The following is a selection of media coverage featuring College of Letters & Science faculty, staff, students and alumni.
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Faculty:
Brazil meatpackers show supply-chain rules can protect forests
AgWeek (5/12/15)
Quoted: Holly Gibbs, Geography
UW professors honored with Vilas awards
Madison.com (5/14/15)
Mentioned: Mark Seidenberg, Psychology; Gurindar Sohi, Computer Sciences; Monica Turner, Zoology; Amy Barger, Astronomy; Kristin Eschenfelder, Library and Information Studies; Shi Jin, Mathematics; Stephen Kantrowitz, History; Rob Nixon, English;
Genocide is Going Out of Fashion
Foreign Policy (5/14/15)
Quoted: Scott Straus, Political Science
Scott Walker pushes candidate boundaries, from 2012 recall to 2016 presidential election
The Capital Times (5/15/15)
Quoted: Michael Wagner, Journalism and Mass Communication
Feingold, Johnson Rematch Expected to be Among the Most-Watched Senate Races
WUWM (5/15/15)
Quoted: David Canon, Political Science
ACM Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Honors Recipients of Top Innovation, Service and Doctoral Disseration Awards at Conference on Big Data
SteamFeed (5/15/15)
Mentioned: Stephen Wright, Computer Sciences
Is Facebook Killing The High School Reunion?
Times-Record (5/18/15)
Quoted: Catalina Toma, Communication Arts
Student:
The best way to protect passwords may be creating fake ones
Network World (5/12/15)
Quoted: Rahul Chatterjee, Computer Sciences
Alumni:
Myers named LifeStyle editor
The Star (5/12/15)
Mentioned: Tamar Myers (B.A.'15, Journalism and Psychology)
Heimer selected as Fellow of American Society of Criminology
Iowa Now (5/12/15)
Mentioned: Karen Heimer (M.S.'84, Psychology; Ph.D.'89, Sociology)
Tessa Sokol, O.D., Sokol Advanced EyeCare
InBusiness Madison (5/12/15)
Quoted: Tessa Sokol (B.S.'02, Biology)
Letterkenny cancels Armed Forces Day plans due to increased threat level
WITF (5/13/15)
Mentioned: Alan R. Perry (Ph.D.'97, Italian)
Charles Staley of Naperville to Receive Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras’ Music Inspiration Award at May 17th Spring Concert
Chicago Tribune (5/13/15)
Quoted: Charles Staley (B.M.'80, Music Education)
Author Peg Meier will give talk on May 21
Crow River Media (5/14/15)
Quoted: Peg Meier (B.A.'68, Journalism and Mass Communication)
Bank Mutual: Wealth management subsidiary of Bank Mutual welcomes investment advisor John Locke
WisBusiness (5/14/15)
Mentioned: John Locke (B.A.'10, Economics)
Women Who Impact San Diego
San Diego Metro (5/16/15)
Mentioned: Crystal Sargent (B.A.'93, History)
2015 Best MBAs: Tim O'Neil
Poets and Quants (5/16/15)
Quoted: Tim O'Neil (B.S.'05, Economics)
Hinsdale District 86 appoints former Darien alderman to board
Chicago Tribune (5/18/15)
Quoted: Ralph Beardsley (M.S.'73, Urban and Regional Planning)
50-Year Member: Gary Bakke, Ahead of His Time
State Bar of Wisconsin (5/18/15)
Quoted: Gary Bakke (B.S.'62, Economics)