Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: Political scientist Barry Burden from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Cameras came into labor and delivery rooms along with the fathers, beginning in the 1960s and especially in the 1970s, according to Judith Leavitt, author of “Make Room For Daddy” and University of Wisconsin medical historian.

Quoted: Shubha Ghosh, a law professor at UW-Madison who specializes in intellectual property, says the case is far from clear-cut. But one thing is clear, according to Ghosh ? ?They both can?t have (the trademark) for t-shirts.?

At a recent discussion on the Nov. 2 election hosted by the local Society for Professional Journalists, UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin was expounding on why Republicans emerged triumphant, in Wisconsin and throughout the land.

Quoted: An experienced investigative reporter might understand and accept the legal consequences and safety risks of secretly taping a convicted murderer as he or she is confronted with unpleasant allegations, but a student shouldn?t be asked to take that assignment, said Stephen Ward, a journalism ethics professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Quoted: Janet Hyde, a professor of psychology and women?s studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently published a review of several years of studies on the math skills of boys and girls. The studies drew on international eighth-grade math tests, and Hyde and her colleagues found that the math abilities of both sexes were similar. Hyde has worked on this for a number of years, and she said that in 1990 the gap between male and female math abilities was wider than it is now.

Quoted: “With 60 seats in the Assembly and 19 in the Senate, Republicans should be able to protect most of those incumbents by making those districts more strongly Republican and then packing Democrats into the surrounding districts,” said David Canon, a redistricting expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Donald Hester, UW-Madison economics professor emeritus.

Noted: Madison hasn?t felt the downturn as intensely as Midwestern neighbors like Milwaukee or Detroit, leading some to declare the city recessionproof. ?It?s not,? says Stephen Malpezzi, a real estate professor at the University of Wisconsin. ?We just didn?t boom and bust as much.?

History Professor William Cronon was named president of the American Historical Association Friday.

Noted: UW-Extension this year is making Thanksgiving easy by putting up a food safety hotline chart.

Bill Howard of Middleton has been a UW-Madison lecturer for more than 20 years in project economic analysis.

Quoted: “The other factor that I think is quite serious for first-time candidates is the ability to manage themselves on the campaign trail,” said Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: “There?s some room for doubt that being CEO of a company prepares you for the skills of negotiation, the mutual accommodation that goes with the role of senator,” said Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “At some level, anybody who?s in the Senate has to play the political role he?s elected to play.”

Quoted: “The other factor that I think is quite serious for first time candidates is the ability to manage themselves on the campaign trail,” said Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

J. Michael Collins, faculty director of the Center for Financial Security and a professor at UW-Madison, said that although more banks are failing, he?s not certain consumers are paying any more attention.

Noted: The DNR and University of Wisconsin researchers will launch a multi-year study this year to better understand the impacts predators have on white-tailed deer.Scientists will track bucks and fawns to see how they die.

Quoted: ?Reducing spending for programs fits with the Republican agenda and helps the budget situation, but it can be difficult politically and cutting taxes onlyshrinks revenues sources needed to balance the budget,? said Barry Burden, a political science professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: “There?s some room for doubt that being CEO of a company prepares you for the skills of negotiation, the mutual accommodation that goes with the role of senator,” said Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “At some level, anybody who?s in the Senate has to play the political role he?s elected to play.”

Quoted: UW-Madison Political Science Professor Charles Franklin says Walker promised voters he would stop the train, and he intends to keep his word.

Quoted: Adam Gamoran, director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at UW-Madison.

Quoted: Andrew Taylor, director of the Bolz Center for Arts Administration at UW-Madison.

Noted: Explainer thanks Tineke Hellwig of the University of British Columbia and Ellen Rafferty and Melisa Tjong of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Adam Gamoran, director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.

A rush of buildings is set to open in the coming months on the UW-Madison campus ? marking the completion of a spate of major projects on the state?s flagship campus. A $33 million makeover to the UW-Madison education building will be officially unveiled next week. The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery will open next month. Next year will bring a new south campus union, a biochemistry building and the Chazen art museum addition. “In the next three to five years, that big pulse will slow down,” said Alan Fish, associate vice chancellor for facilities, planning and management. “It marshals in an era where focus will be less on new structures and more on maintaining.”

Quoted: There are real-world consequences to this decision for many IT folks. Dave Schroeder, a systems engineer at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, posted an open letter to Jobs, asking that if they have to cancel Xserve, could Apple please allow Mac OS X virtualization on non-Mac hardware?

Noted: HarvestPlus also is developing pumpkin-colored beta-carotene-rich corn. Kevin Pixley of the University of Wisconsin heads the corn research in collaboration with seed companies in Zambia. Orange corn now must go through two years of trials under Zambian regulations. Pixley said they hope to learn from the success story of sweet potatoes when it?s ready for use.

Quoted: The toxicology report describes a THC finding of 4.2 nanograms per milliliter, an impossible amount to generate from secondhand marijuana smoke, according to a University of Wisconsin forensic toxicology expert.”It?s not possible to get those results from passive inhalation,” Laura Liddicoat said. “It could have been one hit off a bong 10 minutes before [his death] or it could have been several joints.”

Noted: The second contract, for up to $1.5 million, was awarded to the University of Wisconsin. The school will help the district begin creating value-added scores for its teachers, termed “academic growth over time.”

Quoted: “I think Governor-elect Scott Walker and the state Legislature will be completely preoccupied initially solving the budget problems,” said Mark Bugher, director of the University Research Park near the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “It?s a significant problem they?ve inherited, and it will take a herculean effort to get a balanced budget together and passed by July 1.”

Pressed on the point by one of the journalists in attendance, UW political science professor Charles Franklin admitted that emotions sometimes play a larger role in political elections than facts and logic.

Quoted: At American Family Children?s Hospital here in Madison word of this game is nothing new but they?re dealing with more and more genital injuries to kids. Director of Pediatric Urology Dr. John Kryger says, “Bullying is ultimately a game of control and domination of one person over another and that?s the part of it that really is frustrating as a public health concern and safety in our schools.”

A. Amphibians are at great risk during the winter but employ several strategies for getting through, says Scott Craven, professor of forest and wildlife ecology at UW-Madison.

Q What is La Nina and how does it affect Wisconsin weather?A Both La Nina and El Nino refer to big changes in the sea-surface temperature across much of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The water temperatures off the west coast of South America are typically 60 to 70 degrees; during a La Nina these waters get as much as 7 degrees colder.

Quoted: Thomas R. Oliver, a professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and Charles Franklin, UW-Madison political scientist.

Quoted: ?Rivers around the world really are in a crisis state,? says Peter B. McIntyre, a senior author of the new study and a professor of zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Center for Limnology.

Quoted: Researchers voice frustration with school officials? hesitancy. At the National Board for Education Sciences meeting last week, board member Adam Gamoran, the director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, argued that states should be required to share student data with researchers as a condition of receiving federal grants to build databases.

Quoted: “Voters respond to what they think they are getting from their government,” said Charles Franklin, a polling expert and professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Debra Shapiro, a UW-Madison librarian with a background in food history.

Quoted: ?Independents deserted Democrats, period,? said Ken Goldstein, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. ?This was not about Feingold?s record or the money or the advertising. It was about the anger of independents at the status quo.?