University of Wisconsin researchers are one step closer to the ability to treat individuals with genetic disorders using their own reprogrammed cells ? a finding that carries potential applications in gene therapy treatments for diabetes, cystic fibrosis and other illnesses.
After University of Wisconsin officials complied with an open records request from the Republican Party of Wisconsin, members of the campus community weighed in on the perceived threat to academic freedom.
Quoted: “I don?t think it is working out quite as they hoped,” said Ken Mayer, a political scientist at University of Wisconsin-Madison, of the law passed by the Legislature. “The idea is that you would free the candidates from the need to raise any money at all, and the problem is that the amounts that candidates are given is about $300,000, which isn?t nearly enough to run a high-visibility campaign.”
Quoted: Before you drop a bomb on a potential mate, rehearse your speech with a trusted friend or visit a therapist to talk it through, suggests Dr. Ken Robbins, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin?Madison.
Quoted: “It is part of a national campaign that is trying to put these on the ballot in cities or states around the country, but ultimately it is purely a symbolic effort that?s not going to have any impact on what the Supreme Court does or any laws,” said Ken Mayer, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: ?This has really become a proxy battle for the governor?s positions and much less a fight about the court itself,? said Charles H. Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
UW-Madison released some of Professor William Cronon?s e-mail records to the Republican Party of Wisconsin Friday following the open records request the group filed March 17.
Quoted: Dennis Dresang, professor emeritus of public affairs and political science for the La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison.
Noted: UW-Madison limnologist Stephen Carpenter, who has devoted to life to studying inland fresh water, was recently awarded the prestigious 2011 Stockholm Water Prize.
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: For products that have become so popular on and off the playing field, there?s surprisingly little evidence that kinesiology tapes actually relieve pain, says Dr. John Wilson, an assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Wisconsin in Madison who specializes in both sports medicine and arthritis treatment. “People often ask me, ?What does that stuff do?? I think it?s mainly just window dressing.”
Quoted: “I think it is a false dichotomy to put those things head-to-head,” said Michael Jacob, project coordinator at Covering Kids and Families, a grant-funded project through the University of Wisconsin-Madison that works to reduce health disparities.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said town hall meetings dominated by clashes over national health care reform legislation during the summer of 2009 changed the dynamic of similar events for members of Congress in both political parties.
Quoted: But the electorate, along with lawmakers, is certain to find deeper meaning in the outcome, said Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and the co-developer of the website Pollster.com, says the results will be a barometer.
Quoted: Jeremy Foltz, associate professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said genetics ? both in livestock and crops ? and more precise feeding of animals have played a larger, if not quieter, role in transforming agriculture in recent decades.
Wake Up Wisconsin Weekend spoke with UW Political Science Professor Charles Franklin about the Supreme Court race, voter turnout, and more.
UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin announced Friday that she will release some of the emails from a history professor requested by the Republican Party of Wisconsin, but she is withholding others that “fall within the orbit of academic freedom.”
Considering the immense amount of opposition Gov. Scott Walker has faced regarding his controversial collective bargaining rights bill, it should come as no surprise that enacting the bill into law would be an equally torturous journey. That is exactly what is happening.
Academic freedom is the hallmark of any great university. Especially in times of societal turmoil and uncertainty, the work of researchers and professors is tantamount to understanding and forward progress.
UW-Madison received an open records request from Stephan Thompson, deputy executive director of the state?s Republican Party, for email records of history professor Bill Cronon two weeks ago. On Friday, Chancellor Biddy Martin revealed in a letter to the campus community that the university will release those emails.
MADISON, Wis. — As part of nationwide effort, students on the University of Wisconsin Madison?s campus are trying to raise awareness about the national debt.
Quoted: “Either Judge Sumi will have lifted the (emergency order) … or, what I consider the more likely outcome, she?ll issue an injunction and we?ll all be in the position of waiting for the Supreme Court to say something,” said University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor Howard Schweber.
Quoted: Michael Corradini, a UW-Madison professor of engineering physics and an expert on nuclear energy.
Though its regulatory powers have been watered down over the past few decades, the Public Service Commission is still the body that provides a check on basic telephone rate increases and, among other things, makes sure that people?s heat is not turned off during cold Wisconsin winters because of unpaid utility bills. That?s why some find former state lawmaker Phil Montgomery?s appointment to chair the Public Service Commission hard to swallow.
Quoted: UW-Madison telecommunications professor Barry Orton
At some point, some open records requests cross the line between legitimate political pressure into something poisonous. In the name of academic freedom and fairness to individuals and the democratic process, we call on the Republican Party of Wisconsin to back off its open records campaign against Cronon. And we extend the same request to Democrats and their allies.Wisconsin State Journal city editor Phil Brinkman suggests we not worry about open records requests, only about the information they produce. He writes that exercising one?s right to find out what government is up to is always legitimate. We entirely agree. But we do not agree that every janitor, school teacher, police officer and college professor is part of “the government.” Open records laws are a mechanism for keeping power accountable; in a democracy, public officials have special responsibilities.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor Howard Schweber.
Noted: After studying as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University, he immersed himself in the world of invasives in his first academic job, at the University of Wisconsin, conducting research into an invasion of crayfish from the Ohio River basin into the lakes of northern Wisconsin.
Quoted: Jeff Smith, professor of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin law professor Howard Schweber.
Ants and wasps battle relatively frequently, said Robert Jeanne, an entomologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who was not involved in the study. Wasps have even been seen picking up and dropping ant scouts that show up near nests looking to snack on wasp larvae, he said. But those are defensive ? not competitive ? behaviors. [Read: How to Eat Ants Without Getting Bitten]
Noted: “It?s disappointing to see it go, but I guess I?m not heartbroken,” said Joel Meyerson, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Religious scholar Shawn Peters said a potential Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling on the case is needed to push the Legislature to clarify the state?s conflicting laws on the role of faith healing and parenting
Eleven members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty were named recipients of the Kellett Award Tuesday.
Why hasn’t the Wisconsin State Journal covered the debate over Bill Cronon’s e-mail? Over the years, this newspaper has made hundreds of records requests, many of them unwelcome and unpleasant experiences for the recipient. It would be hypocritical for us to suggest ? and a story would suggest it ? that some records requests are beyond the pale. I just don?t believe that. Stories about records requests being denied, maybe. Stories about misconduct and hidden agendas when those turn up, absolutely. But exercising one?s right to find out what their government is up to? Thankfully, that?s business as usual.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor William Cronon isn?t the only academic being targeted these days by folks wielding public records requests. A free-market oriented think tank has made a broad public records request to at least three Michigan universities which house departments that specialize in the study of labor relations, report both Talking Points Memo and Mother Jones.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison officials suspended their programs in Egypt and Japan this semester. Wisconsin spokesman John Lucas said suspending its two programs has been a rare and unfortunate occurrence ? advising students studying in Egypt and Japan to pack their bags and come home.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin Political Science and Law Professor Howard Schweber says it?s a peculiar stance for the attorney general. He says ?the argument that?s being made now says everything that everyone in Wisconsin thought they knew for all these many decades was wrong. All along for all these many years, it?s been the case that it was the action of the Legislative Reference Bureau that made an act law, not the act of the Secretary of State. It?s just that no one ever noticed it before.”
UW-Madison School of Education Dean Julie Underwood, School of Nursing Dean Katharyn May and Dean of Students Lori Berquam hosted an open forum Monday to discuss the New Badger Partnership, at which they shared their opinions on the partnership and answered questions from the community.
History is a powerful thing ? just ask University of Wisconsin professor Bill Cronon. One of our own history professors, he recently received an open records request from the Republican Party for applying a bit of history to the current debates raging within Wisconsin.
To further expand the Wisconsin Idea and construct new tools for research and development in the education field, University of Wisconsin officials announced Monday a new institution that will allow university faculty and graduate students opportunities to provide greater resources for students.
Professor William Cronon, one of the University of Wisconsin?s most eminent scholars, has recently authored several reasoned and thoughtful articles about the historical and contemporary context of the state?s on-going and extraordinary political turmoil.
Barry Burden, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says the new governors are linked by the fact that they “are on the young side” ? except for Brown, who is 72, they are in their 40s or 50s
Quoted: Howard Schweber, a UW-Madison law professor.
Quoted: John Witte, a UW-Madison political science professor working with the University of Arkansas on a five-year study of the Milwaukee voucher program.
Quoted: Michael Scott, director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing.
Quoted: Barry Burden, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says the new governors are linked by the fact that they “are on the young side” ? except for Brown, who is 72, they are in their 40s or 50s.
After a University of Wisconsin professor posted a blog article calling for further investigation of a conservative advocacy organization, the Republican Party of Wisconsin filed an open records request for his university emails, a move some say poses a threat to faculty members? academic freedom in research.
After the referral of a controversial bill to the state Supreme Court, experts said the upcoming Supreme Court election would intensify partisan battles that have the potential to politically charge the fundamentally non-partisan branch of government.
A Joliet man recently gave longtime television journalist and UW-Madison associate professor Patty Loew the helmet her grandfather, Edward DeNomie, had worn in Europe during World War I.
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden.
Experts: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Quoted: John Magnuson, professor emeritus of zoology and a former director of the UW-Madison Center for Limnology.
Quoted: Dr. Megan Moreno, a University of Wisconsin adolescent medicine specialist who has studied online social networking among college students.
Quoted: Dr. Megan Moreno, a University of Wisconsin adolescent medicine specialist who has studied online social networking among college students, said using Facebook can enhance feelings of social connectedness among well-adjusted kids, and have the opposite effect on those prone to depression.
Quoted: The Mekong is unique among the world?s large rivers because “the fish diversity is extremely high, the diversity of migratory species is extremely high, and human dependence upon these species for fisheries is extremely high,” said Peter McIntyre, a freshwater conservation expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: “It?s been pretty rare and when you compare Wisconsin to other states that do have recall, we are much more restrictive,” said Dennis Dresang, political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “You don?t want this done on a whim. You really want it done because there is a serious breach of trust.”
Quoted: UW-Madison political scientist David Canon asked the Assembly Committee on Election and Campaign Reform: ?Why duplicate the state?s efforts in terms of having (students) go out and get another free ID at a cost to the state??
