Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: Ronald Numbers, a professor of the history of science and medicine at the University of Wisconsin, said Ross is the latest in a growing list of creationists who have tried over the last 40 years to get a foot hold in science.

The ticks that cause Lyme Disease appear to be getting more common throughout Wisconsin. Phil Pellitterri, University of Wisconsin-Madison bug expert, says higher deer populations are a factor and thatâ??s true in cities as well as the country.

Quoted: Dr. Maryl Johnson, professor of medicine and medical director of heart failure-heart transplantation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Phil Pellitteri of the insect diagnostic lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: John Witte, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: UW entomologist Dr. Phil Pelitteri.

Quoted: Dr. Perry Pickhardt, the lead author of the Cancer study and a radiologist at the University of Wisconsin.

Reynolds has helped gather 500 signatures asking the Madison School Board to reopen the naming of the school because Pao has been accused by UW-Madison professor Alfred McCoy and others of running drugs and permitting summary executions during the Vietnam War. Other researchers and Hmong dispute the allegations against Pao.

Quoted: UW Madison business professor Rodney Stevenson.

Quoted: David Morgan, a historian of Mongol history at the University of Wisconsin, says Genghis’s eldest son, Tushi, had 40 sons.

Quoted: Charles Jones of the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Ken Frazier, interim CIO at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that while funding and computer security are significant issues, student safety is a high priority given the exposure students have on new social media services, such as FaceBook.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin professor Harvey M. Jacobs, an authority on the movement.

Quoted: Barry C. Burden, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Michael Lizotte, director of the University of Wisconsin Aquatic Research Laboratory.

Quoted: Ronald L. Numbers, a professor of the history of science and medicine at the University of Wisconsin, says the museum likely will resonate with people dismayed by the secularization of socie

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a UW-Madison political science professor.

Quoted: Aaron Gilson, an associate director with the Pain & Policy Studies Group at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Breast cancer researcher Michael Gould of the University of Wisconsin- Madison.

Quoted: Janet Hyde, a psychology and gender studies professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Bill Klein, dairy plant manager for the Babcock Hall Dairy Plant, a research and teaching facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Tim Osswald, a polymer engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, lead is used in the manufacture of some PVC products.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin law professor Ann Althouse.

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

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

Quoted: Robert D. Enright, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin- Madison who has studied forgiveness for 25 years.

Quoted: Dr. David Bernhardt, in pediatric sports medicine at University of Wisconsin Hospital

Quoted: University of Wisconsin law professor Walter Dickey.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin political science professor John Coleman.

Quoted:Charles Franklin, a political-science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said Thompsonâ??s gaffes may not have resonated much with the general public, many of whom donâ??t even know Thompson is running, but they did hurt him with power brokers.

Quoted: Ron Kean, poultry extension specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Steve Vavrus a UW-Madison scientist at the Center for Climactic Research is studying various computer-climate models.

Quoted: Julie Mead, an associate professor of educational leadership and policy analysis at UW-Madison.

Walter Dickey, a law professor at UW-Madison, said Van Hollen needed McLeod’s consent to talk about the lawsuit with Gunderson, and that if he didn’t get it, he violated the rules.

As universities grapple with how to prevent a repeat of the recent Virginia Tech shooting tragedy, many are driven by one chilling thought, said UW-Madison Police Chief Sue Riseling.

“The only thing that separates us from Virginia Tech at this moment is luck,” said Riseling, who heads the UW System’s newly formed President’s 2007 Commission on University Security.

Quoted: Stanley A. Temple, a University of Wisconsin-Madison emeritus professor of wildlife ecology and conservation biology.

Quoted: Susan Nitzke, Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Extension Specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

These women will be recognized at the YWCA’s 33rd annual Women of Distinction luncheon, which will be held May 31 at the Concourse Hotel, 1 W. Dayton St.

Quoted: Kathy Dolan, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin and author of Voting for Women: How the Public Evaluates Women Candidates.

Quoted: Jonathan Patz, a University of Wisconsin professor of environmental studies and an author of the IPCC report.

Quoted: John Magnuson, emeritus professor of limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said evidence already is mounting that fish in some lakes no longer grow all summer.

Quoted: Alta Charo, a bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, wrote in a commentary.

Quoted: James Kossin, meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.