Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: “We?re attempting to target that cold water habitat that the Rainbow Smelt need,” said Jordan Read, a University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral student and organizer of the project. “In order to do that we?re mixing the bottom lake waters, which are normally very cold, with the surface waters which are much warmer. The end result is a lake that is too warm for the invasive fish to survive but has normal temperatures for some of the warmer water fish.”

Quoted: “At this point, it?s awfully hard to see an Obama commercial that says ?It?s morning again in America,?” said Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin and a founder of Pollster.com.

Quoted: The plan has the support of University of Wisconsin Madison political science professor David Canon, who says that this year provides a good example of how redistricting is politicized. He says that with recall elections on the horizon, state Senate Republicans may pass a new map this summer before many local political boundaries are redrawn.

Quoted: “I think it does exemplify the political messiness of this,” University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin said. “It does reflect the extreme partisan atmosphere. All sides are so committed to winning, whatever the issue is, that any sense that there could be an objective judgment appears to be lost in the rhetoric.”

Quoted: Dr. Dan Jackson, of UW-Madison, believes there are several other factors at play.”It is likely related to how we live, but what those factors are remain unclear,” Jackson said.  “It could related to food processing, food handling, a variety of other things.”

Quoted: UW-Madison Political Science Professor Charles Franklin says even though the supreme court scuffle has a punch-line quality, it?s actually a very serious matter. “No matter what way the evidence ultimately ends up about who did what to whom the fact that we?ve reached the point of physical altercation between justices I think is powerful evidence that the courts normal judicial decorum has broken down.”

Quoted: ?Surgery ought to be considered front line therapy for diabetes among obese people,? said Jon Gould, who heads the weight loss surgery program at the University of Wisconsin and was not involved in the study.

Quoted: Shelley Jansky is a research geneticist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has been developing strains of potatoes that are resistant to diseases such as blight, the common scab and virus Y.

Quoted: ?Tillman is present at the polls in Edgefield County, waving a gun, telling black Republicans, ?If you come any further, you?ll have to come through blood,?? said Stephen Kantrowitz, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin and author of ?Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy.?

Quoted: Jonathan Gray, a Canadian citizen who lived in five countries during his childhood, did graduate studies in Britain and now teaches at the University of Wisconsin. He last lived in Canada in 1999 and hasn?t voted in a Canadian election in several years. Prof. Gray, 35, is also a British citizen and will soon be eligible to become a U.S. citizen.

Quoted: Powerhouse perennials such as Japanese knotweed sometimes are paved over. That won?t stop them, said Mark Renz, a professor of agronomy with the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Researchers say there is a possibility the smoke from pellets could contain PAHs. Hardwoods, which Traeger uses for its pellets, tend to burn cleanly. But “if nobody?s analyzed the smoke, it?s all guesswork,” says Michael Pariza, a scientist at the Food Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Quoted: Brian Ohm, chairman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Department of Urban and Regional Planning, said design of urban areas veered away from a focus on public transit for decades as American consumers turned to personal automobiles.

Noted: As written, the new bill lacks a lot of safeguards that were included in the last– like requiring all farmers to test their milk for pathogens. That irks Scott Rankin, chair of UW’s Food Science Department. He says this latest bill is so oversimplified, “It doesn’t even come up to the standard of any food, really.”

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said there is no right or wrong way for members to cultivate constituent relations.

Quoted: Scott Rankin, chairman of the Department of Food Science at UW-Madison and member of the working group, says the latest bill is not based on science.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin zoologist Martin Simard.

Jonathan Patz, director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin, said there seems to be fewer cold-related deaths in the United States than in Europe. That may mean that America will see heat deaths outweigh cold deaths sooner than Europe does, he said. Other experts say air conditioning in the U.S. is a big factor so that scenario is unlikely.

Quoted: ?In my mind, that?s the most important part of the legislation in terms of how it affects the strength of unions going forward,? said Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Ann Althouse, a University of Wisconsin law professor who writes an eponymous blog, suggested a double standard at play. Another justice seeking to secure funding for a hometown museum, she wrote, would result in starkly different coverage.

Quoted: Jonathan Lipson, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, said that settlement payments defense has been enlisted to protect a far broader group than intended by lawmakers, who were trying to prevent the roiling of stock markets if a deal was voided in a fraudulent transfer case.

Quoted: He?s not alone in believing that law schools are treading shaky legal ground. University of Wisconsin Law School professor and advertising law expert Gerald Thain agreed that the agency could take action against law schools that publish false or deceptive employment data.

Quoted: Joanne Cantor, a psychologist and professor of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison explains that this may be because what we?ve just been thinking about is, “at a higher level in your consciousness, so your brain is kind of predisposed in that direction.”

Quoted: The fight over a Wisconsin law championed by Governor Scott Walker that curbs public unions? bargaining power prompted recall elections for six Republican senators July 12 and three Democratic senators July 19, said Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political-science professor.

Quoted: Douglas T. Reindl of the Industrial Refrigeration Consortium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: “In general, you don?t normally see criminal prosecution of any kind of bullying situation, short of someone suffering physical harm,” said Mike Scott, clinical professor for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School and director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing.

Quoted: Ann Althouse, a University of Wisconsin law professor who writes an eponymous blog.

Quoted: Jerry O?Brien, executive director of The Kohl?s Department Stores Center for Retailing Excellence at UW-Madison.

Quoted: That such accusations would become central to this issue is no surprise. Robert Howard, the UW-Madison professor of communications and religious studies, sees it as an amalgam of disparate forces, including: Wisconsin?s current political polarization, U.S. foreign policy in the Mideast, and recent discriminatory spats over mosques in other places.

Quoted: “Fathers who live in ?two-earner households? are becoming more involved,” said David Riley, a professor of Human Development and Family Studies at UW-Madison.  “They are more involved in housework and in helping to rear the children.”