Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: “In this very tough economic time, the most important thing for folks is, ‘What does this mean to me economically? How does this affect my pocketbook?'” said Deborah Mitchell, associate dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison enterprise MBA program.

Quoted: Joe Elder, a UW-Madison professor of languages and cultures of Asia and an India expert.

Noted: A study in the online Journal of Youth and Adolescence joined the conversation, with research by professors at the University of Wisconsin exploring why children of both genders have sex before they turn 15.

Quoted: We eat a type of corn called, appropriately enough, sweet corn. The maize that American Indians grew in the 17th century would have been more like the type we feed to animals now, said Bill Tracy, a corn agronomist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Sherry Tanumihardjo, associate professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Susan Smith, a nutrition sciences professor at UW-Madison.

All eyes are on President-Elect Barack Obama’s new economic team, and their plans to navigate unprecdented financial crisis.

Guest is Menzie Chinn: professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin. He co-writes the Econbrowser blog.

Quoted: Dr. Patrick Remington has been studying the idea of self-limiting breast cancers since the early 1990s, when the introduction of breast screening programs showed a sharp and sustained increase in the incidence of the disease in the United States. He is convinced some invasive breast cancers do regress; they have become known as LMPs or cancers of “limited malignant potential.”

“I would say a very good guess would be about one out of three women have cancers detected today that would not have progressed otherwise,” said Remington, a professor of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin. Remington was not involved in this study

Quoted: James Schauer, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, traced mercury from an incineration and metals reprocessing facility in the Port of Long Beach to the air in Riverside and the Los Angeles Basin.

Quoted: “A short sleeper may have a very efficient deep sleep even if they sleep only four hours,” notes Dr. Chiara Cirellia of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

To test AquaGlobes, we went to a place where it’s always 80 degrees, humid, and sunny.

Welcome to the greenhouse in the heart of the cold and snowy UW-Madison campus.

The greenhouse’s director, Dr. Mo Fayyaz, nurtures the 1,000 species of plants here. He’s been here for 25 years and knows a thing or two about plants and the strange products people buy to take care of them.

QUoted: University of Wisconsin Professor Tom O’Guinn said that he thinks the e-mail could cause problems this shopping season.

“I think it’s very plausible that people think, ‘Gee, I shouldn’t buy a gift card because maybe the store won’t be around to honor it or they may just stop honoring it,'” said O’Guinn, who’s executive director of the UW Center for Brand and Product Management. “It’s not true, but there’s the old saying perception is reality, so if I was a retailer, I’d be concerned.”

Quoted: Cynthia Jasper, professor of consumer science at UW-Madison.

Quoted: Brian Holmes, a professor of biological systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: “As manufacturing gets shipped overseas, many people thought that would be the end of engineered standards,” says John Lund, a professor of industrial engineering at an extension program for workers at the University of Wisconsin. “In fact, we are not seeing that at all. We are seeing a renaissance of engineered standards in the retail industry.”

Quoted: “There hasn’t been a groundswell of organized advocacy to get the laws changed,” said Shawn Francis Peters, a University of Wisconsin professor and author of a book on faith healing. “I do think there’s broad public sentiment to do it, but that doesn’t get things through the meat grinder of legislation.”

Quoted: Donald Moynihan, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Quoted: Natural gas-powered cars do have some drawbacks and some critics. Glenn Bower, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an automotive expert, said that the reason these cars haven’t taken off is because there isn’t a workable infrastructure in place.

Quoted: Max Carbon, author of the book “Nuclear Power: Villain or Victim,” and a professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, agrees that the security risk of Hyperion’s reactor is minimal.

Quoted: Max Carbon, author of the book “Nuclear Power: Villain or Victim,” and a professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, agrees that the security risk of Hyperion’s reactor is minimal.

Quoted: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, are guests on WHA Radio (970 AM) the last Monday of each month at 11:45 a.m.

A member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, Loew was the keynote speaker at the third annual “Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration” held at Lakeview Lutheran Church on Madison’s north side.

Loew is a longtime local TV anchor who serves as associate professor of life sciences communications at UW-Madison.

Quoted: Linda Rowley, who runs the Web site Family Village for UW-Madison’s Waisman Center to help families with children with disabilities find information on the Internet.

Quoted: So that’s good news for Obama. But he shouldn’t count his chickens quite yet, said Charles Franklin, the co-developer of Pollster.com and a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Michael Collins, an economic expert with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said, “the housing market right now is great if you’re a first time buyer.”

Jim Lattis, a UW-Madison astronomer who keeps close track of light pollution issues, said it makes sense to extend the tradition of protection along the Lower Wisconsin to the skies.

Quoted: Political scientist Kenneth Goldstein of the University of Wisconsin-Madison said the deep unpopularity of the current Republican president and the spiraling economic crisis caused the “extraordinary” GOP reversals.

A UW-Madison professor of law and bioethics was appointed to President-elect Barack Obamaâ??s transition team Friday.

Quoted: “Not knowing what is expected in the workplace is stressful,” said Joan Gillman, director of special industry programs at the School of Business at University of Wisconsin-Madison. “In my adult classes, when asked, most supervisors don’t really know what is expected or what they are being judged on.”

Quoted: Michael Schatzberg, African Studies Professor at UW Madison, says its anarchy in the country.

A prominent University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher has been named to President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team.

R. Alta Charo, a bioethicist who has served on a federal panel on embryonic stem-cell research and on President Clinton’s National Bioethics Advisory Commission, will review health policy for Obama.

Noted: Dr. Michael Fiore has heard them. He runs the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin. Cigarettes distributed during World War II, he said, spawned a generation of smokers, with six of every 10 US men identified as tobacco users in the 1950s.

Quoted: Dr. Nancy Sweitzer is a clinician-scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose research focuses on the physiology of heart failure. Sweitzer recently took a break from seeing patients — including those from Dubuque — to attend the association conference.

Quoted: Karen Holden, an economist at the University of Wisconsin- Madison.

Quoted: Barry Gerhart, human resources professor.

Quoted: Rob Meyer, director of the Value-Added Research Center at UW-Madison.

“Quantifying the impact on people, ice, agriculture, etc., is certainly going to be useful,” he said. “The study also brings together scientists who don’t traditionally work together into thinking together about the impact, mitigation and fundamental science on how this works.”

Quoted: Ankur Desai, assistant professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin political scientist Ken Mayer said Doyle’s comments indicating he’d consider an appointment, but isn’t seeking one, aren’t necessarily indicative of any outcome. He said that typically those serious about positions want to lay low and that it’s quite possible Doyle is being considered for something given his early support and experience in domestic issues.

Quoted: Some, such as the University of Wisconsin’s Allan Odden, think even this won’t be enough in the current crunch.

“What we’re facing is going to require more than a 5 percent reserve,” said Odden, a former financial consultant to New York State who is now a co-director of a center that recruits and trains teachers and principals. “This is huge.”

Quoted: Michael Collins, UW financial specialist, said, “if you’re close to retirement and are heavily invested in the stock market, the only thing you can do is ride it out.”

Quoted: The value of the study is that scientists looked at the effect of the brown clouds on multiple levels, said Ankur Desai, assistant professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: “The president can do with pardoning power whatever he wants,” explained University of Wisconsin Law School professor Stanley Kutler. “It is complete and plenary unto itself.”