Quoted: “For party leaders especially, it’s more difficult (today) and it’s probably more difficult in the Republican Party than the Democratic Party because of … the hard-liners on spending,” said David Canon, a political scientist and congressional scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Jerry O’Brien, who leads the Kohl’s Center for Retailing Excellence, said the Kroger buyout could bring more development to the area in the future.”They may use that as an opportunity to have a northern headquarters,” said O’Brien. “We really are a unique part of the country for them.”
Quoted: The prices of premiums can vary widely from year to year, especially if you chose a plan with low deductible, said Justin Sydnor, an associate professor at the Wisconsin School of Business in Madison.
Quoted: Jerry O’Brien, executive director of the Kohl’s Center for Retailing at UW-Madison, questioned whether Kroger will keep the well-known grocery names used by Roundy’s or convert the stores to Kroger or some other brand already associated with the company.
Noted: The study involved people over 50 whose top reading was over 130. People with diabetes were excluded, so the results do not apply to them. The results also may not apply to people with previous strokes, the very old, those with severe kidney disease or people already taking a lot of different drugs, said Dr. James Stein, who heads the high blood pressure program at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
(Video) On 27 News at 5 on Tuesday, political analyst and UW-Madison Professor Mike Wagner discussed the GOP Debate in Milwaukee.
He discussed which candidates need to have a big night and other things to watch for in the debate.
(Video) Hollywood shines a light on one of its darkest periods in the new movie “Trumbo.” Jeff Smith, a University of Wisconsin communication arts professor, talks about the Trumbo era.
Quoted: “Our stories are just four among the many stories we could tell about our region’s future,” said Stephen Carpenter, a principal investigator on the WSC project and director of the Center for Limnology. “This contest is an effort to encourage all of us to think about the future we want to live into and how we could get there.”
2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior. Our guest weather expert, Steve Ackerman, talks about the November gale responsible for one of history’s most well-known shipwrecks.
An architect who helped lead implementation of green building practices and the founder of a statewide sustainable business organization have won top honors from the Wisconsin affiliate of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Noted: UW-Madison economics and public affairs professor Andrew Reschovsky said there have been a number of state efficiency commissions in the past but that because the state has long been dealing with tight budgets, government bureaucrats have already long been lowering costs.
Noted: Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, are guests on WHA radio (970 AM) at 11:45 a.m. the last Monday of each month.
Noted: UW-Madison education professor Gloria Ladson-Billings assured a crowd of well over 100 that the problem is “not insurmountable.” Most important are highly effective, fully qualified teachers. Three really good teachers in a row, she said, citing research, will pull young students out of failure.
Quoted: Oscar Mayer has not confirmed what type of severance packages or benefits they will provide to the displaced workers, Barry Gerhart, University of Wisconsin professor of management and human resources, said. But regardless of the compensation, the closure will be a major challenge for displaced employees.
Quoted: New technologies such as “sharing economy” companies such as Airbnb and Uber tend to create windows of opportunity for new business models during which the old regulatory regime no longer fits and new regulations will be needed, said Hart Posen, a professor of business at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Quoted: “It does mean Paul Ryan (as speaker) needs to continue to pay attention to the district,” says political scientist David Canon of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. If Ryan is “painted into a corner” by conservatives in his caucus, “that might not play very well back home,” says Canon.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin meteorology professor Jonathan Martin said a stronger-than-normal El Nino pattern in the Pacific will push warmer temperatures into the Midwest throughout the rest of the month. But he said it will likely not be as warm as the 70 degree days Wisconsin will enjoy this week.
This is the first time in nearly two decades such a strong weather pattern has hit the Great Lakes states.
“[In ’97-’98] you could throw rocks into Lake Mendota,” Martin said. “The ice was gone Feb. 28, so I went down with my kids and threw rocks in the lake, and I told them, ‘This will never happen again.’ Well, it might this year.'”
Noted: Award recipient Ted Goodfriend, professor emeritus of medicine and pharmacology, founded MEDIC, a group of student-run medical clinics for underserved populations including the homeless.
Noted: Low turnout could weaken Ouattara’s mandate going forward, said Scott Straus, an Ivory Coast expert at the University of Wisconsin.
Five years ago, the experience of a Haitian student in one of Tom Eggert’s business classes triggered a chain of events. That chain has led to hundreds of Haitians and Filipinos starting and sustaining small businesses, all supported by University of Wisconsin-Madison students and Midwestern donors.
Noted: Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, are guests on WHA radio (970 AM) at 11:45 a.m. the last Monday of each month.
Noted: Bryan Heiderscheit is a professor in the departments of orthopedics and rehabilitation and biomedical engineering at UW-Madison and director of the Badger Athletic Performance research program.
Quoted: State grand juries will be cumbersome — they require 17 people — and bringing one into court day after day requires space and is expensive, said University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor David Schultz. Still, other states have been able to pursue political corruption cases without the John Doe process. Wisconsin prosecutors still have considerable powers and there are more statutes on the books that can be broken now than ever before, said Donald Downs, a UW-Madison political science professor and an expert on criminal law and politics.
Quoted: “I’m surprised (at finding them), but I’m mostly surprised that it’s only showing up now,” said Center for Limnology professor Jake Vander Zanden, whose students discovered the mussels about two weeks ago along the Lakeshore Path, not far from the limnology lab.
(Video) UW Breast Cancer Center Director Dr. Lee Wilke talks to News 3 This Morning about new breast cancer screening guidelines released this week.
Quoted: “You’re likely to cut your feet when you’re walking in the water,” UW limnology professor Jake Vander Zanden said. “Another concern is that it tends to increase the prevalence of blue-green algae blooms, which can be toxic.”
Vander Zanden said zebra mussels have not been found in Lake Monona, and boaters can help keep it that way by drying their boats.
“It’s really important to make sure we are not transporting water from one lake to another because they have microscopic larva,” Vander Zanden said.
At the University of Wisconsin’s Arlington Farm Research Station, they’re using modern technology to track herd health. In the past, that took a lot of time and paperwork. “We had lots of paper records and we wanted to turn that into something more functional,” says Prof. Nigel Cook, of the UW School of Veterinary Medicine.
With the help of the “DoIT” center on campus, the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine developed a series of digital teaching tools, which continue to play a role in preparing the next generation of food animal veterinarians. “We now have an app with pictures, with a scoring system, with just a touch screen system to be able to screen for a lot of cows very quickly,” says Cook.
Noted: An interview with Professor Robert Enright.
At some point we have all been wronged and have also wronged others, but how do we find forgiveness? A leading authority in the scientific study of forgiveness outlines steps to deal with anger and build a pathway to emotional healing.
Noted: Autumn’s falling leaves can often run off into lakes and streams, where they release phosphorus into the water. That helps more algae bloom, according to Steve Carpenter of UW’s Center for Limnology.
“[Algae] can be toxic, [making] people sick or pets sick,” he says.
Jim Hoyt is professor emeritus and former director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication; former chair, UW Athletic Board; and a former TV news reporter and producer. He is working to raise awareness for gynecological cancers as a planning committee member and supporter of UW Hospital’s Sparkle of Hope event.
The news is that Paul Ryan is open to running for Speaker of the House. The House doesn’t return to Washington from recess until Tuesday evening, but people close to Ryan are already saying that he is considering launching a bid for Speaker. Interviewed: Political scientist David Canon.
Quoted: A couple of factors probably have led to the growth, said UW-Madison business professor James Johannes.”One is a generally stronger economy, and with that, there are more deposits to be had,” said Johannes, director of the Puelicher Center for Banking Education.
Quoted: Bob Drechsel, director of the UW-Madison Center for Journalism Ethics, told 27 News the state’s open records law doesn’t directly address the use of personal email.
“I don’t think there’s anything that says you can’t use it, but I think the law is written and interpreted in such a way that says if you do use it you still will be subject to an open records request,” said Drechsel.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison atmospheric and oceanic sciences professor Dr. Jonathan Martin said the weather pattern could be reminiscent of the El Niño that hit Madison in the late 1990s.
“Which was extremely warm,” Martin said. “That winter we were able to throw rocks in Lake Mendota in mid-February.”
Martin said with less snow likely that will have an impact on ground water.
“So if you have a snowless wintertime in Madison, you tend to lose a lot of groundwater through evaporation, sublimation. That’s bad for farmers in the spring,” Martin said.
Quoted: “The demographics would very much point you to the idea that there should have been this huge outflow of business owners,” says Daniel Olszewski, director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin School of Business. “But it hasn’t really happened.”
Quoted: UW Political Science Professor Mike Wagner is voicing opposition on Twitter.
“Am I worried, about it? Yeah, I would be worried about going into a classroom knowing 120 students are not enjoying a lecture…or worrying themselves, yeah I worry.”
And UW Madison Police Spokesman Marc Lovicott says his department opposes the bill.
“We don’t feel putting more weapons in the hands of our students, even though they legally have a permit to do so elsewhere will make our campus safer.
Noted: P.J. Liesch directs the Insect Diagnostic Lab at the University of Wisconsin. Liesch told Minnesota Public Radio the beetles were first spotted in the Upper Midwest in large numbers in the mid-1990s. The insects can bite and will secrete a foul-smelling odor if they’re disturbed.
Recent campus shooting incidents remain on the minds of many, while a new review out of UW-Madison finds first-person shooter games could actually improve cognition.
“You have to identify targets, clutter and make very quick, accurate decisions,” psychology professor Shawn Green said about the fight-or-flight styled games.
“These games will trigger the fight-or-flight response, when that response is triggered, lots of things change,” Professor Green said.
Quoted: “It’s in all of our interests to ensure that those who are wrongfully convicted are given the assistance they need,” said Keith Findley, director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project [at the UW Law School], who joined lawmakers for a news conference on the bill at the State Capitol Thursday morning.
Quoted: Sarah Bradley, clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology; Laurel Rice, professor and chair of obstetrics and gynecology.
Quoted: Dr. Michael Fiore and Timothy Baker, tobacco researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, wrote in a commentary in the journal that the study shows the potential for a policy to cut nicotine that “could help to end the devastating health consequences” of smoking.
The first frost of the season is usually a trigger for bugs to start invading the house for fall and winter, according to a retired University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologist.
Noted: David McDonald, University of Wisconsin-Madison history professor and expert on the politics of contemporary Russia, said the one thing underlying Putin’s whole approach to Syria is to defend the principle of the sovereignty of established governments.
A scientist at UW-Madison says while there’s been proof of water on Mars for almost 20 years, Monday’s announcement could determine whether there’s life on Mars.
“We had suspected that there was some ice underneath the surface that was melting and causing the water to flow down the slopes,” said Dr. Sanjay Limaye, a Distinguished Senior Scientist at UW-Madison. “I think most people had accepted that fact the fact that scientists can prove it that it is liquid water that is substantial.”
Some of America’s greatest innovations have come from garages, or basements. The makerspace called Garage Physics at UW-Madison is both.
It’s giving young scientists like Felix Tsao the ability to reach for something brand new. “It’s like a virtual reality project where basically it extends a digital experience to your vision,” said Tsao.
Quoted: Duncan Carlsmith, professor of physics.
Noted: comment from Charlie Trevor, a professor of management and human resources at UW-Madison.
Quoted: The flight technology has advanced rapidly. Brian Luck, an assistant professor of biological systems engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison, has an aerial drone that someone could fly safely with little practice or training.
University of Wisconsin law professor Howard Schweber said in an email to News 3, “By any reasonable standard, Justice Crooks must certainly be remembered as a conservative judge. But unlike some of the more recent generation of conservatives he was eminently capable of forming coalitions with his more liberal colleagues on issues where they found points of agreement. Whether one is a conservative or a liberal, we should mourn the loss of a jurist who was capable of having strong beliefs without being narrowly partisan.”
Noted: University of Wisconsin law professor Howard Schweber said in an email to News 3, “By any reasonable standard, Justice Crooks must certainly be remembered as a conservative judge. But unlike some of the more recent generation of conservatives he was eminently capable of forming coalitions with his more liberal colleagues on issues where they found points of agreement. Whether one is a conservative or a liberal, we should mourn the loss of a jurist who was capable of having strong beliefs without being narrowly partisan.”
Quoted: Don Stanley, a marketing professor at the University of Wisconsin’s life sciences communication department, says the fad is a testament to the fast-paced times.
“[It] allows people to make a mistake, and then the next week, everybody’s right back in it, at the same starting line,” Stanley said. “That obviously has been very appealing to people.”
Millions of people have logged on and signed up so far this season – at least one site expects to dole out $2 billion over the fall, according to Stanley.
“That’s astounding when you think about it,” he says. “It’s unbelievable the scale of revenue that’s involved in these one-week leagues.”
In his column last Sunday, Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, R-New Berlin, proposed replacing the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board with a partisan model based on the Federal Elections Commission … Whether the state’s campaign finance laws or election rules ought to be changed is separate from the structure of the GAB, but they have unfortunately been conflated. Now that the busy budget season is complete, the Legislature has an opportunity to consider some helpful reforms to state election laws.
Noted: “If I’m seeing a patient in the clinic and I know that influenza is hitting in the schools around, I’m much more likely to be thinking of it and treating the patient appropriately,” said Dr. Jon Temte, a professor of family medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Temte directed the $1.5 million study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study is looking at students in the Oregon School District and working to accurately diagnose influenza cases among students.
VIDEO: UW political science professor Ken Mayer talks about how Scott Walker stacked up against the otehr 10 candidates on Wednesday night’s GOP presidential debate.
Noted: “Well, money is obviously essential at this point in the campaign,” said Professor David Canon, a political science expert from UW-Madison.
Canon told 27 News Walker can weather his falling poll numbers for quite awhile, but not without financial support.
“You want to be able to be able to fund your campaign staff in as many of these early states as you can,” explained Canon. “If you have to start cutting back and put all your eggs into Iowa, then that’s a pretty tough position to be in.”
University of Wisconsin professor emeritus Stan Temple helps Mark Koehn and Susan Siman spot visitors in the backyard on Live at Five.
Dr. Patrick McBride, a UW Hospital cardiologist, and Dr. Luke Bradbury, a UW Hospital neurologist, talk about new recommendations for low-dose aspirin on Live at Five.
Noted: “Francis is interested in coming to the United States to confirm he’s standing alongside American Catholics, but at the same time I do think that this visit is intended to push the envelope a bit when it comes to a series of issues that are, again, issues that unite Catholics and non-Catholics,” says Giuliana Chamedes, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who focuses on the Catholic religion.
Noted: “You have to try to engage the public, and by going to Iowa, an early presidential state where he’ll get more attention, the President is bringing more attention to this issue,” said Mike Wagner, a professor of journalism and political science at UW-Madison.
Wagner said the issue isn’t terribly controversial, and thus we might see Obama and a Republican-controlled congress work together in coming up with some changes to FAFSA.
“Most people want to try to send their kids to college and lots of people need student loans to do it, or at least under the current system they do,” Wagner said. “So this is a way for Republicans and Democrats to work together for something that benefits people who vote for both sides.”
UW–Madison experts Mike Wagner and Barry Burden comment.
Progress on cleaning up lakes Mendota, Monona, Wingra, Waubesa and Kegonsa has been slow, despite fifty years of settled science on what’s causing the problem and significant effort invested in trying to improve water quality. Freshwater ecologist Stephen Carpenter, director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Limnology, has long wondered why.
