L&S in the News: Week of Dec. 15, 2014

December 19th 2014
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The College of Letters & Science is the liberal arts powerhouse at the core of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Our faculty members confront some of the world's most pressing issues and are often called upon to share their expertise and opinions with a variety of media outlets. The following is a selection of media coverage of L&S and its faculty, staff members, students and alumni from the past week.


How to fix poverty: Write every family a basic income check
Newsweek (12/15/14)

Paul Fanlund: No end in sight to Wisconsin's politics of resentment
The Capital Times (12/15/14)

Middle-class sexism: Who cares?
Financial Times (12/15/14)

Obituary: Professor Henry C. (Cowles) Hart
Madison.com (12/15/14)

Mystery in Laos: Reformer still missing two years after videotaped police stop
National Geographic (12/17/14)

Do these clay seals prove that biblical accounts of King David and Solomon are correct?
Daily Mail (12/18/14)

Madison tech company SmartUQ raises $1.8 million
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/18/14)

An old media scoop on pro-ISIS tweeter Shami Witness leads to a new media dox
Columbia Journalism Review (12/18/14)

The Hmong community has found a voice in UW professor Yang Sao Xiong
Isthmus (12/19/14)

Obama uses 'memos' in place of congressional action
USA Today (12/19/14)