Category: UW Experts in the News

?If you had suggested that about Scott Walker 10 days [ago] it would have seemed incomprehensible,?? Byron Shafer, political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told National Journal. ?Stay tuned and ask me again in another 10 days.”

Quoted: It?s difficult to predict how much the proposed change in collective-bargaining rules would save local governments and schools because not all entities will apply the changes in the same way, said Andrew Reschovsky, a professor of public affairs and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Combined with proposals to require voters to show identification, end election-day voter registration and redraw legislative boundaries, Wisconsin Republicans could solidify their power if the anti-union bill passes, said David Canon, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist.

Yet problems are emerging in the way hospitals use the systems, leading to billing mistakes to the tune of “thousands of errors in an hour,” according to a 2010 study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association by Ben-Tzion Karsh, an engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: There are some young people, particularly those who are lonely, who are more susceptible to predators who tell them they?re terrific, said Darald Hanusa, who has a Ph.D. in clinical social work, is employed at the Midwest Domestic Violence Resource Center in Madison and lectures part time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A lot of flattery goes into the grooming process.

Quoted: Professor Mark Copelovitch of the University of Wisconsin said the Democrats? move was a local version of the U.S. Senate filibuster, a tactic once minimally used that he called now “systematic.

Quoted: According to the economist Menzie David Chinn at the University of Wisconsin, yes, state and local employees in the state are somewhat undercompensated compared to their private-sector counterparts. First of all, here?s a chart, which reflects national averages not Wisconsin ones but is interesting anyway, comparing public- and private-sector workers? wages (I assume whoever made this chart means wages specifically, which refers to money compensation only and not benefits). It shows that at every level of education except “less than high school,” private-sector employees out-earn public-sector ones. The difference gets more stark as you go up the education ladder, as you might expect.

Quoted: But in Wisconsin, Obama had no choice but stand up for his friends in labor, according to Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin, Madison political scientist and polling specialist. “The unions are seeing it as essentially a threat to their existence.”

Quoted: Federal stimulus money that states used last year to plug budget holes is gone, and Howard Schweber, an associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, described the outlook for municipalities as “bleak.”

Quoted: “At least personally I did not see this coming,” UW-Madison in political scientist David Canon said.

Quoted: Combined with proposals to require voters to show identification, end election-day voter registration and redraw legislative boundaries, Wisconsin Republicans could solidify their power if the anti-union bill passes, said David Canon, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist.

UW-Madison Marketing Professor Deborah Mitchell says the news of the liquidation is not surprising but ?sobering.? She says the book giant lost touch with its competitive advantage as a gathering place in the community, in addition to taking on too much debt and futile efforts to edge out Amazon.com as an online presence.

Quoted: Giri Venkataramanan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UW-Madison.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin.

Quoted: Menzie Chinn, professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Deborah Mitchell, executive director of the Center for Brand and Product Management at the UW-Madison School of Business.

Quoted: “It?s encouraging that life expectancy continues to increase, although at a very small pace, but as we?re living longer we?re living longer with disease,” said Dr. Patrick Remington, associate dean for public health at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison. “Years added to your life expectancy are years with disease.”

Quoted: Some have even proposed mining the moon for the isotope. Gerald Kulcinski, a professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison explains the idea: About .01 metric tons of helium 3 exist on Earth, but some estimate that as much as a million metric tons exists on the moon, deposited by solar wind.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political expert at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, said he was not surprised to see Feingold back on political ground after a short hiatus.

Quoted: ?Energy ripples through the entire economy,? said Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: ?The popular press frequently writes about students who take a gap year and the many programs arising to serve them,? writes the study?s author, Sara Goldrick-Rab. ?It is troubling that so many of those articles neglect the significant socioeconomic differences in who experiences the gap year and in what ways. It is quite possible that socioeconomically advantaged students are accruing additional advantages during their time off, while socioeconomically challenged students are experiencing a delay for less positive reasons.?

Quoted: Deborah Mitchell, executive director of the Center for Brand and Product Management at the UW-Madison School of Business, said she was ?stunned? the location was one the company is closing.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at UW-Madison.

Noted: Eaton will spend the first year of the project engaging in research and development at Georgia Tech University, the University of Wisconsin and Eaton?s innovation centers in Pittsburgh and Milwaukee. The company?s research will culminate with a demonstration at Fort Sill, Okla.

Quoted: “My inclination is to be suspect” about Apple?s new service, said Shubha Ghosh, an antitrust professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Two key questions in Mr. Ghosh?s mind: Whether Apple owns enough of a dominant position in the market to keep competitors out, and whether it is exerting “anticompetitive pressures on price.”

Quoted: Inclusion in treatment guidelines may help expand sales of Pradaxa, which was approved in the U.S. in October. While doctors aren?t obligated to follow today?s advice, the opinion may influence prescriptions, said Craig January, a professor of medicine and physiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who headed the writing subcommittee for the drug.

Quoted: Phil Pellitteri of the UW-Madison insect diagnostic lab.

“People move into and out of EITC eligibility based on changes in their earnings, their parental status or their marital status,” said Judith Bartfeld, University of Wisconsin-Extension food security research and policy specialist and professor at UW-Madison.