Quoted: The meteor event excited scientists and treasure hunters alike. The appeal was understandable, said John Valley, a geology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said unions and Democrats ?feel as if they are fighting for their lives.?
People all over are looking for some historical context regarding the explosions at Japan?s Fukushima nuclear plant, caused by earthquake activity. Chairman of the UW-Energy Institute Mike Corradini says it?s inaccurate to compare the incident to the massive meltdown at Chernobyl. He says the radiological consequences of the Japanese incident are more similar to Three Mile Island.
Quoted: J. Michael Collins, the faculty director for the UW-Madison Center for Financial Security.
Quoted: Barry Burden, a UW-Madison professor of political science.
Karl Malcolm discusses his bear research in west-central Wisconsin. Malcolm, a doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin, is studying how black bears are expanding southward in numbers and in space. Malcolm said black bears — which number 26,000 to 40,000 statewide — are expanding their range for the same reasons any group seeks new frontiers: to avoid competition for food and cover. That means starting a new life where they won?t get smacked around by bigger, meaner bears.
Quoted: “Grain farmers are having some of the best years they?ve had in a long time profit-wise, but you couldn?t say that for dairy,” said Bob Cropp, an economist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison who has been studying the industry since 1966. “Dairy facilities are running at the maximum. With a little softening in demand, prices are going to come down.”
Quoted: Co-author Karen Strier, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin, said: ?Muriquis are the only species in our sample in which males do not compete overtly with one another for access to mates.?
Quoted: “Technology is changing so fast that the consumer a lot of times feels they?re being left behind, so they?ll postpone buying,” said Cynthia Jasper, an expert in buying behavior and chair of the consumer science department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “So it?s a way to make the consumer feel at ease.”
Twenty rural Wisconsin counties lost population during the last decade ? experiencing more deaths than births ? part of a larger pattern of rural population loss across the Midwest, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison demographer.
Noted: Twenty rural counties lost population during the last decade, experiencing more deaths than births, according to Richelle Winkler, a demographer and associate director of the Applied Population Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: In this area, the Pacific Plate, the plate beneath the Pacific Ocean, is moving almost due west and being pushed down into the Earth?s interior along a trench off Japan?s east coast. On average, the Pacific Plate is moving at 3.5 inches (8.9 centimeters) per year, but this process is not continuous, according to Keith Sverdrup, a professor of geophysics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [The Science behind Japan?s Deadly Earthquake]
Quoted: What sets the commission apart from other studies, according to plant genetics expert Molly Jahn of the University of Wisconsin, is the cross-disciplinary approach the group will adopt.
Quoted: Grant Perry, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Institute for Satellite and Meteorological Studies, said: ?This is not a common optical phenomenon that we?re seeing here.
Quoted: Harold Tobin of the University of Wisconsin-Madison told New Scientist that this figure will probably change again. This is typical in the hours after a large seismic event, as more information becomes available.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin political science professor Charles Franklin.
Richelle Winkler, the associate director of the Applied Population Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: “Once you fundamentally threaten the existence of unions, key support for the Democratic Party, there’s no way to settle this except in future elections,” said University of Wisconsin political science professor Charles Franklin.
While international attention has been focused on North Africa and the Middle East in recent weeks, the electoral crisis in Côte d?Ivoire has worsened and is entering a new and dangerous phase. Repeated efforts at international mediation have failed, and despite a financial squeeze on the incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, he shows no signs of relinquishing his illegitimate claim on power. There is a real risk that civil war will reignite or that military officers will stage a coup. Just this past week security forces loyal to Gbagbo opened fired on peaceful women protesters in the commercial capital Abidjan, and the UN reports 200,000 civilians fled neighborhoods largely supportive of Alassane Ouattara.
Quoted: That could be a tough needle for Walker to continue to thread. As Dennis Dresang, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison put it to The Lookout: “They?re contradicting themselves on that one, that?s for sure.”
Quoted: Resentment in those areas helps explain support for Republican Governor Scott Walker?s push to restrict the collective bargaining rights of some unions, said Katherine Cramer Walsh of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She noticed the bitterness while doing research in 27 communities, where many residents work multiple jobs without benefits while local government employees have health coverage and pensions.
Quoted: Users have “a lot of concern” about the cost and complexity of upgrades, said Schmitz, who is also an E-Business Suite project leader at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s IT department. “I think they?d welcome all the help they can get.”
Quoted: Richelle Winkler, associate director of UW-Madison?s Applied Population Laboratory, said Hispanic women tend to have higher birth rates than whites and that most of the state?s Hispanic women are in their child-bearing years. There also was continued immigration and a migration of more Hispanics to Wisconsin from other states, Winkler said.
While international attention has been focused on North Africa and the Middle East in recent weeks, the electoral crisis in Côte d?Ivoire has worsened and is entering a new and dangerous phase. [A column co-authored by Scott Straus, UW-Madison professor of political science and international studies.]
The tea-party-enabled Wisconsin Legislature is working overtime to protect its governor. On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that protests at military funerals are protected speech, two of the more benighted majority Republican state legislators offered their version of protected speech. They introduced a bill to prohibit telephone callers from lying about their identity as well as giving a false number, subject to a $10,000 fine. The Wisconsin legislators said that ?while the use of spoofing is said to have some legitimate uses, it could also be used to frighten, harass and potentially defraud.?
Quoted: Michael Caldwell, a UW-Madison lecturer in psychology who studies psychopathy.
Quoted: While social media does help enliven the recall efforts, University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Barry Burden said that?s no reason to change the laws. While communication tools may help people become more aware of hot-button issues or get that collective knee to jerk, it still doesn?t replace real-world efforts.
Quoted: A city outside the U.S. is home to the most billionaires. Moscow is the home of the most billionaires, 79, topping New York?s 58. Last year, New York was home to more billionaires than any other city. Russia has 115 billionaires. Soaring commodity prices have been a big win for resource-rich Russia, says Timothy Smeeding, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: “It is detective work and a great reminder that, in the course of evolution, information is both gained and lost,” said Sean Carroll, an expert in animal genetics and evolution at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Scientists have identified several genes that may play a role in determining strength, speed and other aspects of athletic performance. But there are likely hundreds more, plus many other traits and experiences that help determine athletic ability, said Dr. Alison Brooks, a pediatrician and sports medicine specialist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Dr. Alison Brooks, a pediatrician and sports medicine specialist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Quoted: The impact could be serious, because the comments play right into the hands of those who believe that NPR is a “socialist adventure,” says Stephen Ward, the director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
And according to the University of Wisconsin in Madison?s Dr Alison Brooks, a paediatrician and sports medicine specialist, there are several other genes that may play a role in athletic ability ? not to mention other life factors, physical and mental traits and experiences that can shape kids.
Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said, “The state is phenomenally polarized. Democrats are lined up in lockstep against the governor, Republicans are lined up in lockstep behind him.”
Quoted: What to expect from the DHS is hard to gauge, said Tom Oliver, a population health sciences professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert on health care policy, reform and Medicaid.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the polls suggest that attitudes toward Walker have hardened dramatically since the Republican took office.
Noted: UW-Madison is also looking to archive and preserve portions of the rallies at the Capitol. University Archive Director David Null tells 27 News he?s looking at not only saving some signs and photos, but also social media. He says he?s had conversations with the UW Teaching Assistants? Association and a graduate class about preserving social media.
Quoted: Scientists have identified several genes that may play a role in determining strength, speed and other aspects of athletic performance. But there are likely hundreds more, plus many other traits and experiences that help determine athletic ability, said Dr. Alison Brooks, a pediatrician and sports medicine specialist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Quoted: “The problem for the Democrats is to figure out how to come back and not be seen as conceding,” said Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor and founder of pollster.com.
Quoted: “Think of these automated phone calls as a kind of broadcasting,” said Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
When going on spring break, don?t forget to pack condoms and sunscreen. UW-Madison students will take a break from studies March 14-18, so school officials have come up with a list of suggestions to make the break more enjoyable, safer and relaxing. Madison Area Technical College and Edgewood College also have spring break the same week.
Quoted: Dr. Sarah Van Orman, executive director of University Health Services
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political science chair John Coleman.
UW-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin says the recall efforts launched against 16 state Senators are unlike anything ever seen before.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor and founder of pollster.com.
Gov. Scott Walker?s bitter standoff with Democrats and labor unions in Wisconsin has turned the newly elected Republican into a deeply polarizing figure, eroded his standing and left him struggling to win the battle for public opinion, a flurry of recent polls suggests.
Quoted: Andrew Reschovsky, professor of public affairs and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: David E. Schultz, a UW-Madison professor who teaches criminal law and criminal procedure.
Quoted: Hernando Rojas, an assistant professor of journalism and mass communication at UW-Madison, explaining the tendency to hold conflicting political beliefs, and Andrew Reschovsky, a UW-Madison professor of public affairs and applied economics.
It?s not exactly a scientific formula but Skip Evans has discovered that if you combine a scientist, good beer, and a crowd of curious people, you come up with a very interesting Sunday afternoon. Evans is the founder of a unique Madison event called Science Pub. There have been other, earlier versions of the science gatherings but this one has been going strong for nearly two years now. About once a month at Brocach Irish Pub and Restaurant on the Capitol Square, the Science Pub has hosted a leisurely and free-wheeling discussion with a scientist, often from UW-Madison.
Quoted: Giri Venkataramanan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UW-Madison.
Quoted: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Ken Goldstein, who was hired to conduct the poll.
Gov. Scott Walker?s budget proposal calls for deep cuts in most areas of public education with one notable exception – public school choice programs. Meanwhile, Milwaukee?s 20-year-old voucher program would receive $22.5 million more to accommodate 1,300 additional students. The growth would result from Walker?s proposal to remove the program?s income requirements and enrollment caps. And independent charter schools would receive $18.4 million more over the biennium. Walker is projecting 600 additional students as his proposal would lift the state enrollment cap on virtual charter schools, allow the UW System?s 13 four-year universities to establish charter schools, and allow independent charter schools in any district in the state.Independent charter schools are currently limited to Milwaukee and Racine counties. Education historian Diane Ravitch, a New York University professor and former assistant U.S. secretary of education who is speaking at UW-Madison on Tuesday, say choice programs have drained resources from the traditional public school system without producing conclusive evidence that they are any better at educating students, particularly low-income ones.
Protesters in Madison have “aroused a sleeping giant” in the national fight for workers? rights, filmmaker Michael Moore told thousands at the Capitol Square on Saturday, as rallies opposing Gov. Scott Walker?s budget proposals wrapped up their third week. Leland Pan, of UW-Madison?s Student Labor Action Coalition, criticized Walker?s plan to split the campus from the University of Wisconsin System, a move that UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin supports.
Quoted: ?I don?t think there?s a particularly anti-union tradition that doesn?t exit in other states,? said William Powell Jones, a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin in Madison who is writing a history of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and public employee unions. ?I think it?s that there?s a progressive, pro-union trend that doesn?t exist elsewhere, and there?s been conflict over that tradition.?
Noted: Some aspects of Gov. Walker?s proposed budget plan could mean a move toward more privatization. Critics say they?re worried about a trend toward privatization, and what it means for the state.But UW-Madison professor Andrew Reschovsky says privatization isn?t necessarily a good or bad thing, depending on the job.
Also on Thursday, University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Chief Sue Riseling testified that police found 41 rounds of .22-caliber ammunition Thursday outside the Capitol. Riseling said 11 rounds were found outside the State St. entrance, 29 rounds near the King St. entrance and one round near the Hamilton St. area.
Written by Robert Hamers, a small business owner and professor at UW-Madison.
Quoted: UW-Madison emeritus professor Dennis Dresang.
University of Wisconsin Police Chief Susan Riseling testified that 41 rounds of .22-caliber ammunition were found Thursday morning scattered at several locations outside the Capitol. No guns were found with them. “I don?t like to see live ammunition outside when I have significant crowds,” Riseling said. “You can?t do much with live ammunition without the gun, but the presence of it doesn?t thrill me.”
