Quoted: “Madison is kind of a perfect storm of factors for this,” said Don Taylor, assistant professor of labor education at the University of Wisconsin School for Workers in Madison. “It?s an extremely progressive city in terms of politics. It?s one of those places in the country where people will refer to it as a ?People?s Republic.?”
Quoted: “It?s obviously a departure from the usual procedure, but it is not unheard of in the court system,” said David E. Schultz, a UW-Madison professor who teaches criminal law and criminal procedure.”
“I?ve been here 19 years and I don?t remember any other governor coming in with as ambitious, or effective, a first month,” said Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Howard Schweber, an associate political science and law professor at UW-Madison, said Senate Republicans can properly order police to enforce their rules, as long as they don?t try to impose criminal sanctions on the Democrats.
Protesters who have turned out en masse for the past two weeks to oppose Republican Gov. Scott Walker?s budget repair bill are now fighting a second battle: Just getting through the Capitol doors. Also on Wednesday, testimony continued for a second day in Dane County Circuit Court to determine if current restrictions on public access to the Capitol are legal. UW-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling, who is among the officials leading law enforcement efforts, testified that the protests have been “unprecedented” in their peacefulness.
Noted: Harry Webne-Behrman, a training officer at UW-Madison who specializes in mediation and conflict resolution and co-owns a mediation business.
Quoted: The study raises new questions about what besides estrogen drives tumours, suggesting a possible role for other growth factors or inflammation, Amy Trentham-Dietz of the University of Wisconsin said in a statement.
Quoted: ?The combined effects of flat and declining state aids to local municipalities, coupled with limits on the property tax, mean that Wisconsin municipalities are facing difficult financial times? said Steve Deller, community development economist with Cooperative Extension, professor of applied and agricultural economics at UW-Madison and co-author of the report.
Boaters and anglers around Wisconsin are more aware of the potentially detrimental effects of invasive species spreading between Wisconsin waterways and are actively taking preventative measures to stop their spread, a new survey said.
A poll released Tuesday by Public Policy Polling found 51 percent of Wisconsin residents surveyed said they side more with unions “in the current conflict,” while 47 percent said they side more with Walker. Quoted; UW-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin, an expert on political polling
Quoted: Harry Argue, a former banking executive and retired president of the Graduate School of Banking at UW-Madison.
Quoted: Susan Lederer, a medical historian at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: ?When someone seems like they?re operating at the wrong speed, [and] they appear to be grandiose and somewhat irritable and irrational, there are a number of things that would need to be considered,? says Kenneth Robbins, MD, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.
Quoted: “How much of a financial center can they be if they insist on continuing to control the financial sector?” asks Menzie Chinn, an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin. Until Beijing frees up its financial markets, “who wants to have a lot of assets denominated in renminbi?” he says.
Quoted: After the unsuccessful treatment with methotrexate, Honeycutt found Dr. John Siebert, professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in Madison. Siebert has performed a special type of microsurgical reconstruction on about 120 people with Parry-Romberg Syndrome.
Quoted: Dennis Dresang, a professor emeritus at La Follette?s namesake Robert M. La Follette Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has a ready answer: “He?d be standing with the protesters, screaming ?Right on!? “
Quoted: ?He?s identified with the modern Republican Party as much as anyone aside from Ronald Reagan,? University of Wisconsin political science professor Barry Burden said in an interview. ?He was the first of the young conservatives to stand up to a Democratic president and say we?re just not going to spend any more money.?
Quoted: Timothy Donohue, director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said Joule must demonstrate its technology on a broad scale.
Quoted: “I think it?d be fair to categorize the proposal (to cut union bargaining) as an overreach,” said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor David Canon. “Maybe the biggest reason for that claim is the fact that he didn?t campaign on this.”
Noted: For Madison a 5.5 percent reduction in revenue translates to about a $15.7 million cut next year, according to an estimate by Andrew Reschovsky, UW-Madison professor of public affairs and applied economics.
What they will turn up is unknown, but there are doubtless more unethical studies from the past that have never been publicly reported, said Susan Lederer, a medical historian at the University of Wisconsin.
In December, when the divide between Madison and the rest of Wisconsin felt a lot more playful, I wrote a column about Kathy Cramer Walsh, a UW-Madison political scientist who had researched negative attitudes toward Madison and Milwaukee among residents in other parts of the state.
As faculty leaders in research and discovery at UW-Madison, we are writing to share our support for the additional flexibility that Chancellor Martin has been seeking through the New Badger Partnership.
As he gears up to introduce his biennium budget this afternoon, Gov. Scott Walker said debt needs to be refinanced by today in order to curb the current state budget shortfall.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, quickly becoming a darling of Republicans across the country for taking on union rights in an effort to address his state?s money woes, gets another chance to bolster his conservative credentials when he unveils his full budget plan Tuesday.
Quoted: UW-Madison economist Andrew Reschovsky.
Gov. Scott Walker isn?t releasing details of his 2011-2013 state budget until Tuesday, but a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor has calculated what some of the financial losses to school districts could be if the expected cuts become reality.
Andrew Reschovsky, a professor at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison, released a paper that speculates how school districts? revenue limits could be affected if Walker cuts school aid by more than $900 million and imposes a revenue limit that mandates a $500-per-pupil reduction in property tax authority.
Michael L. Corradini, a nuclear engineer at the University of Wisconsin, said that metallic debris whirling through a reactor?s cooling water posed no danger but that it would act as an abrasive that caused wear and tear, shortening the reactor?s life.
A University of Wisconsin professor recently received one of NASA?s highest public service honors for non-government employees for his collaborative work with astronauts, military and industrial leaders.
I support the administrative flexibilities included in the ?New Badger Partnership.? Like every Wisconsin resident, I understand that Wisconsin faces a significant budget deficit. Any plan to improve the economy must ensure a competitive and educated work force. During my years at UW-Madison as a student-athlete and director of athletics, it was necessary to have the best tools to compete successfully. The same holds true as UW-Madison faces increased competition in the world of higher education.
Quoted: Mark Saffman, a professor of physics at UW-Madison.
Laura Schwendinger, a UW-Madison music professor, is already a well known composer in contemporary art music circles, the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters fellowship given to mid-career composers of exceptional gifts, and the first composer to win a fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin. But this current project has taken Schwendinger in a new direction: a collaboration with her cousin Leni Schwendinger, a renowned New York-based lighting designer whose large-scale architectural installations include Seattle?s opera house and Manhattan?s Port Authority Bus Terminal. The team has paired up for ?Orchestra Underground: Playing it UNsafe,? a project of the American Composers Orchestra (ACO), which is dedicated to the development of new works for orchestra.
Quoted: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Noted: A February 2011 report, “Declining Deer Hunters,” a study on Wisconsin deer hunting participation by Dr. Richelle Winkler at the University of Wisconsin?s Applied Population Laboratory.
Quoted: Timothy Donohue, director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist.
Saturday is set to be the biggest rally at the state Capitol in Madison. Wake Up Wisconsin hosted UW-Madison Political Science professor Charles Franklin Saturday morning. (Video.)
Chancellor Biddy Martin, Vice Chancellor of Administration Darrell Bazzell, Dean of Students Lori Berquam and the Director of the Office of Human Resources Bob Lavigna held a live web chat for students and community members to have questions about the New Badger Partnership Thursday.
University of Wisconsin professors and students offered first-hand perspectives on the revolution in Egypt and the possible steps for rebuilding the government and students? personal experiences in the country.
As rallies at the Capitol enter their 12th day, unions are increasing efforts to coordinate acts of protest around the state, though numbers of protesters present have been in decline.
Economists continue to sift through Gov. Walker?s budget repair bill, wondering what impact a pay cut for thousands of public workers might have on the local business community. If workers have less disposable income in their pockets, the thinking goes, they?ll have less to spend on furniture, eating out or a new car.
One analysis released Wednesday by a UW-Madison Extension economist suggests that laying off 1,500 state employees, as Walker has threatened, would actually have less negative impact on the economy than subjecting some 350,000 public employees in Wisconsin to a 7.7 percent cut in take-home pay. That pay cut figure is based on employees contributing to their pensions and more to their health insurance.
Quoted: Steven Deller of Extension’s Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden.
Dennis Dresang is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Wisconsin. He says the modern history of the state helps explain the strong reaction.
Quoted: “What we’re seeing ultimately, we’re seeing corporations understanding that data is everything. That knowing everything about the consumer, will make you, ultimately, the most successful business over the next 10 years,” said UW-Madison Professor Dietram Scheufele.
Noted: But the most data we found was uploaded by UW Dean of Students Lori Berquam. In 2009, she posted dozens of GPS-tagged photos. Using that information, we were able to track where she lives, how she gets to work and what time she leaves her house, even when and where she walks her dogs on weekends. Berquam said through a spokesperson she didn?t know her pictures revealed that information.
UW-Madison Anthropology Professor Sharon Hutchinson sent in her letter of retirement to the university Feb. 20 in response to Gov. Scott Walker?s budget repair bill.
In a recent phone conversation with a journalist impersonating a Republican donor, the governor disclosed measures he said he hopes will bring 14 Democratic senators back into the state to make quorum and is unwilling to negotiate on the proposed bill.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin polling expert Charles Franklin.
Quoted: The study could help doctors better understand why childhood asthma rates have doubled in the past 30 years, says James Gern of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, who was not involved in the study. About one in 10 U.S. children have asthma, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
?This is pure party politics,? University of Wisconsin political science professor Howard Schweber explained. ?Mr. Walker is one of half a dozen Republican governors who came to power committed to pursuing a political goal of breaking the power of public sector unions because they are regarded as traditional supporters of Democratic politicians.?
Quoted: ?Ironically, public financing probably will make outside groups more influential,? said Barry Burden, a political science professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison. ?Because the candidates are constrained in what they can spend, the deep pockets of independent groups will carry more weight.?
Quoted: The latest study helps untangle that question by providing evidence that the reduction in risk is indeed significantly related to the variety of bacteria and other bugs a child is exposed to, according to James Gern, a professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who wrote an editorial to accompany the paper in the journal but wasn?t involved in the study.
Quoted: Large telecommunications companies are not intimidated by obstinate municipalities, said Barry Orton, professor of telecommunications at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. If it?s not in their economic interest to wire an entire city, they?ll stick to their plans over city objections, he said.
Other states facing legislation that would threaten state employees? bargaining rights are beginning to mirror Wisconsin?s own mayhem, from unions protesting in Ohio to legislators fleeing in Indiana.
Quoted: UW-Madison professor Cameron Macdonald.
Quoted: “From the day after the election you could argue he has been in overdrive,” said Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Less than two months into his first term, Gov. Scott Walker finds himself at the center of a political storm.Calm and unflappable in the wake of daily demonstrations at the state Capitol, Walker has emerged as a new face on the national scene and a new political hope for the national Republican Party. Story also quotes UW-Madison political scientists Charles Franklin.
Quoted: “They?re exercising both symbolic power here as well as the only leverage they?ve got, not unlike the U.S. Senate filibuster,” said University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Dennis Dresang.
Quoted: “It drew national attention and emboldened their supporters and may have brought some donations in to their side,” said Barry Burden, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “But in the end they lost the policy dispute.”
According to this recent story from the New York Times, court rules are being written that would guarantee free legal representation to homeowners facing foreclosure in New York. Local foreclosure advocates also have warned about too many area residents trying to save their homes without lawyers. Two local support programs, the Foreclosure Answer Clinic, and a voluntary court mediation program, were designed to address that concern. Voluntary lawyers from the State Bar and UW-Madison law students may help with those programs.
Quoted: Speaking of Mr. Beil?s stance then, William Powell Jones, a labor historian at the University of Wisconsin, said: ?My sense is his position was, ?We?re in a position of power. We don?t negotiate.? It?s certainly not the kind of thing to make an anti-union public sympathetic to the union movement.?
Quoted: Earlier this month, University of Wisconsin students had their first full snow day in years. Spokeswoman Liz Beyler said the school had a snow day Feb. 2 during which most things were closed due to an expected blizzard.
