Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: Barbara Knox, medical director of the University of Wisconsin Child Protection Program.

Quoted: Barbara Knox, a child abuse pediatrician at the University of Wisconsin Children’s hospital, testified the boy was in “grave” condition when he arrived at the emergency room June 14.

Quoted: Barbara Knox, a pediatrician at the University of Wisconsin’s Children’s Hospital.

Quoted: Barry Orton, a cable industry expert and telecommunications professor at the University of Wisconsin, takes a dim view of the whole affair.

Quoted: John Webster, a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin, takes a different position, dismissing as “not an issue” a connection between stun guns and ventricular fibrillation.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin forage crop professor Dan Undersander.

QUoted: Allan R. Odden, an expert on teacher compensation policy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Quoted: You can eat these colorful cabbages and kales, but they might not be appealing. “Both ornamental cabbage and kale are edible, although they tend to be more bitter than the edible cultivars (and the pretty colors turn an unappetizing gray when cooked),” writes Susan Mahr, master gardener extension program coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in an article for the program’s Web site.

Quoted: Michael S. Scott, who wrote “Robbery at Automated Teller Machines,” a guide for the Justice Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, believes ATM-related crime has gone down since he published his first research in 2001.

Scott, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, is the former chief of police in Lauderhill.

Quoted: Stephen Malpezzi, a professor of real estate and urban land economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A UW-Madison study identified an oversized deer herd as a major cause for a decline in the diversity of the state ‘s flora and fauna. When deer too densely populate an area, they overbrowse on native plants, destroying habitat and food for birds, insects and other wildlife.

Julie Underwood, dean of the UW-Madison School of Education, spoke on behalf of the School Finance Network, a coalition of 10 statewide education organizations ranging from unions to school administrators.

Quoted: Muhammad Memon, professor of literature and Islamic studies at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Helen E. Blackwell, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who was not part of the paper.

Quoted: Hong Jiang, a geography professor at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Dr. Richard Roberts, professor of family medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin political scientist who analyzes public opinion.

Quoted: Too often, the opportunities for Natives to learn hard science slip away in high school, said Aaron Bird Bear, American Indian student services coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Chemist Helen Blackwell of the University of Wisconsin-Madison praised the study, calling it a breakthrough for quorum sensing research, and possibly for medical science.

Quoted: Dr. Norman Fost of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. Fost, who was not involved in the survey, wrote an accompanying editorial in JAMA.

Quoted: Dr. Norman Fost, author of an accompanying editorial and chair of the Institution Review Board at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.

Quoted: John Niles, who teaches medieval literature at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Travis Pickering, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

There’s a “recipe” that raises the odds of a teen starting sex early, and the more risky ingredients in a child’s life â?? for example, not feeling close to parents, low self-esteem and lots of TV â?? the more likely he is to be sexually active by age 15, suggests a study released over the weekend.

“It isn’t any one thing. It’s cumulative, and the more risks there are, the greater the chances that they’ll begin sex early,” says Janet Shibley Hyde, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She and co-author Myeshia Price reported on their two-year study of 273 children at the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality meeting in Indianapolis.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin political scientist who analyzed public opinion on the nonpartisan Pollster.com.

Quoted: Dr. F. Javier Nieto, professor of population and health studies at the University of Wisconsin.

Two University of Wisconsin faculty members were honored Thursday for their contributions to programs supporting female UW students.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin health sciences professor Jonathan Patz, president of the International Association for Ecology and Health.

Quoted: Allan Odden, co-director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that one approach could rely on school-wide “team-building” efforts.

Quoted: Tracey Weigel, chief of thoracic surgery for UW Hospital and Clinics.

Quoted: UW-Madison School of Business professor Antonio Mello.

Quoted: Nancy Sandhu, the Parent Program coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said in an e-mail that the vast majority of parents that contact her office want to help their child, but don’t know how to help. Parents call partly because they are making financial investments in their child’s education and want to see a return on their investment, she said.

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

Quoted: John Bibby, political science professor at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Nina Emerson, of the Resource Center for Impaired Driving at University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.

Quoted: Aaron Bird Bear, American Indian student services coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Sean Carroll, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Quoted: Barry Orton, a University of Wisconsin-Madison telecommunications professor and consultant to local governments.

Quoted: Ben-Tzion Karsh, an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

What does mother nature have in store for us this winter? Weather Plus meteorologist John Malan combined science and folklore — to give us a look into the frigid future.

So how bad will it be? Global warming continues.

The NOAA temperature outlook predicts a warmer than normal winter. That trend worries climatologist Dr. Jon Martin.

“Ss each year goes by, I’m convinced that our lack of real cold mornings in particular has something to do with the global climate change,” the UW-Madison professor told us.