnology center director.
Noted: Trump’s policy differs from Obama’s in two main ways, said Martina Kunovic, a doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and visiting researcher at the Cuban Institute for Cultural Research in Havana.
Following Democratic candidate Jonathan Ossoff’s loss for Georgia’s 6th congressional seat, party members are trying to regain their footings and figure out what’s next for the party. University of Wisconsin’s Barry Burden joins us to talk about what the future could hold for the Democrats.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin fruit crop entomologist Christelle Guédot.
Quoted: Donna Friedsam, health policy programs director at UW-Madison’s Population Health Institute.
Warren Porter, a University of Wisconsin-Madison zoology professor who has done extensive research on environmental toxicology .. said that even in minute amounts, glyphosate can have profound long-term health effects. “Most people don’t have a clue as to what’s going on,” he said.
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: 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.
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.
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: 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.”
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.
Noted: Interview with Hart Posen of the Wisconsin School of Business.
Quoted: Barry Burden, a UW-Madison political science professor, said Walker’s approval ratings don’t provide as much of a cushion as he’s had in past election cycles, and visiting schools and providing more money for schools might rebuild public support.
Noted: Insight from UW’s Tamara Jeppson, Greg Tripoli and Harold Tobin.
Quoted: At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, economics professor Noah Williams said Wisconsin’s manufacturing jobs losses would have been steeper without the tax break. “Job growth would have been lower in manufacturing and overall,” the economist said in an email.
Quoted: Can a governor radically change the course of a state’s economy?” asked Steven Deller, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension. “Not really, but they can influence on the margins, or around the corners. As you know, the larger macroeconomy (what is happening to the U.S. economy) is the 800-pound gorilla in the room. But a governor can set the tone of how the state thinks about the business climate.”
Quoted: The hope is for those 150 cuttings to sprout into hearty trees in the next few years so they can be replanted elsewhere on the property, said Curt Meine, adjunct associate professor in University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Forest and Wildlife Ecology Department.
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: There are options on the market for weed killers that have less of a negative impact, but there aren’t any products that have zero risk to the environment, UW-Madison professor Paul Koch said.
Noted: Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, FAAP, is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and also holds master’s degrees in public health and children’s librarianship. Engaged in primary care pediatrics, early literacy, medical education, and advocacy, he covers a variety of topics related to the health and well-being of children and families.
Quoted: Susan Nitzke, professor emerita in nutritional sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says most people know the benefits of healthy eating and “if they have kids, they know the importance of being a good role model.”
