Quoted: That huge range of temperatures means the new material could be used in everything from spacecraft to car shock absorbers, said Roderic Lakes, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin who studies viscoelastic materials. Spacecraft equipped with this material could withstand the intense cold of Jupiter?s largest moon, Titan, said Gogotsi, or the heat of the sun in space, said Lakes.
Quoted: “If this holds, we will find ourselves at the higher end of [temperature] predictions,” says team member Ralf Bennartz of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: “What I?ve heard from folks running for office is that they don?t want a ?Pants on Fire,?” says Ken Goldstein, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specializes in political advertising. “Pants on Fire” is the worst rating doled out by PolitiFact, reserved for assertions that make a ridiculous claim and are clearly false. Goldstein admits being surprised that some politicians have even changed the wording of statements in response to criticism from a fact-checker. “If you had asked me before, I would have been dismissive about the impact of these,” Goldstein says. “But I have been hearing some anecdotal evidence that some politicians know that it?s in place and are reacting.”
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quoted: UW-Madison School of Business assistant professor Kersi Antia.
Quoted: Dave Riley, professor of human development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Dave Schroeder, a systems engineer at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, penned an open letter to Jobs a few weeks ago and posted it online, asking this very thing. As much of a hassle as it is for a lot of people, if Apple has to cancel Xserve, could Apple please allow virtualization, he asked.
Quoted: “I think that?s pretty standard,” Barry Orton, a University of Wisconsin-Madison telecommunications expert, said about the new approach. “In cities where they don?t meter water, for example, you can use as much water as your family needs — and New York City is a classic example. But if you start a brewery in your apartment, and you start carting our millions of gallons of beer that you?ve made from free city water, the city?s going come back and say, ?No, that?s a commercial operation.?”
Quoted: Primates have traits that may help shield them from seasonal ups and downs, Karen Strier, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said.
Quoted: “It?s a mixed bag,” said Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in evaluating the potential clout of the new delegation. “Losing Obey obviously is a case of clout lost. But you?re gaining Paul Ryan on the budget committee. He?s certainly in a position to be influential.”
Quoted: Dave Riley, professor of human development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said whatever was bothering Hengel likely was related to his peers or family members or possibly biological mental health problems.
Quoted: UW-Madison dairy economist Bob Cropp.
Noted: None of this means it?s easy in America for someone from a lower economic class to find and marry someone from a higher class. “Assortative mating”?the human urge to pair up with someone who is similar to you?is on the increase in the U.S., according to research by sociologists Robert Mare of UCLA and Christine Schwartz of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They found that those with college degrees are marrying people with college degrees at higher rates than at any time in the last half-century.
The University of Colorado?s Leaf Van Boven has shown that experiences make us happier than material items, since they can?t be compared to anyone else?s experiences and form the positive memories that tell us we like our lives. Thomas DeLeire, at the University of Wisconsin, found that only one of the nine categories of consumption he measured was linked to an increase in happiness: leisure purchases. Recreation is so good at “re-creating” mindsets that there is a whole field of health devoted to it: recreation therapy, which builds self-worth and positive mood for people with disabilities, through activities such as horseback riding or wheelchair basketball.
(This article first appeared in the Sunday Wisconsin State Journal.)
She opened at a scream.
“Pull a gun on me and it?s the last (expletive) thing you?ll do!”
Defense lawyer Jessa Nicholson stood inches from jurors as she quoted the man her client killed, trying to convey the fear and chaos that led to the shooting, which also injured the man?s brother.
Quoted: UW law professor Michele Lavigne
Quoted: Bruce Jones, a professor of agricultural and applied economics at UW-Madison.
Quoted: People who want to refuse life-sustaining treatment have years of legal precedent behind them, Norm Fost, a bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said.
Despite a reputation for poor quality control in its exports, China has made strides in improving food safety regulations in recent years, argued University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Stephanie Tai yesterday.
Noted: So what?s the best way to stave off that weight gain? Chad Cook and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin have done research suggesting that it might not be exercise. Their study of 443 adults ages 40 to 60, presented at a recent meeting of the Obesity Society, found that even those people who habitually burn more daily calories than predicted for their age and body weight are not protected against holiday weight gain. Cook notes that 75 percent of participants gained at least some weight and nearly a fifth put on 4.4 pounds or more.
Quoted: UW-Madison political scientist Ken Goldstein.
It will be a year-round middle school. And an urban farm. And a cafe with indoor and outdoor seating. And a neighborhood center. And an office space. And a home for small business.
Planners of the Resilience Research Center development have firmed up their vision and timeline for the nearly 4-acre parcel planned to start taking shape in January on the South Side, near the intersection of East Badger and Rimrock roads.
….The school would emphasize “culturally relevant” teaching, designed to bridge the achievement gap between white and minority students by helping teachers better understand their students’ home culture. The concept is promoted by UW-Madison education professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, who along with other university faculty is working on developing the charter school.
Kathleen Horning is having a few close friends over for the holidays, some of the same characters who might show up in anyone?s home over the next four weeks. They include Truman Capote, an angel or three, a donkey, a carpenter, a couple of guys on skis and some freezing soldiers, even a snow lady.
Horning directs the Cooperative Children?s Book Center located on the fourth floor of the Helen C. White building on the UW-Madison campus. It is a treasury of lore, content and advice effusively doled out to the state?s and the nation?s librarians, teachers, parents and anyone else interested in all that touches children literature.
Another free legal clinic for struggling homeowners will be held Thursday, as part of the resources offered by the Dane County Foreclosure Prevention Taskforce. The answer clinics are an effort of the taskforce, the Dane County Bar Association and the UW Law Foundation, with grant funding provided by the State Bar of Wisconsin, plus county support.
Quoted: Jim Johannes, UW-Madison School of Business professor and director of the Puelicher Center for Banking Education.
Quoted: Jim Steele, a UW-Madison professor of food science and an expert on food fermentations.
Noted: UW-Madison education professor Gloria Ladson-Billings.
Kathleen Horning is having a few close friends over for the holidays, some of the same characters who might show up in anyone?s home over the next four weeks. They include Truman Capote, an angel or three, a donkey, a carpenter, a couple of guys on skis and some freezing soldiers, even a snow lady. Horning directs the Cooperative Children?s Book Center located on the fourth floor of the Helen C. White building on the UW-Madison campus. It is a treasury of lore, content and advice effusively doled out to the state?s and the nation?s librarians, teachers, parents and anyone else interested in all that touches children literature. She was asked about unheralded or forgotten children?s books about the holidays, the sort of books that a family keeps together in one place and might bring out just for the season, the sort that make good gift books that are opened time and again, that might be read starting Dec. 1 a chapter per night, book in hand, child in lap.
Quoted: Joan Houston Hall, chief editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English at UW-Madison.
Quoted: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Noted: The nonprofit Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, which collaborates with its partners, including the UW-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication.
Noted: Bob Norton, professor emeritus from the University of Wisconsin and author of “The Hunter: Developmental Stages and Ethics.”
Over the six-and-a-half years she?s been teaching at UW-Madison, Amy Barber has developed a following for her classes on gender and women?s studies. In the past year-and-a-half, Barber, 31, has amassed another following as a Thursday night DJ for the 18-and- over crowd at Madison?s Plan B nightclub, where she?s known as Professor Shame.
Noted: Holidays don?t cause domestic violence, but family gatherings and increased financial problems can lead to abusers feeling like they?ve lost control, 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.
Quoted: Inflammation, which produces that good kind of soreness weekend warriors are familiar with, ?also damages a lot of healthy tissue around it,? notes Li Li Ji, an exercise physiologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. ?That?s why I usually discourage older people from being too ambitious.?
Quoted: What you touch: Signs encouraging customers to touch the merchandise are far less common in stores than signs imploring them not to. But research shows that retailers may be missing a rather lucrative boat. “There are three ways that touching an object can make you willing to pay more for it,” says Joann Peck, an associate professor of marketing at the Wisconsin School of Business in Madison who has conducted a number of studies analyzing the role of touch in shopping behaviors.
Quoted: There is such a thing as holiday sales fatigue, said Cynthia Jasper, a professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Quoted: Deborah Mitchell, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, said this latest marketing tactic is catching on, and more stores are opting to open their doors when they?re traditionally closed for business. The point is to drive customers in during this very important time of year when there?s minimal competition.
Interest in sustainable foods continues to increase and some Wisconsinites will be filling Thanksgiving tables with them. Sean Cash, a professor of Consumer Science at UW-Madison, says some shoppers like to support local farmers and producers. Others look to these alternatives believing the food is healthier or the animals used are treated more humane.
Quoted: By making followers and friends feel they?re getting a deal that?s not widely available, stores increase the likelihood that customers will bite, says Deborah Mitchell, executive director of the Center for Brand and Product Management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ?This time of year, it?s almost a sport to brag about the deals you got,? she says. ?They?re playing on that feeling.?
Quoted: Alphonso Morales, professor of urban and regional planning at UW-Madison.
It?s last call for Timothy Allen, professor of UW-Madison?s “beer course.” Allen ? flamboyant, colorful, and beloved by students ? is retiring when this semester ends after 40 years of teaching at the university. The course that made him a legend is technically called Botany 240: Plants and Man, but it?s known as the “beer course” because one of the optional assignments is to brew beer.
Isthmus editor Bill Lueders made a splash the other day first by quoting famous UW-Madison political scientists Charles Franklin as saying the election proves that voters are ?pretty damn stupid.?
It got noticed nationally, as well it might: Franklin often gets quoted by national media, and now his known contempt for you can usefully attenuate whatever credence the country might lend him.
At the South Pole, buried approximately 2,400 meters in an Antarctic ice sheet, is a telescope?a cubic kilometer in volume?operated by researchers from UW-Madison.
Following in the footsteps of two other University of Wisconsin professors, one chemistry professor hopes to continue teaching people chemistry as president of the largest national science organization.
While many University of Wisconsin students consider Thanksgiving a time to take a break from school, return home and eat delicious food for a change, the true meanings and origins of the holiday are still remembered.
Quoted: Russ Castronovo, a UW-Madison English professor who mainly deals in 18th and 19th century American literature but happily admits he?s read all the Potter books.
CALLER: Thank you. You talked about the professor from the University of Wisconsin, and he wrote a whole paper on voter stupidity. RUSH: Right. (Transcript making reference to Charles Franklin, professor of political science.)
The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute has released a new poll done by UW Madison political scientist Ken Goldstein with some interesting transportation findings. Slightly over half the respondents oppose the high speed rail project, and transportation in general was the area respondents were least interested in protecting from funding cuts. They also opposed toll roads by 50 to 36 percent.
Super-genius political science professor Charles H. Franklin of the University of Wisconsin, Madison recently gave loud voice to a widely held liberal belief: Ordinary Americans, especially conservative ones, are stupid.
Program assessment information from Joanne Cantor, speaker and workshop presenter at Your Mind on Media in Madison, Wisc., indicates a possible emerging trend away from multitasking. Cantor, who is professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and continues as Outreach director, Center for Communication Research, finds that some young adults are willing to reduce the cyber-overload in their lives.
Bassam Shakhashiri, a professor of chemistry at UW-Madison, has been elected president of the American Chemical Society, the world?s largest scientific organization. Shakhashiri is also the first holder of the William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea at UW-Madison. He is perhaps best known for his popular Christmas chemistry shows, which he has staged for more than 40 years.
Letter from Francis Schrag, professor emeritus, Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison.
Quoted: Ronnie Carda, coordinator of UW-Madison?s physical education activity program.
Quoted: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Quoted: Madeline Hafner, executive director of the Minority Student Achievement Network at UW-Madison.
Ken Goldstein, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, conducted the poll on behalf of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute.
Quoted: “Everybody?s memory is different, so you have to use your own as a baseline to notice changes that are worrisome,” says University of Wisconsin geriatric psychiatrist Ken Robbins. “But certain signs are more strongly associated with a problem like Alzheimer?s.”
Quoted: “Within the last 30 to 40 years, there?s been a shift from regulated industries where competition was structured and limited by government rule,” says Shubha Ghosh, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School specializing in antitrust and intellectual property. “Now that we?ve moved from that time frame to a more deregulated environment, the question is ?Do we have a realm into which antitrust can expand??”
Political reporters often rely on University of Wisconsin political scientist Charles Franklin for expertise. In just the past few months, his insights have appeared in articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Associated Press, Politico, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, and many other publications. He?s also a co-founder of the influential website Pollster.com, as well as co-director of the Big Ten Battleground Poll.
A narrow majority of Wisconsin residents oppose a planned high-speed train route, but hardly anyone on either side of the issue thinks it should be the state?s top priority, a new poll says.
The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute survey also found only slightly less opposition to electronically collected tolls on interstate highways.
And residents said transportation spending should be the No. 1 target for elected officials seeking to cut the state budget.Ken Goldstein, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, conducted the telephone poll of 615 adult state residents Monday through Wednesday for the Hartland-based conservative think tank. Results have a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
