Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: Menzie Chinn, a professor of economics and public affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Quoted: Margaret Bogue, a retired University of Wisconsin-Madison history professor.

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

Quoted: James Baughman, director of the journalism program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said given the paper’s distinctive voice it should have success attracting readers on the Internet.

Quoted: James Baughman, a media historian and director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Journalism.

Quoted: Joel Rogers, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and the director of the Center for State Innovation, which describes itself as a progressive public-policy research institute.

Following the trend of afternoon daily newspapers, executives at The Capital Times announced Thursday plans to reduce print frequency and focus attention on the Internet.

“MATC has been strong in the area of training lab animal technicians,” said Joseph Kemnitz, director of the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center at the UW-Madison. “This is a career pathway that can lead to other opportunities working in research and animal care. It is a steppingstone to veterinary technician program or laboratory technician program opportunities.”

Quoted: Commissioner Pamela Oliver, a University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist.

MADISON, Wis. â?? Madisonâ??s afternoon newspaper, The Capital Times, will move to an all-Internet edition in a transition that could be the first of its kind in the struggling industry.

The 17,000-circulation newspaper announced the changes, which include publishing twice-weekly free print editions, to staff and with a story on its Web site Thursday. There will be job cuts and a buy-out program, but details and how many staff will be affected were not immediately released.

Quoted: James Baughman, director of the journalism program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said given the paperâ??s distinctive voice it should have success attracting readers on the Internet.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Franklin, co-founder of Pollster.com, spent “Super Tuesday” in New York calling races for ABC News.

MADISON, Wis. — The Capital Times, Madison’s 90-year-old newspaper announced Thursday it will stop printing a daily newspaper, reduce staff and focus on Internet operations.

Editors at the paper announced Thursday that the paper will end its six-day a week publication and instead offer readers a tabloid-style insert in the Wisconsin State Journal twice weekly.

Quoted: James Baughman, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism.

Quoted: Awais Khaleel, a 23-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student and an undecided super-delegate, said he’s also talked with Bill and Chelsea Clinton.

Quoted: Barry Burden, associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Quoted: Barry Burden, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin.

Even if you donâ??t like winter, doctors say youâ??re better off getting outside during the day.

What many of us call cabin fever can produce some real health problems in what experts call seasonal affective disorder.

Nancy Barklage, University of Wisconsin psychiatrist of Madison says you can throw your life into turmoil if the only contact you have with winter is shoveling snow, and adjusting to changes in your kidsâ?? school schedules.

Quoted: Barry Burden, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin.

A UW-Madison political scientist has joined a national panel to analyze 2008 presidential primary polling results, the university announced Monday.

Quoted: Kenneth Cameron, director of the Wisconsin State Herbarium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. â??There are a lot of politics and personalities involved.â?

A startup founded by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison next month will begin beta-testing an appliance based on its patent-pending technology aimed at stopping attackers and bot-herders before they hit client machines.

A startup with U.S. military backing will begin beta-testing a security appliance this month, which it argues could change the face of network security by automating and refining the generation of malware signatures.

The startup, Nemean Networks, was co-founded by Paul Barford, a computer scientist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is named after the first of Hercules’ 12 tasks – to kill the Nemean lion, a beast with an impenetrable coat.

Botnets are a huge problem for the Internet as a whole. With millions of infected machines prepared to attack sites at any given moment, it is both difficult to find and bring down the leaders of these botnets. Perhaps one of the most challenging problems in doing so is that most of the computers infected have owners who are blissfully unaware their machines are being used in such a manner.

A new startup called Nemean Networks wants to attack the problem head on with a device that aims to help curb the botnet problem by preventing machines from getting infected in the first place.

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a University of Wisconsin professor who studies political advertising

Quoted: Kristi Shook Slack, an associate professor of social work at UW-Madison.

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a political science professor and director of the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project.

Quoted: Hannah Carey, a professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Carey specializes in the study of hibernating animals.

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Bob Cropp, a dairy economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a political science professor and the director of the Wisconsin Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which just completed a study of campaign expenditures to date.

Quoted: The University of Wisconsin-Madison has served beer in its student union building for years, said Susan Crowley, the prevention services director for the UW-Madison PACE project, which educates students about the effects of binge drinking.

Ms. Crowley said the union serves beer and tries to â??model appropriate adult behaviorâ? by frequently checking IDs and promoting moderation. â??Thereâ??s no comparison in health and safety factors,â? she said.

An â??ice quakeâ? on Lake Mendota shook things up along the lakeshore area of the UW-Madison campus Thursday afternoon.

Dropping temperatures caused the ice on Lake Mendota to crack Thursday afternoon, shaking the University of Wisconsin campus and giving students another reason to curse the cold.

Quoted: Morris A. Davis, an assistant professor of real estate and urban land economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business.

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a University of Wisconsin professor who studies political advertising, said Obama faces the greater challenge. “People know Hillary,” he said. “You either like her or don’t like her; maybe advertising helps at the margins. Obama really needs to introduce himself.”

Quoted: University of Wisconsin physiologist Hannah Carey has 100 squirrels hibernating in two dark walk-in refrigerators in her lab. She’s discovered that hibernating squirrels can last 20 minutes without oxygen. She thinks the squirrels have a genetic response to the cold that protects them from multiorgan failure. “I often say that people are the oddities,” jokes Carey. Biotech firm Hiberna, hatched last year with undisclosed funding from Boulder Ventures, has used DNA chips to spot 15 genes that appear crucial for protecting tissue during hibernation.

Quoted: Morris A. Davis, an assistant professor of real estate and urban land economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business.

Quoted: Janet Gilmore, a University of Wisconsin-Madison folklore professor who has studied them extensively.

Quoted: Political scientist Charles Franklin.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor.

Quoted: Jack Williams, a geographer at the Center for Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “There’s strong scientific consensus that immediate action is needed because of the long life of greenhouse gases.”

Quoted: Bruce Jones, a University of Wisconsin-Madison agricultural economics professor.

Quoted: Ladan Mostaghimi, an assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Mostaghimi published a study in 2005 in the Journal of Sleep Research reporting that severely sleep-deprived lab rats developed lesions on their paws and tails while rested rats did not.

Quoted: Steve Kimball, a researcher with the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Stephen Lucas, professor of communication arts at University of Wisconsin at Madison and author of a soon-to-be- published anthology of the top 100 American speeches of the 20th century.