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: Charles Franklin, UW-Madison political science professor.
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.
Chancellor Biddy Martin will moderate a panel featuring four UW-Madison professors to discuss social issues September 29 in New York City.
Quoted: Andrew Reshovsky, a professor of public affairs and applied economics with UW-Madison’s LaFollette School of Public Affairs.
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: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Quoted: Ethics expert Ben Kempinen, a clinical associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Noted: Work by UW-Madison researchers to estimate the state’s bear population.
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.
Customers of Charter Communications have a new $1 surcharge on their bills. The “broadcast TV surcharge” stems from the often fierce retransmission negotiations between broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, etc.) and subscription TV providers.
Quoted: UW-Madison telecommunications professor Barry Orton
Noted: the 75-year-old Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, considered a leader in turning university research into products that benefit society, and using the licensing income to support further scientific investigation.
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: Charles Franklin, a UW-Madison political scientist.
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: Ken Mayer, UW-Madison political science professor.
Quoted: UW Madison political scientist, Charles Franklin says Walker can ride to victory with a conservative wave of support.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a UW-Madison professor of political science.
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.
Using animals for the pursuit of scientific growth has been a hotly contested topic at the University of Wisconsin, but a proposed series of community forums will attempt to shed light upon the animal research program at UW.
A constant complaint among Wisconsin state budget planners for the past several decades is how little the state gets back from the taxes its residents send to Washington.
Because it has only a couple of small military bases and a relatively small federal work force, the state has historically been locked into receiving about 80 to 85 cents back for every $1 that the taxpayers pay in federal taxes.
Quoted: Andrew Reschovsky, a UW-Madison economist
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a UW-Madison political science professor and polling expert.
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.
