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Quoted: Japan is a significant buyer of U.S.-produced cheese, said Bob Cropp, University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension dairy market expert. While the disaster in Japan may have a short-term impact on commodities, he expects the overall export picture for American dairy products to remain strong this year.

When asked about whether it?s possible for nuclear radiation from Japan to spread to the U.S., Michael Corradini, a professor of engineering physics at UW-Madison, said the distance between the U.S. and Japan greatly lessens the possibility.

Quoted: “GOP excitement in 2010 was, of course, also a crucial part of their sweep in the state, but Dem drop off played a role as well,” Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, told TPM. “In 2012 the Presidential race will mobilize Dems as well as the current union controversy. So the question will be can the GOP and tea party continue to turn out large conservative blocks as well. “

Quoted: What they will turn up is unknown, but there are doubtless more unethical studies from the past that have never been publicly reported, said Susan Lederer, a medical historian at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: The lone exception to the general pattern was the muriqui monkey in Brazil; males and females have similar life spans. Unlike other primates, muriqui males do not compete with each other for access to females. Instead, they cooperate with each other, explained co-author Karen Strier, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin who has studied muriquis since 1982.

Quoted: Some of those who concede that the Pell program deserves more scrutiny do so only grudgingly. Sara Goldrick-Rab, an assistant professor of educational policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, bristles at the idea — coming even from the Obama administration, “despite all of their talk about supporting the needs of low-income folks and investing in their education” — that the country is spending “too much” on Pell Grants.

Quoted: ?The governor is using ?we are broke? as a rationale for saying he has to cut back dramatically on employee compensation,? Andrew Reschovsky, who teaches public affairs and applied economics at state-run University of Wisconsin- Madison. ?He?s totally ignoring the revenue side of the budget and the ability of the states? residents to pay more in taxes.?

Quoted: “Sometimes things that really matter most are not conducive to short-term happiness,” says Carol Ryff, a professor and director of the Institute on Aging at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist, said time is running out for Walker?s opponents to try to turn a nonpartisan court race into a proxy fight over the labor law.

Quoted: The meteor event excited scientists and treasure hunters alike. The appeal was understandable, said John Valley, a geology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Karl Malcolm discusses his bear research in west-central Wisconsin. Malcolm, a doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin, is studying how black bears are expanding southward in numbers and in space. Malcolm said black bears — which number 26,000 to 40,000 statewide — are expanding their range for the same reasons any group seeks new frontiers: to avoid competition for food and cover. That means starting a new life where they won?t get smacked around by bigger, meaner bears.