In the race for governor, Scott Walker, 43, also opposes embryonic stem cell research and told an anti-abortion group he would support a ban. Tom Barrett, 56, said that would put an end to millions of dollars in federally funded research being done at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Barry Burden, political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said Madison Area Technical College has not done enough to spread the word to such a wide range of voters.
Noted: ?The numbers we thought we were getting into did not quite reflect the reality of what we saw when it came time to graduate,? said 2010 University of Wisconsin Law School graduate Kyle B. Flanagan. Of the 275 UW Law School graduates in 2009, 267 responded to the school?s job survey and 247, or 93 percent, reported employment.
Clearing tropical forests for farmland is bad for the climate ? no surprises there. But now we?ve learned that it?s also an inefficient way to feed people. Paul West of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and colleagues worked out the potential yields of 175 different crops if they were planted in different parts of the world.
The University of Wisconsin is in position for another appearance in one of college football?s marquee bowls. Just don?t expect the Badgers to talk about it any time soon.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison added: ?If history holds, this is the prediction of a Republican wave of genuinely historical proportions.?
Construction began last week on a $250 million refit program for the Charter Street Heating plant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Ending on an upbeat note is a typical strategy after a hard-fought race, said Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As voters get ready to head to the polls, each candidate wants to leave them with positive thoughts, he said.
As croplands expand at the expense of native ecosystems such as forests, nature loses capacity to protect the world from climate change, U.S. researchers say.
Quoted: “(Polling) is quite accurate,” Barry Burden, a UW political science professor, said. “And we?ve got a number of firms and universities who are now competing for the polling business here, so you?ve got lots of competition, which is generally a good thing.”
Quoted: UW Political Science Professor Barry Burden says, “For an editorial board of a newspaper to endorse a candidate, I think it carries more weight. This is a non-partisan decision made by a group of editors based on reporting over several weeks or months.”
Don?t leave items unattended on UW campus. That?s the message from UW-Madison police who say there has been an increase of thefts.
Forget the negative attack ads you?ve seen for the past few weeks. Sen. Russ Feingold and his challenger Ron Johnson have toned it down and softened it up lately. “These are classic close-the-deal ads,” says UW political science professor David Canon. “The music makes it feel softer.”
The University of Wisconsin Faculty Senate adopted framework Monday that will keep faculty, staff and administration privy to the progress of the outside consultation firm UW may hire to examine its efficiency.
Noted: The experts included James A. Sherwood, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell; Carl N. Morris, a professor of statistics at Harvard University; and David E. Kretschmann, a research engineer with the federal government?s Forest Products Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
WASHINGTON — As Americans head to the polls today, the implications that their votes hold for federal higher education policy aren?t likely to drive them toward a candidate. Nonetheless, the outcomes of today?s Congressional elections will shape debates on higher education for the next few years.
Media recently got a preview of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison. George Austin, project manager for the $150 million dollar center, showed media around the showpiece building where important discoveries on human health will be made. The building incorporates space on three levels, for use by researchers with the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and the Morgridge Institute for Discovery.
Quoted: The book is especially welcome because of the paucity of black characters in quality children?s literature, said Kathleen T. Horning, director of the Cooperative Children?s Book Center at the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. According to the center?s statistics, about 5,000 children?s books were published in the United States in 2009, and 157 featured major black characters.
George Stephanopulos discusses the last minute election advertising blitz with UW-Madison political scientist Ken Goldstein.
Quoted: James Kenneth Powell, Doctorate, UW-Madison Buddhist studies.
State Street was quietly buzzing Friday night in anticipation of Saturday night?s Freakfest, the city?s gated and ticketed Halloween event, which may bring as many as 50,000 people to the street.
UW-Madison researchers are looking at ways dairy farmers can use milk from grass-fed herds to enhance the value of their operations. “This isn?t to validate grass-fed milk but to determine the best uses,” said project coordinator Laura Paine, grazing and organic agriculture specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
More incentives to go into scientific research were announced recently. Two new Food Fight restaurants will open at the new Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, which is scheduled to open in December in the 1300 block of University Avenue. Aldo?s Cafe, named for Aldo Leopold, a casual bakery, cafe and coffee shop, will open in December. A full-service restaurant and bar, Steenbock?s on Orchard, named for UW-Madison biochemistry professor Harry Steenbock, will open in March. It will contain a ?preservation kitchen? which will make it possible to serve locally sourced vegetables and meats year-round.
What?s the best way for people to learn how to handle money? That?s what the UW-Madison Center for Financial Security wants to find out. Established in 2008 within the School of Human Ecology, the center is an effort to combine resources in areas such as consumer science, economics, sociology, education, psychology and even library science to get the public better educated, financially. J. Michael Collins is leading the five-year project.
Quoted: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Dane County?s detox center may scale back services next year as it faces annual deficits, reduced public funding and county pressure to re-evaluate its role in combatting alcohol abuse. County Executive Kathleen Falk has asked the Human Services Department to study the effectiveness of detox and consider alternative models for 2012 with a report due back to the County Board by June 1. Falk declined to suggest any specific alternatives other than possibly asking UW-Madison to pay for the many students brought to detox.
Quoted: James Lattis, director of UW-Madison?s Space Place.
Scientists are creating a new computer model of Dane County?s groundwater, a powerful tool that will allow them to better see and even predict the workings of the region?s natural water system that includes not only the water stored in stone deep beneath us but also the springs and lakes and streams that are connected to and fed by those underground supplies. The work by the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey data and research will include everything from theses by UW-Madison students to pumping records from area water utilities.
Democratic college students on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus say there will be a strong turnout for Russ Feingold, Tom Barrett and other Democrats. Student volunteers worked the phones on Wednesday inside a food court on campus to line up volunteers to campaign over the weekend. “It?s really up to us to prove there isn?t the enthusiasm gap,” said 21-year-old senior Paula Uniacke of Green Bay. Many students haven?t focused on the election until recently, said Evan Giesemann, the head of the College Democrats at UW-Madison. But President Barack Obama?s visit in late September that attracted 27,000 people, many of them students, was a turning point, Giesemann said.
The dean of UW-Madison?s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Molly Jahn, will step down as of Jan. 1. “Now is the time for a change in leadership for the college,” said Chancellor Biddy Martin in a news release.
People interested in the PhD in nursing and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs can attend an information session on Nov . 17. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet faculty, staff and currently enrolled students.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Barry Burden.
Despite being idle last week, the Badgers (7-1, 3-1 Big Ten Conference) moved up one spot to No. 9 in the Bowl Championship Series standings released Sunday on ESPN. UW is the highest-rated Big Ten team, ahead of No. 11 Ohio State (8-1, 4-1), No. 14 Michigan State (8-1, 4-1) and No. 16 Iowa (6-2, 3-1).
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation will open a $205 million public/private research center in the heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Dec. 2.
Carl Gulbrandsen, WARF?s managing director since 2000, talked about his vision for the new institutes and the foundation?s central role in the political debate about embryonic stem cells.
Bringing more jobs, money and college graduates to Wisconsin?s economy will require an updated collaborative agreement between the state and the University of Wisconsin System, system representatives told The Journal Times Friday.
Quoted: “Democrats currently disappointed with Obama will likely be less disappointed if he spends the next two years fighting a GOP Congress” should Republicans do well on Election Day, said Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin political science professor and polling analyst.
Positive factors such as meaningful relationships with others and a sense of purpose can help reduce the negative health impacts of having less schooling, a new study suggests. It is known that lack of education is a strong predictor of poor health and a relatively early death, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison pointed out. But their new study, published online Oct. 18 in the journal Health Psychology, found that peace of mind can reduce the risk.
Quoted: “There is the scary kind of issue if the governor and lieutenant governor are on the same plane and it goes down,” said Dennis Dresang, political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “If people vote straight-party ticket, that could sweep in somebody that you otherwise would think, ?that?s not the kind of person I want.?”
Quoted: ?There are only so many hours to run television advertisements,? said Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ?Campaigns wisely have looked to more cost-effective ways to target voters more narrowly.?
Earlier this year, Dan Schaefer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, announced to the Wisconsin Livestock and Meat Council the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences? (CALS) plans to build a new state-of-the-art meat science and muscle biology research facility.
Quoted: “If history holds, then this is the prediction of a Republican wave of genuinely historical proportions, possibly beyond the 1994 election,” when Democrats lost control of the House and Senate, says Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. With Republican voters reporting record levels of enthusiasm, the GOP is poised for gains well beyond the turnover of 39 seats it needs to take control of the House.
The leader of the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is relinquishing her responsibilities as dean to focus more on her faculty position at the school. Molly Jahn, who first came to Madison in 2006, will step down as dean on January 1
The reason is that it?s been vandalized. A conservator is studying the damage. It could be beyond repair.
It is cleanup time on State Street following Saturday?s Freakfest.
There?s been a lot of talk about the spread of bed bugs across the country, and now it?s hitting close to home. A small outbreak of the parasitic insect was discovered at a UW Health clinic west of Madison.
Madison police are touting another successful Freakfest and said the number of arrests at the large Halloween celebration decreased this year.
The ranks of the most expensive colleges have grown again: 100 institutions are charging $50,000 or more for tuition, fees, room, and board in 2010-11, according to a Chronicle analysis of data released last week by the College Board. That?s well above the 58 universities and colleges that charged that much in 2009-10, and a major jump from the year before, when only five colleges were priced over $50,000.
Quoted: Michael Rothschild, a professor of business at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who has researched the likelihood of terrorist attacks on the United States, said the probability of an attack was still too low to deter him from visiting the president?s neighborhood.
Quoted: ?Making things less complicated can actually make a lot of money,? said Gregg C. Vanderheiden, an engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who has worked on accessibility issues for decades.
Quoted: But James Shatava, a retired agricultural economist from the University of Wisconsin, is doubtful. ?Fewer students commented on my International Harvester sign in my office as the years went by,? he said.
Quoted: Running against Washington, however, is trickier for Democrats. ?The fact is, the Democrats own the current situation,? said Ken Goldstein, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin.
Until recently, if you wanted to take Professor Rebecca Henderson?s course in advanced strategy to understand the long-term roots of why some companies are unusually successful, you needed to be a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where Ms. Henderson teaches at the Sloan School of Management. Admission to the Sloan School is extremely selective, and tuition fees are over $50,000 a year.
Six months after passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), health care reform has finally moved off the front pages of America?s newspapers and is no longer the lead story on the nightly news. But below the surface, the controversy and political fights over the issue continue to roil.
The preseason all-conference team, voted by members of the media, consists of: Wisconsin forward Jon Leuer, Michigan State guard Kalin Lucas, Purdue center/forward JaJuan Johnson, Purdue guard E?Twaun Moore and Illinois guard Demetri McCamey.
Poets will be jamming the UW-Madison Wisconsin Union Theater on Nov. 14, hoping to make their marks at the fourth annual Collegiate Poetry Slam.
Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies political ads.
In the fall of 2005, some 100,000 college students stormed State Street, the main drag in Madison, Wis. Many of them looked for windows to smash, shops to loot, and things to set on fire.
Quoted: But the negative ads can be effective if they provide information of concern to voters, said Ken Goldstein, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies political ads.
Quoted: For the market to mature, it may be necessary for private companies, which have minimal disclosure requirements, to share more information about themselves. ?Getting these companies on board is essential to making these markets work from a legal standpoint,? says Darian Ibrahim, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School who has studied private stock sales.
