Quoted: “For the vast majority of children with asthma, allergies are a very important, if not the most important factor in causing symptoms and determining risk for hospitalizations and emergency room visits,” says asthma expert Dr. William Busse of the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: “Young children are ready learners and are learning about their brand environment just about everywhere,” said T. Bettina Cornwell, a professor of marketing and sports management at the University of Michigan. Cornwell and Anna R. McAlister, a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, published their study “Childrenâ??s Brand Symbolism Understanding” in the journal Psychology and Marketing last month.
Quoted: Dr. Christopher Olsen, a swine-flu expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the government didnâ??t know what it had on its hands last spring.”Itâ??s quite easy to look back in retrospect,” he said.
Quoted: UW-Madison Law Professor Keith Findley says for most citizens the appellate court is probably their final chance as the supreme court takes few cases, â??The court of appeals describes itself as a high volume, error correcting court and for most people thatâ??s the end of the game,â? says Findley.
Quoted: UW Ag agent David Fischer says an increase in milk prices would be a big help for farmers.
Sixty-nine Wisconsin doctors were on the payroll of the worldâ??s largest drug company, Pfizer, during the last six months of 2009, working as speakers, consultants and researchers and pulling in more than $200,000 combined, according to a list made public by the company.
Quoted: Michael Scott, director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing at UW-Madison, said the more targeted such initiatives are, the more successful they are, especially when combined with efforts to catch thieves and to address environmental factors, such as lighting and security.
Wisconsin farmers are having a tough time getting loans needed for spring planting. The University of Wisconsin-Madison estimates net farm income dropped 56 percent in Wisconsin last year to about $1 billion – the lowest level since 2002.
Quoted: Richard Monette, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin and former chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, said at a public hearing last month that, if enacted, the proposed Cobell settlement “will itself be a breach of trust.”
Voter turnout in Tuesdayâ??s spring election may have been the lowest of the past decade, raising the question: What happened to voter angst about the recession?
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professors Barry Burden and Ken Goldstein
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Lack of a major statewide race and nonpartisan elections were some of the key reasons for low turnout, said UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden.
Quoted: Corliss Olson, associate professor at the UW-Extensionâ??s School for Workers.
Quoted: The government has blinked in the protracted standoff, said Thongchai Winichakul, a professor at the University of Wisconsinâ??s Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
Quoted: â??Just modestly innovativeâ? was the way Allan R. Odden, an education professor at the University of Wisconsin who followed the talks closely, described the settlement. He said it would leave intact both teacher tenure and the traditional teacher salary structure, based on years of experience and educational attainment. â??Itâ??s a compromise,â? Dr. Odden said.
Quoted: â??Seeing an attractive young girl playing such a violent role gives the message that this type of behavior (and language) is not outrageous. It makes it harder for parents to declare such behavior out-of-bounds when popular movies glorify it or make it humorous,â? said Joanne Cantor, Professor of Communication Arts at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quoted: Bill Tracy, chairman of the agronomy department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said consolidation in the industry has marched steadily forward for the last 30 to 40 years.
Quoted: “The question is not how conservative Democrats can explain health care, but whether their Republican opponents can exploit unpopular health care votes,” said Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Dr. Aaron Carrel with the UW Pediatric Fitness Clinic says the proposal is a good way to try and fight an epidemic that affects much of the nation. At least two-thirds of adults and one in three children are considered overweight or obese.
Quoted: UW-Madison Political Scientist Charles Franklin says Leinenkugel would face a similar challenge as Wall and Westlake in the race, because all three are not very well known politically around the state. Franklin says Leinenkugel is associated with a popular beverage, but heâ??s not necessarily a household name.
Quoted: The Corinthian report presents a “basic analysis that would indicate that they are doing as good or better a job” in producing good outcomes for their students, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, an assistant professor of educational policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who specializes in students access to higher education. But she and Baum of the College Board both say that the analysis leaves several important questions unanswered.
“Itâ??s extremely unlikely that youâ??re going to have a decrease in sexual offense recidivism with sex offender residency restrictions,” Michael Caldwell, a lecturer at UW-Madison, said.
Walter J. Dickey, a law professor at UW-Madison who specializes in criminal law, said itâ??s unlikely a judge would find much merit in charging a teacher with contributing to the delinquency of a minor simply for teaching the new curriculum.
“Iâ??m just not a fan of a test where there are no stakes for the students, and high stakes for teachers. I think thatâ??s sort of an unwinnable situation,” said Jim Wollack, director of testing and evaluation services at UW-Madison.
Quoted: Officials at University of Wisconsin Health said they hope the Healthy Choices Act will also give people tools to fight obesity. “The data is alarming and weâ??re at the point where people are saying enough is enough,” said Donna Katen-Bahensky, CEO and president of UW Hospitals and Clinics. “Weâ??ve got to resolve this problem whether Iâ??m in farming, Iâ??m in education or Iâ??m in health care. It is costing this country a tremendous amount of money.”
And there are ways to cut startup costs â?? by purchasing used equipment, for instance, or leasing land instead of purchasing it.
Dick Cates, director of the Agricultural Department and a director of University of Wisconsin-Madisonâ??s School for Beginning Dairy Farmers, teaches students these tricks. The school has trained more than 200 future farmers over a 10-year span, some of whom never grew up on a farm. Tapping into experts such as Cates for ideas on how to make it should spur the new farmer, not lottery money.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison nuclear engineering professor Michael Corradini.
Sara Goldrick-Rab, an assistant professor of educational policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who studies student access to higher education, quoted saying she was bothered by quotes in the Maveron press release comparing the idea of a black for-profit college to black media companies.
Noted: Spirits of Earth: The Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes by Robert A. Birmingham (University of Wisconsin Press; 255 pages; $24.95). A study of Indian mounds in Wisconsin built between AD 700 and 1100 in the shapes of animals and other figures.
As the Vilas Zoo kicks off its 100th year exhibiting animals, the beloved Madison institution is undergoing a transformation that began with a tragic death more than 20 years ago. In its most recent accreditation review, Vilas, one of only 15 free zoos out of 221 accredited zoos in North America, was flagged for several issues including insufficient staffing. To address those concerns, Dane County, which owns the zoo, asked the zoological society to fund three positions this year at a cost of $615,000 – the societyâ??s largest contribution ever toward operations. The zoological society last year hired veteran fundraiser Boris Frank, who teaches marketing at UW-Madison and has helped raise money for Olbrich Botanical Gardens and the UW Arboretum. Frank said his goal is to raise the $1 million for Arctic Passage this year, and he also wants to double zoo membership to 4,000.
Written by Stephen M. Born, UW-Madison emeritus professor of planning and environmental studies.
A Wisconsin has had tornadoes in every month of the year except February, say Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin of the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences. We can have tornadoes almost anytime, although the chances of having one in winter are pretty small.
If you look closely at bread and cakes, there are open areas in the structure that provide a soft texture that yields when you bite into it, says Franco Milani, assistant professor of food science at UW-Madison.
Just blocks from the UW-Madison campus, Brothers Bar and Grill is a classic college tavern with sports-crazed patrons, 10-cent chicken wings and a line out the door on Saturday nights. But it now stands in the way of the very institution that has been feeding it a steady stream of customers over the years. The university has moved to take the land on which the bar sits at 704 University Ave. to build a new School of Music performance hall.Bar owners Marc and Eric Fortney sued the university, sparking a debate about when itâ??s appropriate and legal for government institutions to condemn private property for public purpose. The two sidesâ?? arguments will be aired in court during a trial scheduled for this week. Given the schoolâ??s ambitious long-term building plans that seep into surrounding neighborhoods, the results of this case could inform the way UW-Madison acquires property for future expansion. “If this works for them now, why wouldnâ??t they use it again?” asked UW-Madison political science professor Donald Downs.
Quoted: Ellen Zweibel, a theoretical astrophysicist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Noted: The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, which tracked people who graduated from high school in Wisconsin in 1957.
Quoted: Sara Goldrick-Rab, an assistant professor of educational policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin.
Thanks to Newt Gingrichâ??s loose lips, the cat is out of the bag: The Republican Party, answering the call of a large part of its following, will continue its subtle and not-so-subtle uses of the â??race card.â? Gingrich said during the health care debate that â??much as Lyndon B. Johnson shattered the Democratic Party for 40 yearsâ? when Congress enacted civil rights legislation, President Barack Obamaâ??s health care reform will prove as destructive. His audience needs no reminder of Republican divisiveness, but Gingrich, no stranger to distorting history, demands correction.
(Kutler is a UW-Madison professor emeritus of history and author of â??The Wars of Watergateâ? and other writings. This column first appeared on truthdig.com.)
Quoted: Bill Tracy, chairman of the agronomy department at UW-Madison.
References report by UW graduate students about impact of bicycling on the state’s economy.
Quoted: Bob Cropp a dairy market specialist with the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension in Madison.
Quoted: Thongchai Winichakul, a Thai analyst at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
After the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are free to spend money trying to influence the outcome of elections, we heard a lot of horror stories alleging that Big Business would soon have all the politicians dancing to its tune. What you wouldnâ??t know from those tales is that about half the states, including Illinois, already allow such spending. And what difference does it make? According to John Coleman, who chairs the political science department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, not a bit.
Quoted: Kurt Squire, an associate professor of educational communications and technology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political polling expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Allen J. Dines, president of the Midwest Research University Network and assistant director of the office of corporate relations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Ron Kean, a University of Wisconsin-Madison poultry specialist who appeared as an expert in the documentary “Mad City Chickens,” which detailed Madisonâ??s successful drive several years ago to legalize chickens at the urging of urban local food enthusiasts.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies polling.
Quoted: Sara Goldrick-Rab, an education professor at the University of Wisconsin.
“The most important insect innovation was flight,” as evolutionary biologist Sean B. Carroll of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, noted in a 1995 Nature journal study that described the role of genes in insect evolution.
Quoted: Stephen Carpenter, director of the UW-Madison Center for Limnology.
Quoted: Karl Malcomb, a University of Wisconsin researcher.
Quoted: John Lee, professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Quoted: Janet S. Hyde, a professor in the department of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quoted: Ken Albrecht, an agronomist with the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quoted: Barry Orton, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of telecommunications.
Quoted: Susan Nitzke, a professor of nutritional sciences and extension specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Theyâ??re an integral part of Wisconsinâ??s agriculture: pollinating nearly all of the stateâ??s crops and much of the food we eat.
Quoted: Allan Odden, a University of Wisconsin-Madison education expert who is following the debate.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
