The following is a selection of media coverage featuring College of Letters & Science faculty, staff, students and alumni.
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Faculty & Staff:
UW wind ensemble - Carnegie Hall concert
Wisconsin Public Radio (2/17/15)
Mentioned: Scott Teeple, Music
Learn area geo-history at 'Glacial Landscapes' event held tonight
Fond du Lac Reporter (2/17/15)
Mentioned: David Mickelson, Geoscience
Making multicore chips faster and smarter
Wireless Design & Development (2/18/15)
Quoted: David Wood, Computer Sciences
The day ahead, Feb. 18: Urban bush women, 'Enchantings'
The Capital Times (2/18/15)
Mentioned: Tejumola Olaniyan, African Languages & Literature
Computer graphics explored
Royal Purple News (2/18/15)
Quoted: Perry Kivolowitz, Computer Sciences
Guest lecturer to discuss origin of modern humans at UW-L
La Crosse Tribune (2/19/15)
Mentioned: John Hawks, Anthropology
Registering to vote online: Will Florida join in?
The Gainesville Sun (2/20/15)
Quoted: Barry Burden, Political Science
Right-to-work effort winds around Great Lakes into Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/21/15)
Quoted: William P. Jones, History
Railroads expand capacity on Mississippi as freight, oil traffic grows
La Crosse Tribune (2/22/15)
Quoted: Morgan Robertson, Geography
What does right-to-work mean?
WMTV Madison (2/23/15)
Quoted: John Ahlquist, Political Science
New book takes readers over four decades of welfare reform, anti-poverty policy making, policy issues affecting vulnerable populations
PR Web (2/23/15)
Mentioned: Tom Corbett, Social Work
UW professor's archaeological dig uncovers ancient culture in Turkey
The Badger Herald (2/23/15)
Quoted: Nick Cahill, Art History
Alumni:
VISIT Milwaukee names Kristin Settle as new director of communications
Urban Milwaukee (2/17/15)
Mentioned: Kristin Settle, (B.A.'00, Journalism and Political Science)
Marquette nabs Notre Dame leader as next provost
Milwaukee Business Journal (2/17/15)
Mentioned: Daniel Myers, (Ph.D.'97, Sociology)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute appoints internationally recognized scholar Bruce E. Bursten as provost
Seattle PI (2/17/15)
Quoted: Bruce Bursten, (Ph.D.'78, Chemistry)
Guardian appoints two vice presidents to retirement solutions
Planadviser (2/23/15)
Mentioned: Christopher Pic, (B.A.'98, Economics and International Relations)
Students:
FDLPL links learners to online climate-change class
Fond du Lac Reporter (2/18/15)
Mentioned: Amanda Gumber, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Voices: How Vietnam taught me to experience more, sightsee less
USA Today (2/18/15)
Written by: Kelcie Kempenich, Undeclared
Budget News:
Spencer Black: To hell with science — Scott Walker puts scientists on chopping block
The Capital Times (2/17/15)
Written by: Spencer Black, Urban and Regional Planning
Walker administration to delay $100 million in debt payments
The Badger Herald (2/18/15)
Quoted: David Canon, Political Science; Barry Burden, Political Science
The biggest idea
Madison Magazine (2/20/15)
Quoted: Kathy Cramer, Political Science
Wisconsin Idea could be its own undoing -- Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin
Wisconsin State Journal (2/20/15)
Written by: Jonathan Martin, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences; Steve Ackerman, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences