L&S in the News: Aug. 4 - 10

August 13th 2015 Simon Kuran
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The following is a selection of media coverage featuring College of Letters & Science faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Did we miss an article? Send us a note at LSNews@ls.wisc.edu.


Faculty:

Transitions by Richelle Hunt
Sentinel & Enterprise (8/4/15)
Quoted: Janet Hyde, Psychology

"The politics of resentment": Researcher finds a growing divide between urban & rural Wisconsin
WUWM (8/5/15)
Quoted: Kathy Cramer, Political Science

Teach your robot to do the dishes
MIT Technology Review (8/5/15)
Quoted: Bilge Mutlu, Computer Sciences

What L.A. County is doing to make voting suck less
City Lab (8/7/15)
Quoted: Barry Burden, Political Science

How megafires are remaking American forests
National Geographic (8/9/15)
Quoted: Monica Turner, Zoology

Health officials: State fetal tissue ban could slow research
The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram (8/10/15)
Quoted: Laura Kiessling, Chemistry

Alumni:

Renee Moe named new president & CEO of United Way of Dane County
WKOW (8/4/15)
Mentioned: Renee Moe Salus (B.A.'99, Journalism and Mass Communication, Chinese)

Deck to speak at Economic Update Breakfast
Harrison Daily (8/6/15)
Mentioned: Kathy Deck (M.S.'98, Economics)