Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: But since that rapprochement China?s increasing global profile, epitomised by its hosting of the 2008 Olympics, appears to have made it more assertive, said Edward Friedman, a China specialist as the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: “It?s really counterintuitive,” said University of Wisconsin ecology professor Monica Turner, coauthor of a paper that has been accepted for publication in Ecological Monographs. “The beetles are good foresters, thinning the forests for us in a way.”

Quoted: Dennis Dresang, founding director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said lieutenant governors with strong ties to the governor have been able to lead on issues important to them.

Quoted: John Mullahy, a health economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s La Follette School of Public Affairs, say rationing has always been a part of the nation?s health care system.

Quoted: UW-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin says the balance might be tipping toward Johnson, but it?s still a close race.

Quoted: That?s false, says Pamela Herd, an Associate Professor of Public Affairs at the UW-Madison whose research focuses on old age policy. She says the money is in Treasury Bonds that are backed by the ?full faith and credit of the U.S. government.” 

Quoted: UW political scientist David Canon says there?s unlikely to be many surprises in the encounter, since the debates are usually pretty structured.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, polling expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Noted: The numbers are low compared with other institutions, with 77 percent of Latino students in the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s 2002 entering class graduating in six years, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

Quoted: Polling expert Charles Franklin of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Western respondents may have been less equivocal in their support for science and scientists because of political debate in their countries, says Dietram Scheufele, a science-communications and public-policy expert at the University of Wisconsin?Madison. “Particularly in the United States, dichotomies dominate political issues, like a sporting event with two sides. Dichotomies are prominent in discussions about climate change, stem cells and so on,” he says. “And they can damage the debate.”

Quoted: Alta Charo is the Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law & Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin Law School at Madison. She was a member of the NIH Human Embryo Research Panel and the National Bioethics Advisory Commission during the Clinton administration

Quoted: Although Goadsby noted that prior research had similarly illustrated the apparent benefits of IV aspirin by comparing pain levels against a second pool of patients who did not get the treatment, Dr. Carl Stafstrom, a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, pointed out that the current effort did not do so.

Quoted: The decision to stop distributing residential listings is a trend for Verizon and AT&T, said Barry Orton, professor of telecommunications at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now obtained recordings they claim prove a conspiracy between the Republican Party of Wisconsin and various Tea Party organizations to target students and minorities in a “voter caging” effort.

Quoted: Brent McCown, a University of Wisconsin-Madison horticulture professor.

Noted: A recent study by the Institute for Research on Poverty showed that St. Croix County has the state?s seventh-fastest growing poverty rate. It exceeds 12%.

Quoted: Dr. Norman Fost shares that concern. He directs a bioethics program at the University of Wisconsin Madison.

“After college, I?ll go to Europe, but I?m not sure I would ever have the chance to live in a developing country,” said Jessie Lavintman, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who became familiar with bucket showers and malaria when she studied in Ghana.

?President Hu Jintao?s government has made a fundamental shift in China?s foreign policy orientation to, as it sees it, at long last, standing up for China,? said Edward Friedman, a China scholar at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Jeffrey Johnson, a pharmaceutical researcher with the UW-Madison?s Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Noted: The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.

Quoted: Although Goadsby noted that prior research had similarly illustrated the apparent benefits of IV aspirin by comparing pain levels against a second pool of patients who did not get the treatment, Dr. Carl Stafstrom, a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, pointed out that the current effort did not do so.

Quoted: Professor T. Douglas Price from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, one of Schroeder?s colleagues, recently attempted to pin down the 49 settlers? birthplaces by analyzing the carbon, oxygen and strontium isotope ratios in their tooth enamel. These elemental signatures are locked in tooth enamel during childhood and vary depending on the diet, climate, altitude and local geology of a person?s homeland. Last year, Price noted that the isotopic ratios in seven of the skeletons suggested they could have African origins.

Quoted: The $1.34 million that Kagen has raised in the last two years is split almost evenly between individual donations and money from PACs. That ratio is more balanced than most congressmen, who have been relying heavily on contributions from individuals, said Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Gauging how voters will react to those news reports is difficult, said Kenneth Mayer, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: UW-Madison professor Barry Burden says Kagen?s funding mix is a rarity, since most candidates rely more heavily on individual supporters. But Kagen says his PAC funding does not come from health companies, banks, or oil companies. He says a variety of small businesses are supporting him.

Quoted: Richard Monette, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin who testified about his issues with the settlement at a House hearing in March, went further.

Quoted: “The Valukas Report,” as it has become known, will have a broader impact than the Lehman case, said University of Wisconsin law professor Jonathan Lipson of the report. “I think because the cases like Lehman and Enron are big and so unusual?the stories of those failures deserve to be told in a fairly neutral but public way.”

Quoted: Researchers have tried a variety of approaches to bringing the egg to maturity outside the body, said Pamela Kreeger, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison.

Quoted: “We?re not going to be talking about abortion, gay marriage, prayer in schools,” said Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “This year is about tangible things – jobs, the economy, taxes.”

Quoted: “In an ideal world, there would be no limit to resources. We would have a consumer that would be willing to pay meal prices that would pay food service workers a living wage so you wouldn?t have to rely on unskilled workers,” said Monica Theis, senior lecturer in the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Department of Food Science.

Quoted: Noel Radomski, executive director of the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, an advocacy and research think-tank based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, criticized the EAB for being reactive.

Quoted: ?We basically have to trust one another,?? said Charles Snowdon, a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who ran a tamarin lab for three decades. ?We can?t possibly monitor everything in every laboratory.??

Some of Harley Davidson?s union employees in Wisconsin say their employer has bullied them with threats of moving production out of state. The long time Wisconsin manufacturer?s recent activity has created a bit of a backlash among workers and may affect its image among consumers says branding expert Deborah Mitchell at UW-Madison.

Quoted: Nina Emerson, director, Resource Center on Impaired Driving, UW-Madison Law School.

Quoted: Robert Streiffer, a UW-Madison professor of bioethics and philosophy.

Quoted: Irwin Goldman, horticulture professor at UW-Madison.

Quoted: ?This development of railroads is not just Milwaukee to here (Madison)? says UW-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin. Even former governor, and rail advocate, Tommy Thompson is opposed to the timing of the project.

Quoted: ?A lot of people would have been worse off if they didn?t have someone to move in with,? said Timothy M. Smeeding, director of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin. Still, 14.3 percent of Americans lived in poverty last year, the highest percentage since 1994. The rise was steepest for children, with one in five affected.

Quoted: Dr. Nasia Safdar, medical director for Infection Control for University of Wisconsin Hospital, said she expects this year?s flu season to mirror last year?s.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin said he, too, expects both camps to ramp up negative campaigning.

Quoted: Timothy Smeeding of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison says Wisconsin?s poverty rate is lower than the nation?s, but still troubling.

Quoted: ?A lot of people would have been worse off if they didn?t have someone to move in with,? said Timothy M. Smeeding, director of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: The middle class in developing countries might be larger by other measurements. Tim Smeeding is director of The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “One part of building wealth that may not be taken into account is the growth of home ownership and home quality in the developing world. People tend to create their own wealth, many of them by building their own homes.”

Quoted: UW Madison political scientist, Charles Franklin says Walker can ride to victory with a conservative wave of support.