Matthew Prough named Director of Information Technology

Prough, who spent the last 18 years with the City of Fitchburg, takes over the strategic coordination of information technology throughout the college.

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Ken Mayer in the Washington Post: Presidents don't have Green Lantern-like powers

Professor of political science reminds us that presidents don't possess the power to declassify documents at will.

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Flipping out

Jean-Luc Thiffeault weighs in on the biggest backyard grilling question of all: How many times should you flip your burgers?

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UW–Madison mourns influential, beloved geography professor Yi-Fu Tuan

Yi-Fu Tuan, a towering intellectual figure and University of Wisconsin–Madison professor emeritus of geography died at age 91. He was widely regarded as the father of humanistic geography and coined the idea of a "sense of place."

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Professor Michael Morgan confirmed as assistant secretary in the Department of Commerce

As deputy administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, professor of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Michael Morgan will be responsible for providing agency-wide direction regarding weather, water, climate and ocean observations and the process of converting observations to predictions for environmental threats.

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Secret Smiles

What cues do we lose when a smile’s hidden beneath a mask? Paula Niedenthal’s research says it’s likely a lot more than we think.

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Room for expression

In her first-person essay about her experience as an Undergraduate Research Scholar, L&S senior Corina Robinson shares her belief that research and creative practice need each other and says “the world does not move forward unless we have both.”

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The Fig Tree with Stephanie McFarlane by Propelling Women in Power

L&S graduate student Stephanie Damschen appears on Wisconsin Energy Institute podcast.

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Barry Burden in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Trump's attempts to delegitimize 2020 election ignore downballot wins for Republicans

As the Wisconsin Supreme Court declares ballot drop boxes illegal, former President Trump's efforts to have the decision apply retroactively to previous elections preserve his supporters' mistaken beliefs, says the Director of the Elections Research Center.

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