Quoted: Dr. Phil Farrell, who works in pediatrics and health sciences at U-W Madison, kicked off the gathering by calling Wisconsin?s infant mortality rate a national disgrace
Saying the U.S. Senate race should not be decided by television advertisements alone, Sen. Russ Feingold announced Wednesday that he?s accepted invitations to participate in six debates.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, UW-Madison professor of political science
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
The Dalai Lama is putting his money where his mouth is. The Tibetan spiritual leader has given $50,000 from his personal trust to support research into the science behind kindness and compassion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The grant to the school?s Center for Investigating Healthy Minds comes after the Dalai Lama promoted its work during a visit to Madison in May.
Noted: “He?s walked in every parade held in the state,” said Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The key to answering all of these questions will be accurate dating of the core. This will help to correlate the Songliao records with their marine counterparts. “Without a precise timescale, the values of any other pieces of information that can be recovered from the core would be diminished tremendously,” says Bradley Singer, a geochronologist at the University of Wisconsin?Madison.
Quoted: “Have certain messages go directly into folders that you can look at just when you want to,” said Joanne Cantor, director of the Center for Communication Research at the University of Wisconsin?Madison and author of “Conquer CyberOverload.”
Noted: German immigrants to the Badger State between the 1830s and 1930s actually found little reason to master English, “appearing to live and thrive for decades while speaking exclusively German,” concluded Miranda Wilkerson, then an assistant professor of German at Western Illinois University and Joseph Salmons, a professor of German at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
John Hawks, an anthropologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, says we?ve created a lifestyle that is at odds with the one natural selection provided us with. Consider, for example, what ate when we were hunter gatherers, long before we started farming.
Quoted: Professor Hakk? Ogelman from the physics department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States told the Daily News that he agreed with Hawking. ?I have great respect for Hawking,? he said. ?The universe does not need a creator to be created.?
Quoted: “The whole notion of ?Vote against Snodgrass by Gillette shaving cream? — it?s just not going to happen,” said Kenneth Goldstein, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist who specializes in political media.
Quoted: “In a year like this, which is bad for Democrats, he has a legitimate shot at winning. In fact, I think he?s probably going to win,” said Kenneth Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Analysts at UW-Madison say working Wisconsinites have ?little to celebrate? on this Labor Day.
Quoted: Neumann?s decision not to go after Walker was unusual, said UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
Quoted: UW-Madison Political Scientist Charles Franklin says the race has been a very difficult one to handicap, since there?s been almost no recent public polling directly comparing the two candidates. He says that creates a situation where conventional wisdom can ?run away? and we just don?t know what the outcome will be.
The Tibetan spiritual leader has given $50,000 from his personal trust to support research into the science behind kindness and compassion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
One hundred years ago, following a whirlwind visit to 155 medical schools, Abraham Flexner issued a report that reshaped American medicine. His observations and recommendations led to major changes in U.S. medical education. Our nation?s medical schools subsequently provided innovations that have dramatically transformed the practice of medicine, thereby greatly improving public health.
Nevertheless, according to a recent Commonwealth Fund report, the U.S. health care system is the most expensive in the world and consistently underperforms other countries on most measures of performance. Thus, our medical schools, which currently lead the world in biomedical research and health professions education, are faced with a challenging mission if they are to continue their leadership in improving health.
Noted: Co-author Charles Cohen is a professor of history and religious studies and director of the Lubar Institute for the Study of the Abrahamic Religions at UW-Madison.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a UW-Madison political science professor and polling expert.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor and founder of pollster.com.
Quoted: UW-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin.
Quoted: Jeanan Yasiri, executive director of the UW-Madison Center for Nonprofits.
Wisconsin is the only state that requires a buttermaker license, and it?s an arduous process to get one. It may soon get easier for would-be buttermakers throughout Wisconsin. In January, the state Agriculture Board approved a scope statement to propose revising the licensing of buttermakers. Such a change would provide more flexible training and education options for potential buttermakers. Current regulations require an apprenticeship of up to two years. Proposed rules would bring that down to 120 hours. Part of the new process would also involve a new Buttermakers Short Course, the first of which will be held Sept. 14-16 at UW-Madison through the Center for Dairy Research. The course is full.
Quoted: Jon Woods, professor of medical microbiology and immunology at UW-Madison.
Quoted: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Noted: UW-Madison?s Center on Wisconsin Strategy.
Quoted: UW-Madison entomologist Phil Pellitteri.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin political scientist Charles Franklin.
Quoted: Shubha Ghosh, a University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor who specializes in commerce issues.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor.
Quoted: Kenneth Goldstein, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist who specializes in political media.
Noted: Researchers at UW-Madison are helping create what will ultimately be the most complete census of Wisconsin bats ever compiled.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin political scientist Ken Goldstein, who studies political advertising.
A report from University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers says Milwaukee County has the highest poverty rate in the state. The second Wisconsin Poverty Report also found that poverty worsened in 2008 as the economy crashed, with more than 11 percent of the state?s population living in need.
Quoted: Dr. Ken Robbins, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin political scientist Ken Goldstein, who studies political advertising, on the prevalence of negative campaign ads being deployed earlier by Democrats this year.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin political scientist Ken Goldstein, who studies political advertising.
Quoted: Andrew Reschovsky, an economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has written about the stimulus law and its effect on state and local governments.
Mentions Noriko Kita at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, who helped analyze the meteorite.
Quoted: Scott Rankin, a food scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Also mentions a report on the science behind the human health benefits of organic milk, published by UW-Madison?s Center for Dairy Research, found that ?access to fresh, high-quality pasture is the key, not whether the production system is organic or conventional.?
Quoted: UW-Madison political scientist Ken Goldstein.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin professor Charles Franklin.
A new UW-Madison program to evaluate and promote sustainable business practices is helping Wisconsin companies earn recognition for going green, cutting waste and being socially responsible. ?There were many companies that were actively engaged on these sustainability issues, but they weren?t getting any credit for it,? School of Business professor Thomas Eggert said. ?They were doing things, but no one knew what they were doing.? That?s why the goal of Eggert?s Green Masters Program is as much to publicize the successes of company participants as it is to provide a viable framework for those actions.
Quoted: Jim Johannes, UW-Madison School of Business professor and director of the Puelicher Center for Banking Education.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
Quoted: Francis Halzen, a professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Quoted: Tom Eggert of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, executive director of a state sustainable business council.
Quoted: Douglas N. Harris, an education professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
The Obama administration?s court filing Tuesday on embryonic stem cell research was welcomed by the director of UW-Madison?s stem cell center, where some research soon will cease unless the block on federal funds is lifted.
“Researchers will be enthusiastic toward any approach that will allow this important research to continue,” said Dr. Tim Kamp, director of the university?s Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center. “If this can be expeditiously moved through the court system, we?d be delighted.”
Quoted: Craig Roberts, a physician assistant with University Health Services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [See third item.]
Quoted: Michael Scott, director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing and a professor at the UW-Madison Law School.
Noted: A recent UW-Madison study showing that of the roughly 5,000 immigrants working on dairy farms, about half are here illegally.
Quoted: John D. Lee, an engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert in driver distraction.
Quoted: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Quoted: Anna M. Gade, author of ?The Qur?an: An Introduction? and an associate professor of languages and cultures at UW-Madison.
Quoted: James Kitchell, professor of zoology at UW-Madison.
Two years ago, Sara Grode thought she might have to give up her career. A special education teacher for preschool students in the Madison School District, she could no longer use one of her classroom tools ? her voice. Years of overuse had worn it out.Desperate, Grode turned to the UW Vocal and Swallowing Clinic. During the summer of 2009, she attended weekly voice therapy sessions, learning new ways to speak, breathe and relax her throat muscles.
Quoted: Patricia McConnell, animal behaviorist and adjunct associate professor of zoology at UW-Madison.
Quoted: Andrew Reschovsky, a professor of applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
