Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, director of the Wisconsin Advertising Project.

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

Quoted: UW political scientist Charles Franklin.

Quoted: Pollster is including American Researchâ??s numbers, Charles Franklin, co-developer of the site and a professor at the University of Wisconsin, told me: â??Lots of pollsters have shown volatility, not just ARG.â? Prof. Franklin added, â??The inclusion or exclusion of a pollster runs the perils of cherry-picking polls, something weâ??ve tried not to do.â?

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

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

Quoted: Study author Brent Valentine of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Rural Sociology says he wasnâ??t able to find out how many of the milkers are here legally, but he says the increasing number of immigration arrests has both farmers and workers worried, because they depend on each other.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison marketing professor Jack Nevin said the state was wise to promote its already proven tourism industry and the innovation that will be important for the stateâ??s economic development.

Quoted: Doctors in Argentina reported last year that MS patients who had intestinal parasites fared better than those who did not, and researchers at the University of Wisconsin are planning to launch another study as early as next month testing pig worms in 20 patients with the disease.

“We hope to show whether this treatment has promise and is worth exploring further in a larger study,” said John O. Fleming, a professor of neurology who is leading the effort.

Quoted: Doctors in Argentina reported last year that MS patients who had intestinal parasites fared better than those who did not, and researchers at the University of Wisconsin are planning to launch another study as early as next month testing pig worms in 20 patients with the disease.

“We hope to show whether this treatment has promise and is worth exploring further in a larger study,” said John O. Fleming, a professor of neurology who is leading the effort.

Quoted: UW-Madison political scientist Ken Goldstein, who directs the Wisconsin Advertising Project, a program that tracks political ad spending.

Quoted: Gene Clark, a coastal engineering supervisor for the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.

Quoted: Menzie Chinn, UW-Madison professor of public affairs and economics.

Quoted: Michael Collins of the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, an expert on Johne’s disease. “Almost by definition, there’s something wrong with them, and in some cases those can be infections that present issues for humans.”

Quoted: Greg Nemet, a professor of public affairs and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin, said the Big Stone II dispute is an example of a growing â??California effectâ? in environmental policy.

Quoted: Chris Ott, 37, and his partner, David Danaher, 40, decided to leave Wisconsin after the state passed a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. Ott moved to Cambridge after he sold his home in Madison. Danaher, a professor of Slavic languages at the University of Wisconsin, plans to remain until he finds a post in Boston.

Quoted: Dr. Somesh Jha, who serves as chief scientist at NovaShield, is an associate professor of computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Quoted: Mike Scott, an associate law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a former police chief, declined to comment specifically on the agent’s case. But he said removing someone from work burdens other employees and regular citizens can obtain occupational licenses.

Quoted: Dhavan V. Shah, a journalism and political science professor at UW-Madison, points to a 20-year study by the Pew Research Center that looked at changes in public opinions and values for answers.

Quoted: Commissioner Pamela Oliver, a University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist, notes that many of the recommendations are feasible

Quoted: Tuncer B. Edil, an engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a researcher for FieldTurf, a company that has built many of the cityâ??s turf fields, also said the material poses no hazards.

Quoted: human-sexuality researcher John DeLamater, sociology.

Quoted: Human-sexuality researcher John DeLamater of the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Phillip A. Koss, a University of Wisconsin-Madison adjunct professor and Walworth County district attorney.

Quoted: “How Computer Games Help Children Learn” is in another category. It’s a more academic look at modern education can embrace kids’ favorite afternoon activity: gaming.

“This is not a book about how computer and video games can help kids do better in school — although they can,” writes author David Williamson Shaffer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “This is a book about how computer and video games can help adults rebuild education for the post-industrial, high-tech world by thinking about learning in a new way.”

Quoted: Phillip A. Koss, a University of Wisconsin-Madison adjunct professor and Walworth County district attorney.

Troy Brusky, 23, his father, his brother and two others were walking about 2:25 a.m. on North Frances Street, crossing University Avenue, after getting burritos. They were in Madison for the WIAA State Wrestling Tournament to watch a couple of wrestlers from their hometown of Pulaski.

They and other pedestrians had the “walk ” light at University Avenue when a driver blew through the red light and hit a 21-year-old man in the crosswalk, flipping him head-over-heels over the car. Brusky said he grabbed the car ‘s rear spoiler and was dragged on the wet University Avenue pavement for two blocks, trying to get the driver to stop. The car kept going through one intersection, though Brusky said he didn ‘t know if the light was green. When the car reached a third intersection it had to stop for traffic, Brusky said, and there was the UW-Madison officer.

Quoted: Richard Weindruch, a professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has studied calorie restriction in mice and primates for more than 33 years. Of the different ways to impose caloric restriction, he said, overall calorie restriction yields the most robust results.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin political science professor Ken Goldstein.

Noted: Therefore, I must turn further etymology of this rare bit of Americana over to that cultural marvel at the University of Wisconsin, the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), whose researchers resolutely bird-dog such dialectical delights.

Quoted: Neil Lerner, director of the Small Business Development Center at the business school at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Quoted: Todd Szymkowski, deputy director of the Traffic Operations and Safety Lab at UW-Madison.

Quoted: Students and employees have a 300-day window to report a complaint to Wisconsin universities, Luis Pinero, the assistant vice provost for Workforce Equity and Diversity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said.

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

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, agreed, calling the northeastern Wisconsin region â??the most evenly divided area in the most evenly divided state.â?

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who is overseeing a study on political advertising in that state.

Quoted: Dr Robert Enright, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin, and an advocate of what many are calling a new science of forgiveness, calls this final step “making a gesture of goodness” to a wrongdoer. It is the culmination of a process that, he insists, “you’ve got to be able to see through to the end”.

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

Quoted: Dr. C.J. Miller at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine reports dogs have two types of cones in their retinas