Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: Ann Althouse, a University of Wisconsin Law School professor, said that while an interesting feminist argument can be crafted against the pink locker room, launching a legal fight over it doesnâ??t do any service to feminism. â??It just seems to me that youâ??ve got a long tradition at a big football school and youâ??re picking on something thatâ??s going to make people think that feminists are very prickly and touchy and have no sense of humor or they donâ??t respect the male tradition of sports. I just donâ??t think that thatâ??s helpful to the feminist cause to pick that battle,â? said Althouse, who also blogged on the issue in 2005.

Quoted: Norman Fost, founder and director of the medical ethics program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Quoted: Maria Cancian, director of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Quoted: John Coleman, a wildlife ecologist with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, and Stanley Temple, a University of Wisconsin professor, estimated that the stateâ??s 1.4 to 2 million rural cats were killing between 8 million and 219 million birds every year.

This weekend, people of all ages will be amazed and astounded by the wonders of science at University of Wisconsin chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiriâ??s annual â??Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri.â?

Quoted: One of this year’s speakers is, Soil Scientist from University of Wisconsin, Madison Dick Wolkowski, he says research presented by Universities this year range from soil compaction, treating manures, and nutrient management, along with other topics.

“The goal of what we do is to try to improve the profitability of farming as an enterprise and at the same time reduce the risk to the environment.”

Quoted: Barry Orton, a University of Wisconsin-Madison telecommunications professor.

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has accused her male opponents of “piling on,” but many local women leaders say playing the gender card is no way to get ahead.

In fact, of the dozen leaders in business, academics, law and politics contacted for this story, only one said her career was expressly harmed by sexism. Most said they make it a point to ignore any workplace prejudice that might be directed their way.

Quoted: Christina Ewig, an assistant professor of women’s studies and political science

Quoted: Joann Peck, professor of marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Joann Peck, professor of marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin Journalism professor Lewis Friedland, director of the Center for Communication and Democracy

Quoted: Darald Hanusa, a senior lecturer in family violence at UW-Madison.

Quoted: James Donnelly, professor of popular religion at UW-Madison.

Quoted: Professor Gerald Kulcinski, an expert in helium from the University of Wisconsin.

It’s a rare occurrence, but possible according to a traffic engineer at U.W. Madison who has studied these cables. Dr. David Noyce of the Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory told TODAY’S TMJ4 reporter Lauren Leamanczyk that “the perfect storm” of highway speeds and the angle in which the car hits the ditch can cause it to clear the cables.

Quoted: Dr. Suzanne Welsch, UW OB/GYN.

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a University of Wisconsin political science professor.

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

Quoted: Richard Davidson, a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a University of Wisconsin political science professor.

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.