The following is a selection of media coverage featuring College of Letters & Science faculty, staff, students and alumni.
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Faculty & staff:
Study: Streams, rivers play bigger role in climate change than originally thought
Wisconsin Public Radio (12/15/15)
Quoted: Emily Stanley, Center for Limnology and Zoology
Wississippi'? Reporter examines whether Wisconsin has more in common with Southern states
Wisconsin Public Radio (12/16/15)
Quoted: David Canon, Political Science
MAA presents awards for outstanding mathematical research, writing, and teaching
MAA (12/17/15)
Mentioned: Jordan Ellenberg, Mathematics
Critics say Wisconsin going backward on achievement gap
The Capital Times (12/17/15)
Quoted: Eric Grodsky, Sociology
Researcher studies fish populations at world's second largest freshwater lake
Science Newsline (12/18/15)
Mentioned: Peter McIntyre, Center for Limnology and Zoology
10,000-year record shows dramatic uplift at Andean volcano
Science Daily (12/19/15)
Quoted: Brad Singer, Geoscience
Fact-checking the Sunday shows: December 20
The Daily Beast (12/20/15)
Mentioned: Scott Gehlbach, Political Science
Can a professor be fired for doubting Sandy Hook massacre?
NBC News (12/20/15)
Quoted: Donald Downs, Political Science
The year in fungi
The New Yorker (12/20/15)
Quoted: Anne Pringle, Botany
UW researcher's study says arrival of humans disrupted plants, animals
Wisconsin Public Radio (12/21/15)
Quoted: Don Waller, Botany
On thin ice: Big northern lakes are being rapidly transformed
Alternet (12/21/15)
Quoted: Benjamin Kraemer, Center for Limnology; Galen McKinley, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Alumni:
DSO names Bartsch as concertmaster
THOnline (12/15/15)
Mentioned: Eleanor Bartsch (B.M.'11, M.M.'15, Music Performance)
Professor Selig's class visits Miller Park
Cait Covers the Bases (12/15/15)
Quoted: Allan H. "Bud" Selig (B.S.'56, History and Political Science)
Former AmNews reporter, esteemed journalist C. Gerald Fraser passes at 90
Amsterdam News (12/17/15)
Mentioned: C. Gerald Fraser (B.A.'49, Economics)
Epic Systems endows three faculty positions at UW-Madison
The Capital Times (12/18/15)
Mentioned: Judy Faulkner (M.S.'67, Computer Sciences)
Students:
Reaching the homeless by caring for pets
WisBusiness (12/21/15)
Quoted: Arie Hylkema, Social Work