Category: UW Experts in the News

Brad Brown, educational and psychology professor at UW-Madison, said inappropriate teen conduct during dances is not new.

Quoted: Jonathan Patz, an associate professor of environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison atmospheric scientist Jonathan Martin.

Quoted: Joanne Cantor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an internationally recognised expert on children and the mass media, and the author of Mommy, Iâ??m Scared.

Quoted: Richard Slaughter, director of the geology museum at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Madison school board member Carol Carstensen is having second thoughts about the boardâ??s unanimous vote to name a new Madison elementary school for Genereal Vang Pao, a Hmong leader and U.S. ally during the Vietnam War.

Reacting to a report on The Daily Page that Pao was linked to war crimes and the heroin trade in southeast Asia, Carstensen said Friday “that information was not something I had access to until after we made the decision.”

Carstensen says she’d like to make a motion to reconsider the decision at Monday’s board meeting, but can’t find a second. “Nobody sounds like they’re interested in revisiting the issue.”

Quoted: Associate Director John Stevenson of the UW Survey Center.

Quoted: Michael Podgursky, an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has studied teacher pay and work hours.

A University of Wisconsin clinical associate professor was allegedly attacked two weeks ago in Pakistan for her political affiliations and outspoken nature against Pakistanâ??s president, Pervez Musharraf.

Quoted: Laurel Crown, a researcher in the department of human development and family studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studied college women’s negative sexual experiences.

MILWAUKEE â?? It’s almost time for millions of cicadas to emerge in parts of the Midwest after 17 years of living underground.

University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologist Phil Pellitteri says a lot of people find the huge number of the insects reminiscent of a horror movie. But they don’t bite, don’t really damage anything, stick mostly to trees and are non-toxic to the point that some people eat them.

Quoted: UW-Madison Medical Professor Betsy Trowbridge.

AMNA BUTTAR, the University of Wisconsin Medical School associate professor who brought Pakistani human rights hero Mukhtar Mai to Madison in 2005, was attacked and injured by members of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s secret police at a rally last week in Islamabad.

“I was horrified and feared for my life,” Buttar said in a telephone interview Tuesday night from Pakistan.

Quoted: Phil Pellitteri, an entomologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Donald Downs, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of political science, law and journalism, said that there’s clearly a First Amendment issue involved in banning such political calls that’s going to have much more weight to it than on bans of commercial solicitation over the telephone.

Quoted: Susan Fischer, director of student financial services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Maureen Durkin, an epidemiologist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Quoted: Linda Greene, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and a founder of the Black Women in Sport Foundation.

The annual Hilldale awards were presented Monday afternoon as a part of the University of Wisconsin Faculty Senate meeting.

Quoted: Dr. Allan Luskin of the University of Wisconsin, who is working with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America’s new patient campaign.

Quoted: Prof. Jerry Kulcinski of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Ed Jesse, a specialist in dairy economics with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Psychologist Joanne Cantor, a professor of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin and author of “Teddy’s TV Troubles,” a children’s book about dealing with frightening media.

Quoted: Jonathan Patz, an associate professor of environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Quoted: Jonathan Patz, an associate professor of environmental studies and population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Gemma Narisma at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, US.

Quoted: John Williams, who studies plant dynamics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Quoted: Jack Williams, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and lead author on the paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Ed Jesse, a dairy marketing specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that the spike in prices is related to higher demand for ethanol. It’s driven corn prices up to nearly $4 a bushel.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin law professor Bert Kritzer.

UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin said the allegation that Ziegler presided over dozens of cases in which she had a conflict of interest became a central – and relevant.

Quoted: Kris Olds is a geography professor at the University of Wisconsin who has studied the impact of the Olympic Games on cities.

Quoted:Kenneth Mayer, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Former Governor Tommy Thompson’s bid for the White House is a “real long shot,” according to UW political scientist Charles Franklin. Thompson ended speculation on Sunday by announcing he’s entering the race.

Quoted: Richard Weindruch, a University of Wisconsin professor of medicine who studies caloric restriction in laboratory animals.

Quoted: Jo Handelsman, a plant pathologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and co-chair of the NRC panel.

Quoted: John J. Magnuson, professor of zoology and limnology at UW-Madison.

Readers can get an insiderâ??s perspective on the behind-the-scenes banter of 1950s television network executives and the culture of television in a new book published by the director of the University of Wisconsin Journalism School.

Quoted: Randall Fortenbery, director of the Renk Agribusiness Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

But while some students enjoyed ice cream, others sweltered in classrooms where the heat couldn’t be turned off completely. University buildings are heated and cooled by coils containing water of different temperatures, and those coils can take three weeks to drain when switching between heating and cooling.

“They don’t just change on a dime,” said Faramarz Vakili, associate director for the UW- Madison Physical Plant. “Normal cooling season doesn’t start until May, and our top priorities are (buildings) that have animals or labs for experiments.”

With temperatures reaching record highs in Madison Sunday, Lake Mendota is ahead of the average too; this year it is thawing days earlier than springs in the past.

According to UW-Madison meteorology professor Steve Vavrus, the lake froze so late this year, so the ice did not have enough time to get as thick as it usually does. He added the large amounts of snow Madison received also slowed the ice freezing process.

The recent pet food recall making the news has us questioning what our furry friends eat. But, last fall, after an e-coli outbreak, we were wondering what we were eating. Food safety is one UW professor’s specialty and Sunday he’s sharing his knowledge with a national audience.

Quoted: Barry Orton, a UW-Madison telecommunications professor who advises local governments on the issue.