L&S in the News: Dec. 22 - 28

December 28th 2015
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The following is a selection of media coverage featuring College of Letters & Science faculty, staff, students and alumni.

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Faculty & Staff:

Federal interest rate hike conflicts with data showing 'soaring' poverty rate, declining income
National Catholic Reporter (12/22/15)
Quoted: Tim Smeeding, La Follette School of Public Affairs

Six early stage companies to watch in 2016
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/22/15)
Mentioned: Peter Qian, Statistics; Karu Sankaralingam, Computer Sciences

After difficult summer, UW-Madison fighting off efforts to poach top professors
Wisconsin State Journal (12/27/15)
Quoted: David Canon, Political Science; Mark Copelovitch, Political Science; Dean John Karl Scholz, Letters & Science

The Civic Organization and The Digital Citizen: Communicating Engagement in the Networked Age
New Books in Political Science (12/28/15)
Quoted: Chris Well, Journalism and Mass Communication

Paul Fanlund: Why do Americans so love war rhetoric?
The Capital Times (12/28/15)
Quoted: Andrew Kydd, Political Science

Blue Sky Science: How do we hear?
Wisconsin State Journal (12/28/15)
Quoted: Ruth Litovsky, Communication Sciences and Disorders

Alumni:

VSO presents POPS With All That Jazz Concert on Feb. 4
The Monitor (12/27/15)
Mentioned: Kurt Martinez (DMA'03)