Noted: Interview with Professor Cecelia Klingele. Private prisons are less safe and less effective than government-run prisons, according to the United States Department of Justice, and will soon no longer be used by the federal government.
Noted: Joann Peck, associate professor of marketing at the Wisconsin School of Business, has conducted numerous studies on haptics, the science of tactile sensations, and how it influences shoppers. Peck has found that when customers handle an item “they’re going to value it more, so they’re going to be more likely to purchase it and often to pay more for it,” she says, because the action increases people’s sense of psychological ownership.
Noted: “There are many things we know we should be doing, but temptation gets in the way,” says study coauthor Evan Polman, an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Curiosity is a very powerful force” that can help us overcome those short-term temptations, he says.
Earlier this year, University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Katherine Cramer published a book that detailed how changes in rural Wisconsin have altered the state’s political landscape.
Quoted: That kind of ending is not uncommon, said Hart Posen, UW-Madison School of Business associate professor of management and human resources.
“My sense is that Trump is scrambling a bit to try to find a set of states to put together to win the Electoral College,” said Barry Burden, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “He’s looking for a different strategy than Republicans traditionally follow.”
Quoted: Dr. Majid Sarmadi, a professor of textile science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, reported that blaze orange offered a good contrast in the woods in the spring and summer, but that pink was better in the autumn because of the orange found in fall leaves.
Dr. Shilagh Mirgain, UW Health Clinical Psychologist, said it is important to instill the value of kindness in children each and every day.
The shower happens every year and is one of the most reliable annual meteor showers, Jim Lattis, director of the UW-Madison Space Place, said.
Quoted: Walker has only run for governor in non-presidential elections, said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science and journalism professor Mike Wagner.
Noted: Byron Shafer is Hawkins Chair of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has been attending national party conventions since 1980.
Noted: The cost to build the network — short of the lines connecting individual users — would be about $150 million. How much of that funding would fall on the city depends on how much private companies would be willing to invest in the project and how much funding the city can get from the federal government, said Barry Orton, chairman of the Citywide Broadband Subcommittee and a professor emeritus at UW-Madison.
Noted: “I can’t remember a time when it (water) was a major statewide political issue,” said UW-Madison history professor John Sharpless, a former Republican congressional candidate.
Quoted: “I think it’s become clear to policymakers that the courts are going to be pushing back,” said Barry Burden, director of the University of Wisconsin’s Election Research Center, who testified against his state’s voter ID law. “It’s not one rogue judge. It’s a series of district courts and appeals courts that are saying to the states, you’ve gone too far.”
A University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism professor says Donald Trump’s controversial responses to a Muslim-American military family might be an intentional attempt to exploit their ethnicity to win over voters.
Given the current composition of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and a recent decision by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals invalidating similar laws in North Carolina, it’s possible the recent Wisconsin court rulings will be upheld, said UW-Madison law professor Robert Yablon.
Quoted: Believe it or not, this game is not Pokemon Go. It’s actually Kkomamon — an augmented reality game developed as something of an experiment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison four years ago, well before Niantic’s smash hit was even in development.”We were working with this game to increase physical activity in kids,” said David Gagnon, the program director of the Field Day Lab, a team of educational researchers, developers and designers who work at the intersection of education and new technology.
Quoted: That’s according to findings of the recently released National Financial Capability Study conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Foundation. Wisconsin performed better compared to the nation as a whole when it came to paying bills on time, avoiding non-bank or payday lenders and keeping up with expenses, said Michael Collins, director of the UW-Madison Center for Financial Security, who is familiar with the study.
Quoted: “It’s about making the offender part of the solution while elevating the voice of the victim and giving them a more active role,” said Jonathan Scharrer, director of a long-standing, prison-based restorative justice program run through UW-Madison’s Law School. Scharrer also helped set up the South Madison CRC.
Quoted: Ken Mayer, a UW-Madison political science professor who studies presidential politics, said this election had defied all expectations so it’s difficult to make predictions. Typically polls after the second convention set the tone of the race, and the numbers remain stable. However, he noted, a year ago nobody predicted Trump would be the Republican nominee.
Quoted: All payments ordered by the panel are due by Aug. 27, according to the ruling. An appeal is unlikely, said Dick Heymann, an adjunct professor of law at UW-Madison. Arbitration is used to avoid court proceedings and is set up under an agreement by all parties involved in the case. In most cases, a ruling is final.
Noted: For decades, researchers have theorized that deceleration starts as energy stored in the muscles is used up. “All mammals engaged in intense exercise, be it a human marathoner, a cheetah trying to catch prey or the prey trying to avoid becoming a meal, rely on energy stored in the body, usually as glycogen,” said Karen Steudel, a professor of zoology at the University of Wisconsin. “Once this is depleted, the human or cheetah is basically out of gas.”
Quoted: “She has to separate herself in a meaningful way,” said Ken Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies the presidency. “You walk a very fine line.”
Noted: “With the rain that we’ve been getting, that does set things up for mosquito activity,” said UW-Madison entomologist P.J. Liesch. “Anytime you get rain, you can have this lag period of about two weeks or so.”
Quoted: “Between the two of them, some data suggests they have over a 60 percent market share. Yahoo is much, much smaller and can no longer compete,” says Hart Posen, associate professor with the UW-Madison School of Business.
Noted: UW-Madison law professors Howard Scheweber and Walter Dickey comment.
Quoted: “How do you figure out what’s coming next?” said David O’Connor, professor at UW-Madison and chair of the Global Infectious Disease Division at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center. “That’s the million-dollar question.”
University of Wisconsin-Madison political science and journalism professor Mike Wagner said it was “striking” to see them follow different strategies.
Many people are guilty of talking more than we listen.UW Health Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Shilagh Mirgain, explains the art of listening and the power of presence.
Quoted: Walker’s speech offered something the convention had been missing, said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science and journalism professor Mike Wagner — a traditional appeal for ideological unity, reminding voters of the stakes of the election.
The focus on Pence from Kleefisch and other party leaders allows them to take a careful approach with a controversial candidate, said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science and journalism professor Mike Wagner.
Quoted: Though hepatitis C is highly treatable in its early stages, most people don’t know they’re infected because the disease is highly asymptomatic, said Rob Striker, a researcher and associate professor of infectious diseases in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.
The obsession was born over Chinese food with a Tibetan monk.Dr. Charles Raison was working as an emergency room psychiatrist in Los Angeles, where he’d fallen in with a monk-turned-psychologist. Every Monday, they would have dinner at Panda Inn and talk Tibet.
Quoted: “Before you consider buying, calculate the financial returns on buying vs. renting in your area under a variety of assumptions,” Andra Ghent, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Business, told WalletHub.
Noted: Mike Wagner, a UW-Madison journalism professor, said Walker’s visit with the Iowans, who host the first presidential nominating contest every four years, is a sign that he’s still interested in running for president again.
A former Turkish University of Wisconsin-Madison professor says he is not surprised by last night’s military coup in Turkey.
For many convention-goers, the upcoming Republican and Democratic National Conventions will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. For UW-Madison political science professor Byron Shafer, the trip will be quite familiar.
Noted: After the June 23 vote, the British pound quickly fell by about 8 percent in relation to the dollar, said Joe Conti, UW-Madison assistant professor of sociology and law. A drop like that is cause for concern, he said.
Noted: “We had a couple of weather events affect the apples and cherries last year,” said Amaya Atucha, an assistant professor in horticulture for UW-Madison and the state fruit specialist for UW Extension.
Noted: UW-Madison professors Constance Steinkuehler and Kurt Squire comment.
Quoted: “In many cases, the actual performance in Milwaukee improved, but the ranking dropped,” said Donna Friedsam, health policy program director at UW-Madison’s population health institute. “This would indicate that other geographic areas also improved on these elements, and improved more than did Milwaukee.”
Video: David Gagnon is an expert on mobile educational video games at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
VIDEO: David Gagnon is an expert on mobile educational video games at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He talks about the new Pokemon Go app on Live at Four.
Noted: “Any agency is free to impose a more demanding standard than what the law otherwise requires, but as far as I know that is rarely done,” said David Schultz, a UW-Madison law professor who teaches criminal law.
Noted: Recent mass shootings in Orlando and San Bernardino have pushed the issue back to the national forefront, said UW-Madison political scientist David Canon. He commented last week before a gunman shot and killed five police officers in Dallas and wounded several others — another event that could accelerate the debate over guns.
Noted: Cassie Vanderwall, with UW Health, said apps can be used to harness health in the modern age by encouraging people to become more aware of and accountable to themselves. They vary in their accuracy and user-friendliness.
Quoted: “A lot of the subprime products went to minorities, so I think that was part of it,” said Andra Ghent, associate professor of real estate and urban land economics at the Wisconsin School of Business.
Noted: Professor Susan Paskewitz is the university’s expert on ticks and the diseases they carry. Her past advice for walking in the woods is to wear pants and light-colored socks, especially for anyone who will spend much time in shadier, cooler areas outdoors. Ticks — especially the recently arrived lone star tick — are not fond of hot, sunny areas.
Noted: Although a handful of the singing protestors were disruptive and rightfully arrested, the Walker administration “swept too broadly” in ticketing many of the protestors, according to Donald Downs, a professor of political science, law and journalism at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Joe Conti, assistant professor of sociology and law at UW-Madison, talks to News 3 This Morning about how Brexit could affect Wisconsin residents.
UW-Madison sociology professor Joseph Conti is an expert in international trade. He says with a growing frustration in European countries it’s entirely possible others will follow in the UK’s footsteps.
Ryan Owens, a political science professor at UW-Madison, talks about how the Supreme Court’s abortion law decision will affect Wisconsin.
Despite an increase in jobs, there was no reduction in poverty in Wisconsin between 2013 and 2014 under a broad measure developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin.
Noted: “The Seventh Circuit thought the state Supreme Court really dropped the ball in this case,” said Ryan Owens, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin who tracks federal courts.
Quoted: Consumers should be skeptical of the health-benefit claims, said John Lucey, a professor of food science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of the Center for Dairy Research.
Noted: Interviews with Terry Warfield and Bjorn Eraker from the Wisconsin School of Business.
Noted: “There’s no doubt that that pond has produced some demonstrable changes,” said Dick Lathrop, a UW-Madison limnologist. “Pheasant Branch is a major contributor to the lakes.”
Noted: New research (by Evan Polman of the Wisconsin School of Business) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison says that might be key: If you can’t make up your own mind, pretend to make up someone else’s.
Heat waves can kill. In 2003, during a major European heat wave, 14,802 people died of hyperthermia in France alone. Most were elderly people living alone in apartment buildings without air conditioning, according to Richard Keller, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of medical history and bioethics and author of “Fatal Isolation: The Devastating Paris Heat Wave of 2003” (University of Chicago Press, 2015).
Noted: One UW-Madison insurance expert was willing to point out positives and negatives of the strategy in general, not specifically to the American Family plan. Peter Carstensen, emeritus professor of law, said forming a holding company makes diversifying the company easier and “allows the mutual to make acquisitions,” he said.
