Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: The wet, humid weather can create a fungus that kills gypsy moth caterpillars, said University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologist Phil Pellitteri.

Quoted: “We may find ourselves with whole regions of the country where virtually every pharmacy follows these limiting, discriminatory policies and women are unable to access legal, physician-prescribed medications,” said R. Alta Charo, a University of Wisconsin lawyer and bioethicist. “We’re talking about creating a separate universe of pharmacies that puts women at a disadvantage.”

Quoted: Dr. Mark Linzer, an internist at the University of Wisconsin who has done extensive research on physician unhappiness.

Quoted: Kenneth Goldstein, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Quoted: Larry Meiller, a professor and director of undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has a positive opinion on the topic.

Southern Wisconsin got soaked with rain last summer, walloped with record snow this winter and now faces widespread flooding and storm damage.

Add in soaring gas prices and the lagging economy — illustrated by the recently announced closure of Janesville ‘s General Motors plant — and life here can seem bleak.

“When you start piling things like this on top of everything else, it becomes more problematic for people to cope, ” said Dr. Jerry Halverson, a UW Health psychiatrist.

Quoted: Barry Burden, a University of Wisconsin professor of political science who had Bolger as a teaching fellow at Harvard.

Quoted: Sean Carroll, a geneticist at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Barry Burden, a University of Wisconsin professor who had Bolger as a teaching fellow at Harvard, lauds his communication skills with students. Despite Bolger’s hectic schedule, he never let the stress show. People would “rarely â?¦ see a crack in that veneer,” Burden says.

Quoted: Dr. Jonathan L. Temte, associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Quoted: Bruce Jones, a farm management specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Volker C. Radeloff, an associate professor of forest ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said this expansion is a particularly dangerous trend.

Quoted: Jonathan Martin, chairman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Atmospheric Sciences Department.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mosquitoes will be out in greater numbers than usual after all the wet weather in Wisconsin, but Illinois may bear the brunt of the insects from the severe storms.

University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologist Phil Pellitteri says that the flood conditions may have washed many of the mosquito eggs downstream and even out of the state.

He says just because we’ve had record rain doesn’t mean we’ll have record numbers of mosquitoes.

Quoted: UW-Madison political scientist Ken Goldstein.

Quoted: Shawn Conley, a state soybean and small-bean specialist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

The result reminded University of Wisconsin-Madison sedimentary geologist Shanan Peters of a glacial lake draining, which is exactly what exposed the Dells millenniums ago. A finger of water found its way through loose soil and the soft sandstone, and then a torrent followed it.

WTMJ’s John Jagler chats with University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologist Phil Pellitteri about how the big floods we’ve seen could lessen the effect of mosquitoes this summer. (Audio.)

Quoted: Norman Fost, a pediatrics professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Quoted: Morris Davis, a real estate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Edward Churchwell, an astronomer at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who is the principal investigator for the GLIMPSE team.

Quoted: Dr. Ron Diamond, a University of Wisconsin-Madison psychiatrist.

Quoted: Barry Burden, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor.

The Democratic Party hopes to unite following a long primary election campaign, and both Presidential candidates seek to unify the entire country … but how?

What about sort of a “co-presidency” with a Democrat and a Republican for President and Vice President, or vise versa? John Coleman, professor and chair of political science at UW-Madison, says that’s not very likely. Besides, V.P. is clearly a secondary position.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Quoted: Dr. Michael Stier, a forensic pathologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said many superdelegates had been concerned about backing someone who failed to get the nomination.

Quoted: Jane Waldbaum, University of Wisconsin professor emerita and past president of the Archaeological Institute of America.

Quoted: Rodney Stevenson, a business professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Byron Shafer, the foremost expert on changes since the 1960s in the Democratic nominating process.

Quoted: Shawn F. Peters, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author ofWhen Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law.

Quoted: Daryl Buss is Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; he says facilities comparable to NBAF have been built in populous areas around the globe. Places like Winnipeg, Canada and Melbourne, Australia. In fact, our own Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia is a prime example of how the security system does work

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Gary Green, professor of rural sociology and director of the Center for Community and Economic Development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, an expert in campaign advertising at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a University of Wisconsin political scientist, whose Wisconsin Advertising Project analyzes candidates’ ad spending.

Quoted: Rodney Stevenson, a business professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: UW-Madison professor and historian Patty Loew, a member of the Bad River band of Lake Superior Chippewa, an Ojibwe tribe.

Quoted: Mike Rothschild, a University of Wisconsin-Madison emeritus business professor who pioneered the designated-driver program Road Crew.

Quoted: Professor Gene DeFoliart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Quoted: Phil Pellitteri, from the Insect Diagnostic Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Ken Mayer, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor.

Quoted: Giulio Tononi, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.