UW-Madison may be known worldwide for stem-cell research, but the campus has lacked an organized way to get its stem-cell scientists to share lab equipment, train new researchers, educate the public and garner federal grants, campus authorities say.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin law professor Ann Althouse.
Quoted: Daniel Sokol, a University of Wisconsin professor.
Quoted: Dr. Everett Smith, a biogerontologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Barry C. Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
Steve Carpenter, a UW-Madison limnologist, said people should keep in mind the history of the lakes and understand that improvements are likely to take a long time, even with measures such as the phosphorus bans. Some people would find it hard to believe, he said, that all direct sources of lake pollution, including human waste, were not eliminated until the 1970s. In fact, Carpenter said, the lakes are much cleaner than they were in the 1950s when they were the repository for raw human sewage.
Quoted: Dick Cates, director of UW-Madison’s Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers, a program in the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems.
Quoted: Maureen Durkin, an autism researcher at UW-Madison’s Waisman Center.
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.
Last year, a Seattle-based technology firm was exploring the possibility of expanding operations to Madison, with the potential of bringing hundreds of private sector jobs into the central city.
Quoted: Susan Nitzke, Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Extension Specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He’s popular, to be sure, but how classical is American composer and songwriter George Gershwin?
That’s the question UW pianist Christopher Taylor recently answered, on the eve of his three performances of Gershwin’s Concerto in F on Friday night at 7:30, Saturday night at 8 and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Overture Hall with the Madison Symphony Orchestra.
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.
I owe the high quality of my UW-Madison undergraduate degree to a long list of outstanding professors who not only taught facts but who sparked intellectual curiosity and academic growth in their students.
Q: If we think the continents were, at some point, all connected, how did they separate?
Abbie Stroup
Grade 7
Sennett Middle School
A: “The answer is rooted in the fact that our planet is a living’ planet, which is still cooling,” said Laurel Goodwin, professor of geology at UW-Madison. She describes the Earth as a series of shells, like a peanut M&M. “The candy shell is the crust, on which we live. The chocolate beneath is the mantle, and the peanut is the core — just imagine that the outer part of the peanut is molten.”
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Quoted: Alta Charo, a bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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.
Quoted: Jaal Ghandhi, a mechanical engineering professor at UW-Madison.
While meditation used to be for only devout Buddhists, it may be useful for everyday students, according to a recent study by UW- Madison professors and scientists. Released just in time for finals, the study indicates a link between meditation and the ability to focus attention in other aspects of life.
With finals just around the corner, a University of Wisconsin professor and researcher specializing in psychiatry discussed some of the mysteries surrounding sleep â?? and also its importance â?? on campus Tuesday.
Quoted: Randy Shaver, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension dairy nutritionist.
Quoted: Timothy Kamp, a stem cell researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who studies polling, cautions against making too much of shifts in national surveys 18 months before the election.
Quoted: Amish Raval, a cardiologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who tracks presidential approval.
Quoted: Menzie Chinn, a University of Wisconsin economist.
Quoted: Byron Shafer, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Allan Luskin of the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Quoted: Peter Carstensen, a University of Wisconsin law professor who has followed the Smithfield-Premium Standard merger, said it is likely the merged company will pull out of South Dakota, leaving the century-old Morrell plant idle.
The University of Wisconsin is drawing the curtain on yet another eventful academic year. Faculty, students and staff have earned recognition for their work, and our sports teams collectively lead the nation.
After the tragic events that occurred at Virginia Tech, creative writing professors have begun to examine how they will handle students whose stories pose alarming questions.
Religious centers on campuses nationwide are seeing an increase in student involvement and interest in religious activities in the past few years.
With his contagious laugh and aura of happiness, the Dalai Lama spread a message of compassion and forgiveness to a crowd of 12,000 at the Kohl Center Friday.
At least seven high-profile professors who are leaving the political science department have some University of Wisconsin officials worried about a growing trend across campus.
Quoted: Bob Drechsel, a University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism professor and a member of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council board of directors
Quoted: Mo Fayyaz, director of botany, greenhouses and botanical garden at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The university has had five Titan Arum blooms.
Quoted: Gloria Sarto, a professor of medicine and public health at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Nancy Langston, a University of Wisconsin environmental studies professor who has studied the Klamath crisis.
Quoted: Paul T. Shattuck, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, published a paper in Pediatrics last year that examined the increasing autism numbers.
Quoted: Morton Ann Gernsbacher, a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and president of the Association for Psychological Science. Her 11-year-old son, who is autistic, was able to work around his speech problems by learning how to communicate via a modified form of typing.
Quoted: Bob Jeanne, a professor of entomology and zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where a USDA bee lab was located before it moved to Arizona.
Quoted: Dr. Gene Farley, former UW-Madison Medical School chairman of family medicine.
Quoted: John Karl Scholz, economics professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, who contends that most Americans are preparing well for retirement.
On Oct. 18, 1967, more than 500 UW-Madison students staged a sit-in in Ingraham Hall because they were disgusted that the Dow Chemical Companyâ??the main producer of a chemical liquid used in warfareâ??was recruiting on campus.
Quoted: Neil Binkley, a co-director of the University of Wisconsin Osteoporosis Clinical Center in Madison.
