The following is a selection of media coverage featuring College of Letters & Science faculty, staff, students and alumni.
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Faculty & Staff:
At the 2015 NSTA Conference, PASCO Scientific will help educators explore ways to engage students in hands-on science
Yahoo! Finance (3/10/15)
Mentioned: Mike Randall, Physics
#TonyRobinson
The Isthmus (3/12/15)
Quoted: William P. Jones, History
Concerns grow about common core standards
The Daily Signal (3/12/15)
Quoted: Richard Askey, Mathematics
Museum exhibit shows 2 booms of bicycling in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune (3/13/15)
Mentioned: Jesse Gant, Center for the Humanities
UW-Madison's Mark Hetzler takes the trombone in new directions
Wisconsin State Journal (3/13/15)
Quoted: Mark Hetzler, Music
BLUE EYES – Are from the center of the galaxy
Before It's News (3/13/15)
Quoted: John Hawks, Anthropology
How chirality affects the origins of life
Before It's News (3/13/15)
Quoted: Tehshik Yoon, Chemistry
You might as well flip a coin to fill in your NCAA brackets, researcher says
Huffington Post (3/14/15)
Quoted: Jordan Ellenberg, Mathematics
UW-Madison faculty members attend cross-cultural conference in hopes of alleviating poverty
The Daily Cardinal (3/15/15)
Quoted: Harry Brighouse, Philosophy; Lawrence Berger, Social Work
Mentioned: Timothy Smeeding, LaFollette School of Public Affairs
Mail-ballot pioneer Oregon becomes first state to automatically register voters
US News (3/16/15)
Quoted: Barry Burden, Political Science
In Israeli politics, coalition partners don't stop competing
Talk Radio News Service (3/16/15)
Quoted: Nadav Shelef, Political Science
The most important leadership skill there is
Huffington Post (3/16/15)
Mentioned: Richard Davidson, Psychology
Alumni:
TCCES hires two fine arts staff members
Post-Crescent (3/10/15)
Mentioned: Christina Turner (B.A.'89, Economics, Political Science)
Greg Summers expected to start as MCLA president in July
WAMC (3/11/15)
Quoted: Greg Summers (Ph.D.'01, History and Geography)
Kids, weirdos and supper clubs: What's coming to the 2015 Wisconsin Film Festival
The Capital Times (3/11/15)
Mentioned: Chad Gracia (B.A.'92, History)
Mentioned: Erik Crary (B.A. '99, Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Arts)
2 common liquids spontaneously form dancing droplets
Scientific American (3/11/15)
Mentioned: Nate Cira (B.S.'11, Molecular Biology)
The simple test Tocqueville's John Hathaway and Doug Groh use to determine if gold is at a bottom
Goldseek (3/12/15)
Quoted: Douglas Groh (B.S.'81, Geoscience and Philosophy)
Kathleen Cavanaugh to be guest at Rome Writers Group
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune (3/12/15)
Quoted: Kathleen Cavanaugh (B.S.'56, English)
Business Movers: Bob Gregg, Oregon Sports Authority; Marc Goldberg, Portland Community College; Dr. Alden Roberts, PeaceHealth
The Oregonian (3/12/15)
Mentioned: Lea Schneider (B.S.'04, Biology)
NCSC honors Wisconsin court interpreter manager
Wisconsin Court System (3/13/15)
Mentioned: Carmel Capati (M.A.'95, Southeast Asian Studies)
Computer Task Group (CTG) names Cliff Bleustein as CEO
StreetInsider.com (3/13/15)
Quoted: Cliff Bleustein (B.S.'92, Psychology)
Forward Community Investments: Adds three new members to board of directors
WisBusiness.com (3/13/15)
Mentioned: Alia Dayne (B.A.'00, Journalism and Mass Communication)
First American Bank hires Julie Denton
Online Athens (3/14/15)
Mentioned: Julie Denton (B.A.'07, English)
Clarinetist Kevin Streich performs in March 24 recital
University News Appalachian State University (3/16/15)
Mentioned: Kevin Streich (M.M.'96, Music Performance)
Students:
My experience in developing ‘El Remedio’ at the J-School Hackathon
PBS (3/13/15)
Written by: Alex Arriaga, Journalism and Mass Communication