Quoted: Studies have shown that alcohol has potential cancer-causing effects. Noelle LoConte, M.D., an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, likened alcohol to a converted carcinogen. “It’s not a mystery why we get cancers of the head, neck, and esophagus—people basically bathe their body tissue in carcinogen,” she says.
Noted: Hart Posen is a guest.
Quoted: Hart Posen, an associate professor of management and human resources at the Wisconsin School of Business, thinks that as a result, this could become a boon for Amazon. “It is easy for a seller using Amazon’s platform to collect and remit sales tax. This should further push small retailers toward Amazon’s platform,” he said. That gives the online giant even more leverage.
Quoted: This rejection of some scientific facts doesn’t surprise Dominique Brossard, PhD, Chair of the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A leading expert in the field of science communications, Dr. Brossard’s research focuses on the intersection of science, media, and policy. With evidence-based findings as her guide, Dr. Brossard knows that effective communication requires more than telling others that your expertise trumps their opinion. “We know that informing people of scientific facts doesn’t automatically change their mind about topics related to health, science, and technology,” she explained. “People rely on underlying psychological mechanisms that may not take facts into account. Because of that, just providing scientific information to the public is not effective enough to sway opinion about complex science issues.”
As the summer solstice draws closer, Stephen Meyers has been welcoming the few extra minutes of sunlight each day that light up his walk home. He knows that after the year’s longest stretch of sunlight on June 21, the days will get shorter as the seasons shift and winter approaches.
Quoted: Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said it’s clear the public is “mostly not attuned to the insider conversation” about the Democratic candidates and that the resources available to each candidate will start to matter more as each campaign intensifies this summer ahead of the August primary.
Quoted: “Although not the final word on this question, the GAO study provides credible evidence that strict ID requirements may depress turnout,” said Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin.
Noted: “The placement of the cells is critical,” agrees Marina Emborg, who studies Parkinson’s disease at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was not involved in the study.
Noted: Taking a similar stance, Tova Walsh, assistant professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, expressed her concern that this policy doesn’t do enough to address the well-being of immigrant children.
“Fake apps spread by social engineering, such as by enticing users with the possibility of playing a popular game,” says Vaibhav Rastogi, a computer science research associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “The vulnerability exploited here is not in the computer system but in the human.”
Noted: “The main purpose of summer school is to catch up the students who are struggling during the school year, to make sure that they’re not falling further behind and to actually get them to push forward,” says Drew Joseph, a doctoral student in the department of curriculum and instruction at UW-Madison, who works for the district. “They’re mostly there for literacy and math instruction, but what we also want to do with the enrichment classes is push their literacy and math skills forward.”
Noted: In the majority of states, non-Hispanic whites are dying faster than they are being born, according to a recent study by the Applied Population Lab at the University of Wisconsin.
Noted: Podcast includes interview with Lisa Ruth Rand, historian of science technology and the environment.
Noted: WORT Producer Nina Kravinsky brings you the story along with an interview from with UW-Madison Political Science Professor David Canon, analyzing today’s Supreme Court decision.
“It is an insurance-type product,” said Mark Stephenson, an agricultural economist and director of the Center for Dairy Profitability at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in a June 8, 2018 interview on Wisconsin Public Television’s Here & Now.
Noted: But critics have questioned the plan’s feasibility. Sara McKinnon, a UW-Madison communications professor with expertise in U.S. immigration law and policy, said a 14-day window to review and decide asylum cases seems unrealistic.
Noted: People may be seeing these wild animals more frequently for a number of reasons, said David Drake, an extension wildlife specialist and lead researcher for the UW-Madison Urban Canid Project. Coyote populations are likely increasing in number while also becoming less afraid of humans, prompting everyday encounters in the park, on the sidewalk, and even in backyards.
Noted: Michael Wagner, a University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism professor who specializes in political communication and elections, said the group’s endorsement sends a signal to donors and voters about the candidate’s viability.
Noted: In the 1950s, the American psychologist Harry Harlow took young rhesus monkeys from their mothers and found that the youngsters became reclusive.
Q&A with David Canon.
We have analysis of yesterday’s special election results, and get a refresher course on the redistricting case before the US Supreme Court. Guest: Barry Burden
Quoted: A spending plan shows how overspending one week will leave you with a cash shortage the next week. Even a $50 shortfall can feel stressful, says J. Michael Collins, faculty director for the Center for Financial Security at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
On Monday, the Supreme Court surprised observers by deciding not to decide Gill v. Whitford, the high-profile case about partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin. Instead, the court remanded the case back to Wisconsin district court to give the plaintiffs “an opportunity” to provide better evidence about whether they had the right to bring the suit at all.
By Barry Burden and David Canon
Piece co-written by Tova Walsh, an assistant professor of Social Work and Affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Well-Being.
Noted: Interview with Andra Ghent, associate professor of real estate and urban land economics.
Quoted: “They basically again just punted on any underlying questions of the constitutionality of this and didn’t say anything about whether gerrymandering is OK or not,” said David Canon.
Noted: David Canon, a University of Wisconsin political science professor, weighed in on the court’s decision Monday.
Quoted: Paul Mitchell, professor of agricultural and applied economics, extension state specialist and director of the Renk AgriBusiness Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, agreed. This research “doesn’t talk about the social adjustments at all. Farmers don’t care about variability of yields, they care about the variability of income. Crop insurance is already heavily subsidized, and there are mechanisms in place to mitigate the financial impacts. If yields go down, fine, we’ll plant more corn.”
Noted: Noah Williams, director of the conservative-leaning Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy at UW-Madison, said the main reason Wisconsin has lagged in overall job growth is that population growth here has been very slow over the past decade, less than half the national average.
Quoted: Though both cases involve challenges to partisan gerrymandering, Barry Burden, a political science professor and director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the justices could be having a hard time reconciling the different legal theories being argued.
Noted: Lewis Friedland, professor of journalism and mass communication and the principal investigator on the project, told me in an interview that the effort began years back when he and other journalism faculty started studying links between media changes and political contention, which escalated with the 2011 fight over labor rights for public employees.
Quoted: “It has this strong motivating factor when it appeals to the politics of resentment,” said Donald Moynihan, director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who opposed the regents’ policy.
Quoted: Jo Handelsman, a microbiologist and genomic sequencing pioneer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who likewise is not associated with the project, concurs. “The thrill of sequence information is that you don’t know what you’re going to find,” she says. “I think probably the bigger payoffs will be things that we can’t even anticipate.”
Noted: Mental health advocates hope this bit of viral attention can be harnessed for lasting changes. Dr. Steve Garlow, a psychiatry professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has studied suicide, said he hopes the growing awareness can finally build a lasting public health effort like those rallied around other leading causes of death.
Noted: A spending plan shows how overspending one week will leave you with a cash shortage the next week. Even a $50 shortfall can feel stressful, says J. Michael Collins, faculty director for the Center for Financial Security at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Op/ed by Barry Burden and Robert Yablon.
UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden said the November election will likely draw more voters than Tuesday, but higher turnout doesn’t necessarily mean good news for Republicans.
Mental health advocates hope this bit of viral attention can be harnessed for lasting changes. Dr. Steve Garlow, a psychiatry professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has studied suicide, said he hopes the growing awareness can finally build a lasting public health effort like those rallied around other leading causes of death.
Noted: Chris Kucharik is a professor of Ergonomics and Environment at UW-Madison. He describes the distinct appearance of the algae.
Noted: Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said though the Democrats won just one of the two contests held Tuesday, both districts moved significantly in the Democratic direction from voting patterns in the 2016 presidential election.
The chain had not been profitable for years. Wisconsin School of Business professor Hart Posen argued in an April 20 interview with Wisconsin Public Radio’s Central Time that the company wasn’t competing very effectively with its retail peers, to say nothing of online challengers. “Really the fundamental problem at Bon-Ton was there was nothing distinctive about them,” Posen said. “They weren’t low-price, they didn’t have the best selection, they didn’t have the best customer service. There was nothing that would really make you go into a Bon-Ton store … Bon-Ton would have been in trouble, I think, regardless.”
Noted: Over five school years, ending with the spring of 2016, 71 percent of rural districts in the state saw a drop in enrollment, said Sarah Kemp, a school demographer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: “Most people who go into medicine are scientifically-oriented and want to take care of people,” said Dr. Bruce Harms of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. “The financial picture isn’t their focus at this point in their careers.”
Noted: Baobabs, especially old ones, can be more vulnerable to drought than their grizzled appearance might suggest, says David Baum, an ecologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. But more evidence is needed, he says, to strengthen the link between climate change and the baobab deaths.
Quoted: David Canon, professor and chair of the political science department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said research suggests there is an advantage to being higher on the ballot — particularly in such a large field. “There is definitely work I’ve seen that says that being first is definitely an advantage to being second,” he said.
Column by Burden, a political science professor and director of the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison
Noted: Timothy Smeeding, a UW-Madison professor who led the study, said the findings reflect that while more Wisconsinites are working, their earnings may not be increasing as quickly as costs such as housing, health and child care.
The choice of materials used in e-commerce packaging makes a big impact on consumers’ perception of product value, claims a joint study by converter Pregis and the University of Wisconsin (UW).
Despite a robust job market, Wisconsin’s poverty rate increased to 10.8% in 2016, compared to 9.7% in 2015, according to a report released Friday by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The toxins can cause issues such as upset stomach, rashes and respiratory problems. Such blooms can also lead to fish kills once the bacteria sinks, according the UW Center for Limnology.
Walker has appointed UW-Madison Director of Dairy Policy Analysis Mark Stephenson to chair the committee. His first task will be to assemble the rest of the team. Walker says that will include stakeholders in the dairy industry from across the state.
Titletown Brewing Company and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are teaming up for “UW-Madison Presents: The Rise of the Craft Brewery” this Thursday at the Titletown Brewing Company taproom.
The June 12 summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in Singapore seems back on the calendar. But it’s not likely to result in the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Andrew Kydd is a professor in the University of Wisconsin’s department of political science.
Quoted: “Democrats are sure to make gains in this year’s midterm elections, but the monstrous wave that appeared to be building in late 2017 now appears to be more modest,” says Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin will once again answer questions from citizens in his annual, multi-hour, live television call-in show, “Direct Line With Vladimir Putin.” Many observers describe these shows as entirely fake, and “Direct Line” is indeed a highly staged and controlled event: Journalists have reported on this year’s preparations and the elaborate rehearsals that those selected to appear undergo.
Christine E. Evans is an associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and author of “Between Truth and Time: A History of Soviet Central Television” (Yale University Press, 2016).
Quoted: Jack Huddleston, emeritus professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said trying to re-open negotiations now would be “pretty risky” for the state.
Quoted: “The attempt to compare something that humans created or restored to something natural has shown a shortfall in the outcome,” said Joy Zedler, professor emerita of botany and restoration ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Some functions and some magnitude of functions fall short of what would be present in the same kind of wetland in the same place if it were left in its natural condition.”
Noted: Rick Kohrs, a graphic artist at NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, created this image of the plane’s “terrifying track.” He superimposed AA 1897’s flight path from Flight Aware with weather data from GOES-16, the latest sat from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program. These sats capture storms as they develop, giving meteorologists a space-based tool to predict storms and warn people about ones that exist.
“I think we’re in a good situation today because of what was done (by the first task force) back then. I sort of hope we can be half that good,” said Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at UW-Madison, who will lead the new group of experts dubbed by Gov. Scott Walker as Wisconsin Dairy Task Force 2.0.
“I think we’re in a good situation today because of what was done (by the first task force) back then. I sort of hope we can be half that good,” said Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at UW-Madison, who will lead the new group of experts dubbed by Gov. Scott Walker as Wisconsin Dairy Task Force 2.0.
