Quoted: “For a child to die from whooping cough in this day and age is criminal,” said Dr. Thomas N. Saari, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison.
Noted: Patti Lux-Weber, the assistant director for parent relations at UW-Madison, says this change can cause parents to fall into two categories. They can take an overbearing, helicopter style approach, or develop a more uninvolved, laissez faire outlook.
“Studies show that parents that are appropriately involved in their student’s college career really equal student success. The key is the word appropriately.”
Quoted: “Self-control is a muscle that gets strong(er) when you exercise it,” says Christine Whelan, who teaches and leads research in the Consumer Science faculty at the School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. “When we try to stop ourselves from eating overly caloric foods or smoking, we might be successful all day long.”
A round-up of July media clips featuring UW-Madison’s Alta Charo, from the UW-Madison Law School, on fetal tissue used in research. Quotes appear on NPR, Fox News, in Politico and more.
Quoted: Krause believes connections between the generations, particularly old and young, make everyone’s life richer. Barbara Bowers, professor and assistant dean of research at the UW-Madison School of Nursing, said that sentiment is supported by research.
“In general, there is pretty good evidence that interacting with–not just young people–but across generations is beneficial for [everyone],” she said.
There’s one class at the University of Wisconsin at Madison that you don’t need a campus map to find. All you need to do is follow your nose. The aroma of warm chocolate and sweet treats fills the basement of Babcock Hall and lets everyone know that Candy School is open for class. “The course first started in 1963, so this is the 53rd year,” UW-Madison food science professor Rich Hartel said.
In recent years, Wisconsin has seen a large exodus of college graduates seeking opportunities in other states. According to a study by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Morris Davis, on average the state lost roughly 14,000 college graduates per year between 2008 and 2012. Almost half of those who left were young adults between the ages of 21 and 24 who recently obtained degrees. This loss of talent comes with consequences. This “brain drain” stunts entrepreneurial efforts, shrinks the tax base and ultimately hinders the states overall ability to innovate and grow economically.
“The objectives of this class are to explain the interactions between the ingredients we use in confections and the processes we use to make them,” said Rich Hartel, the UW-Madison food science professor who directs the course. “We don’t make anything that looks good or that’s artisanal at all. We’re all about the commercial side of candy.”
Quoted: Jack Kloppenburg, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, thinks the GMO generics mean farm-state universities are playing Monsanto’s game, instead of coming up with new ideas. But he says generic versions could at least get farmers out from under what he calls the “monopolistic practices” of big seed firms.
Quoted: Doctors say it is a more common decision by women to remove both breasts. They actually call this trend the Angelina Jolie effect.
“It’s because a very prominent, very stunning woman went through this operation and came out on the other side and was able to talk about it,” says Dr. Lee Wilke, director of the UW Health Breast Center. “We are very clear in our discussions with patients that sometimes it won’t improve their survival but if they’re choosing to remove it for the right reasons, it’s the right reason for them.”
Noted: Panelists at the summit expressed doubt at the notion that records could be withheld because they were deliberative, as Walker’s administration has claimed in a dozen instances this year.
“My own view is that there isn’t a deliberative process privilege that’s available,” said Raymond Taffora, the vice chancellor for legal affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: The bill would go further than existing law and ban donations of such tissues or research on long-standing tissue lines — an alarming development for some medical researchers … University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have raised similar concerns. In some cases, it might no longer be possible to determine the origins of certain long-standing tissue lines, according to Tim Kamp, a medical doctor and co-director of the UW-Madison’s Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center.
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are researching which habitats encourage native bumblebees to forage in fields and thrive, and honeybee population declines have driven up the costs of renting nonnative bees for pollination. Quoted: Jeremy Hemberger, graduate student in entomology.
Recounting of panel discussion that included School of Journalism and Mass Communication professor Michael Wagner.
Quoted: James Nienhuis, a horticulture professor at the University of Wisconsin, uses the Stanchi painting in his classes to teach about the history of crop breeding.
(Video) The weeklong hunt for a lion on the loose has the city of Milwaukee on edge. Adrian Treves and Omar Ohrens study mountain lions, and they talk with Susan Siman and Mark Koehn about the Milwaukee lion.
Quoted: In other parts of the country, including California and Colorado, wild mountain lions and coyotes have moved undetected through urban areas without causing problems, said Adrian Treves, professor of environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
Quoted: Eric Sundquist, managing director of the State Smart Transportation Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison told the Journal Sentinel that kind of thinking is all wrong. An approach of, as he put it, “build, build, build” may actually worsen the condition of the local roads people travel on every day, the Journal Sentinel reported. Money may go to megaprojects at the expense of fixing potholes and maintaining pavement.
How do young children learn to swear – and why do they seem to do it at the most inappropriate moments?
A familiar face to viewers of Wisconsin Public Television has penned a book telling stories of Wisconsin Native Americans who helped sustain the land.
Quoted: Kathy Cramer, a political science professor at the Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin, said Walker’s attacks tap in to a “politics of resentment” that ripples through many communities outside the population centers of Milwaukee and Madison.
Technology originally designed to study homes and heath with UW-Madison’s School of Nursing is now being used at crime scenes. Researchers at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery are hoping 3D scanning will make some of the most complicated crime investigations more efficient. Quoted: Kevin Ponto, assistant professor of design studies; Ross Tredinnick, systems programmer at the Living Environments Laboratory.
(Video) Facebook posts from couples proclaiming their love may be annoying to some, but there’s new research that shows those proclamations are good for their relationships. Catalina Toma, an assistant professor of Communication Arts at UW, talks about the new research.
Quoted: One lingering question about the animal, aside from its very existence, is its species. Tim Van Deelen, associate professor of forest and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said cougars are known to be present in the state, though they usually show up farther north.
Quoted: “Once again it was an issue of unification, which pervades physics to this day,” said Marshall Slemrod, a mathematician at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Quoted: “Trust but verify,” said Brian Mayhew, who teaches auditing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Put in good controls.”
Noted: Thumbs Down to UW-Madison’s Sara Goldrick-Rab. This professor of educational policy and sociology searched out and sent tweets to prospective students, encouraging them to go elsewhere because state lawmakers jeopardized academic freedom by pulling tenure guarantees from state law. She also compared Gov. Scott Walker to Adolf Hitler.
Noted: Donald Downs, a UW-Madison professor emeritus in political science and constitutional law said no-knock raids are generally justified when a less forceful entry would legitimately pose a danger that evidence would be destroyed, suspects would flee, officer safety would be compromised or the investigation undermined.
Quoted: ‘‘Terry is what a great 21st-century mathematician looks like,’’ Jordan Ellenberg, a mathematician at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who has collaborated with Tao, told me. He is ‘‘part of a network, always communicating, always connecting what he is doing with what other people are doing.’’
By Richard J. Davidson: If you could look at your own personality, which emotion leads others in managing your mind’s control room? Joy? Fear? Disgust? Anger? Sadness?Through the lens of the new Pixar movie “Inside Out”, Joy calls the shots in the mind of the 11-year-old protagonist named Riley. In fact, this positive emotion — personified by actress Amy Poehler — finds it hard to step aside when other emotions are in many ways more appropriate for the situations Riley finds herself in, including moving to a new city and navigating school and friends.
The 2002 discovery of chronic wasting disease in wild white-tailed deer near Mt. Horeb was a watershed event in Wisconsin wildlife history. Tom Heberlein, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, referred to it as “Fire in the Sistine Chapel.”
They’re a culinary tradition in the Upper Midwest. Hometown restaurants serving hearty meals and a taste of nostalgia. Dine in any one of these unique Wisconsin establishments and enjoy a winsome journey that goes beyond the food. WPT serves up the supper club experience with a bit of history, culture, and cutting edge research that’s making sure time-tested favorites stay on a classic menu. The show interviews UW faculty.
Dr. Jonathan Gray, a professor of media and cultural studies at UW-Madison, talks about why “Sharknado” is becoming a summer tradition and a social media sensation.
Wagner is participating in the free event, which takes place Tuesday, July 28, at the High Noon Saloon, 701 E. Washington Ave.
Quoted: Lydia Zepeda, an economist from the University of Wisconsin in Madison did a study of the impact of mobile markets for the USDA. She found that the people who shopped at mobile markets “ate 3 1/2 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. And the people who didn’t shop at the mobile markets ate just less than 2 servings of fruits and vegetables a day.”
Noted: The University of Wisconsin actually houses a nationally renowned State Smart Transportation Initiative, which is now advising 20 states—including Wisconsin’s three neighbors—on reforms that would advance more environmentally sustainable and economically equitable development.
Quoted: John Witte, professor emeritus of political science and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the union’s statement is “clearly overstating the case.”
Quoted: John Hawks, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who was not involved in either study, agreed that both teams’ data showed a lot of similarities. He was inclined to put more stock in the Science study, he said, because it depended more heavily on ancient DNA sequences in drawing its conclusions. He added that more sampling in the future might uncover evidence of a second ancient migration, however.
Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, The Count, Mr. Snuffleupagus — they’re all characters that are instantly recognizable for anyone who grew up watching “Sesame Street.”’ As it turns out, those same characters also very effective educators.
Are some ice creams “meltier” than others? This is a question that Maya Warren, an ice cream expert and Ph.D. candidate in food science, explores at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Despite the simple sweetness of a scoop of ice cream, this frozen dairy product has a complicated microstructure. And this complex combination of air cells, ice crystals, and fat globules—to name a few constituents—affects the way in which different kinds of ice cream melt and collapse.
Quoted: In the private sector, the situation has been far more stable, though not universally. “Bankruptcies in the airline and automobile industries have provided opportunities for these companies to get out from under what they viewed as long-term cost obligations,” says Barry Gerhart, professor of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. The pension commitments “were playing a key role in preventing them from being competitive or even turning a profit.”
Quoted: But Director of the Hawk Center for Applied Security Analysis Brian Hellmer said it’s important to know what these people do to understand why they make so much money.
Quoted: In the private sector, the situation has been far more stable, though not universally. “Bankruptcies in the airline and automobile industries have provided opportunities for these companies to get out from under what they viewed as long-term cost obligations,” says Barry Gerhart, professor of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. The pension commitments “were playing a key role in preventing them from being competitive or even turning a profit.”
Quoted: Of course, inconsideration isn’t new, or particular to theatres. But as technology and social media blur lines between personal and public, “there’s been an erosion in people’s norms of public space,” said Lewis Friedland, a University of Wisconsin sociology and communications professor.
Quoted: Joe Glass, assistant professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the testing could hinder the use of social services and do more harm than good.
Edward Friedman, a professor of Chinese politics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in the US, said Xi’s priority now was to ensure that the bursting of the stock market bubble did not lead to a rise of anti-party movements.
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor emeritus Donald Downs said no-knock searches are only allowed if surprise is needed, for example to protect officers or prevent destruction of evidence. He questioned whether searches, as described by conservative media, were “proportional to the type of crime and what they (authorities) knew about the type of people involved.”
Quoted: 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.
Q How do we purify dirty water?
— Molly Torinus, 6, home school
A What we use to purify water depends a lot on where the water’s coming from and what we want to do with it. Quoted: Christy Remucal is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UW-Madison.
Noted: Of course, inconsideration isn’t new, or particular to theaters. But as technology and social media blur lines between personal and public, “there’s been an erosion in people’s norms of public space,” said Lewis Friedland, a University of Wisconsin sociology and communications professor.
Quoted: Robert Bradley, who’s taught cheese-making at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, for 50 years, agrees. “It takes personal attention. It’s a very fragile product,” he says.
Political observers say the ruling opens the door wide to unlimited coordination between special interest groups and candidates with no government oversight or regulation. Howard Schweber, a UW-Madison political science and legal studies associate professor, said the line between issue advocacy and express advocacy is already thin and the ruling will allow political action committees to run a candidate’s campaign without disclosing their spending.
Featured: Barry Burden, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, testified that House Bill 589 imposes additional costs on black and Hispanic voters. Blacks and Hispanic voters used such practices as early voting and same-day voter registration at higher levels than whites, he said.
Much of the attention on violent video games is examining how such games affect kids. A new University of Wisconsin-Madison study takes a different approach by looking at ways video games can manage a person’s mood, with a particular focus on frustration.
“We picked frustration first because it’s easy to frustrate people,” said James Alex Bonus, a graduate student in the Department of Communication Arts, who conducted the study with fellow grad student Alanna Peebles and assistant professor Karyn Riddle.
It may not be as familiar of a sight as corn, or soybeans, but the potato season is underway in parts of the area. It’s also a big business in the state. Researchers and growers in Central Wisconsin are looking for an above average year. Quoted: Amanda Gevens, associate professor of plant pathology.
Quoted: Howard Schweber, an associate professor of political science and legal studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said prosecutors could seek review by the U.S. Supreme Court if they lose. And outstanding civil suits allege overreach by the John Doe prosecutors and Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board, which the plaintiffs say inappropriately helped initiate the investigation.
Quoted: “I think every bit of new evidence that we get is useful,” said Sanjay Limaye, senior scientist at UW-Madison’s Space Science and Engineering Center. “So in that sense, these images are a great feat.”
Noted: “Unfortunately, we did learn that the Wisconsin DNR leadership has banned their staff from attending the conference, including their lead wolf biologist,” Adrian Treves says. He heads UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies’ Carnivore Coexistence Lab.
(Video) A decade-long journey to the outer reaches of the solar system ended at Pluto’s doorstep Tuesday. Jim Lattis, director of the University of Wisconsin Space Place, talks about the achievement on Live at Five.
Noted: Sanjay Limaye, a planetary scientist specializing in Venus at the University of Wisconsin-Madisons Space Science and Engineering Center, shared his views on the mission and the ongoing debate about whether Pluto still counts as a planet.
