Category: UW Experts in the News

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.

Noted: Bill Bland, a soil science professor at UW-Madison.

Quoted: Kathy Cramer Walsh, a political science professor and pollster at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said she expects higher than usual, though not record, turnout for a primary, given the open governor?s race and voter worries about the lingering high unemployment.

University of Wisconsin professor Charles Franklin discusses the results of Tuesday night?s primaries. (Video.)

President Barack Obama has again nominated former state Supreme Court Justice Louis B. Butler Jr. to replace John Shabaz as U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, the White House announced Monday. Butler now teaches at UW-Madison.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin said it would make more sense to hold Wisconsin?s primaries a little earlier.

Quoted: “We watch behaviors on TV we will never engage in,” says Jonathan Gray, who studies media and culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Think of Steve Carell in The Office, George Costanza in Seinfeld, or Larry David. A huge part of ?cringe comedy? ?Sarah Silverman or South Park? is that we feel uncomfortable but we love it.”

Quoted: The GOP would like nothing more than to put a Republican in Obey?s seat. ?The symbolic significance is obvious; it certainly would signal a tectonic shift in the landscape if Republicans were able to pick up that seat,? says Kenneth R. Mayer, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin?Madison.

Quoted: Competitive primaries and big spending on political ads are traditional boosters for turnout, said Barry Buden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Combining those factors with a general dissatisfaction toward government at all levels, particularly for Republican voters, could send normally apathetic voters to the polls today, Burden said.

Story by the nonprofit Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, whose partners include the UW-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication.

Noted: UW-Madison’s bomb-sniffing dogs and Sgt. Aaron Chapin of the UW-Madison Police Department.

Quoted: Tim Osswald, a professor of mechanical engineering at UW-Madison.

Quoted: Barry Burden, a UW-Madison political science professor.

Quoted: ?It?s a good year to own a TV station in Wisconsin,? said Ken Goldstein, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who tracks political advertising.

Quoted: Polls have shown both GOP candidates this year, Mark Neumann and Scott Walker, defeating presumed Democratic nominee Tom Barrett in the general election. However, UW Political Scientist Charles Franklin says you can?t count Barrett out just yet.

Quoted: “The best indicator for Feingold is that almost none of the polls out there have him above 50 percent, and that?s that threshold an incumbent needs to be at,” Ken Mayer, a professor at the University of Wisconsin.

Noted: Rohany Nayan, a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin, said the event will differ from all the recent coverage of events in the United States which threaten Muslims and their religion.

Letter from Carolyn Heinrich, Verona, director, UW-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs.

Quoted: But while any good plan isn?t dependent on a sole creator, losing a key player doesn?t help the process, said Paul DeLuca, the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: “It?s going to be great to have the president back in Madison,” said Evan Giesemann, chairman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College Democrats. “He obviously has a lot of fans here, and it will be great to hear his message.”

Quoted: ?The underlying problem is that the Europeans are overrepresented relative to the size of their economies, and the developing countries are underrepresented,? said Mark S. Copelovitch, a political scientist who studies the I.M.F. at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.