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Noted: An increase in LGBTQ services could be part of a broader movement that recognizes gay marriage and gays serving in the military. “There?s a widening conversation in general about the lives of LGBTQ people,” said Gabe Javier, the director of the LGBTQ campus center at University of Wisconsin-Madison. And that leads to more resources being provided across the board, from community groups to LGBTQ-focused Greek life.

Quoted: Ronald D. Schultz, chairman of the department of pathobiological sciences at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Barry Burden, political science professor with the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project said it?s typical to have two to three rounds of back-and-forth with this type of political fight. He said there?s really no code of ethics governing groups doing political advertising.

Quoted: “There was no requirement, other than a box to check off that any substantive counseling was given to help smokers to quit,” Dr. Michael Fiore, director of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin, told Reuters Health. He was not involved in the current study but chairs a panel working to revise the hospital rules on smokers.

Noted: Megan Moreno, an assistant professor of pediatrics at University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of a recent ?Advice for Patients? column about school bullying published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, says the definition of bullying has evolved.

Quoted: “Can you imagine this city if 48% of the white kids were dropping out?” asks Gloria Ladson-Billings, an education professor at UW-Madison and Madison Prep board member. “I don?t get why that kind of failure is tolerable.”

Noted: “This is the way that theyre able to get the information without having to go to 1,000 different universities,” said Gia Euler of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: “Theyre locking in sales,” says Deborah Mitchell, executive director for the Center of Brand and Product Management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Chemical energy gets stored in sugars, and “drives the biochemical reactions that enable plants to grow, flower, and produce seed,” according to University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry professor and president-elect of the American Chemical Society Bassam Shakhashiri, and this post.

Quoted: In organizing a possible recall against the governor, UW-Madison Political Scientist Charles Franklin believes Democrats would prefer a spring vote. That way, they would not have to engage in concurrent races for President and U.S. Senate.

Noted: If there was one surprise for Brown and David Lassen, a BYU grad who is now a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, it was that their findings ran counter to their expectations that the leaders most likely to use the new media would be the ones in election hot seats.

Quoted: One tempting avenue for bringing in the maximum cash possible is to turn to the underground or informal economy. Edgar L. Feige, an emeritus professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been studying the underground economy for more than three decades and says that it?s exceedingly difficult to find hard numbers on how many people get by on income that?s unreported and therefore untaxed.

Quoted: “One topic people never tire of talking or arguing about is differences between men and women, particularly if women are excluded,” said Deborah Mitchell, executive director for the Center for Brand and Product Management at the University of Wisconsin School of Business. “That will always get someone?s attention.”

Quoted: Home sales remain sluggish in the so-called economic recovery, still down considerably from their 2007 peak. The numbers are concerning because record-low mortgage rates should be spurring sales, University of Wisconsin-Madison real estate professor Mike Dubis said.

Noted: “The [dogs] veterinary care has been paid for by a fund set up at UW Veterinary Care and that fund was being depleted,” Morton said.

Quoted: Stephen Malpezzi, professor and chairman of the Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison education professor Gloria Ladson-Billings.