Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: Allan Odden, a professor in UW- Madison’s School of Education.

Quoted: Patrick McBride, associate director of preventive cardiology at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: David A. Noyce, who directs the Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Dr. Jonathan Patz, a University of Wisconsin expert on climate-disease links.

Quoted: James Paul Gee is a professor in the Games, Learning, and Society minor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, and author of the book What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy.

Quoted: Vicki Bier, a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering professor.

Ah, Wisconsin: the Dairy State, home of the cheeseheadsââ?¬â?a place where cheese curds dominate. However, for Wisconsin cheese makers, it is becoming increasingly difficult to hold on to the title of the nationââ?¬â?¢s No. 1 cheese producer. Itââ?¬â?¢s been a ââ?¬Å?goudaââ?¬Â year for California, which is closing in on Americaââ?¬â?¢s Dairyland.

Quoted: Veteran Antarctic explorer Professor Charles Bentley, from the University of Wiscon

Quoted: UW-Madison law professor Frank Tuerkheimer.

Quoted: Ronald Numbers, a historian at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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

Quoted: Andrew Reschovsky, a University of Wisconsin-Madison economics professor.

Keith Findley, a clinical law professor at University of Wisconsin Law School and co-director of the Innocence Project in Wisconsin.

Quoted: Gary Green, a professor of rural sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A UW-Madison postdoctoral biochemistry researcher has been tapped to receive a national fellowship, the university reported Monday.

A University of Wisconsin researcher was one of 58 scientists to receive an inaugural award from the National Institutes of Health recently.

Quoted: Susan Nitzke, a dietitian who teaches at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Quoted: Stefan Hastenrath of the University of Wisconsin, who has climbed, poked, photographed and measured east Africa�s glaciers for four decades.

Quoted: Carey Gleason, a dementia researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Brian Rust, communications manager with the division of information technology at UW-Madison, said you can legally download only files for which you have copyright permission.

Quoted: Sanjay Limaye of the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

In August, Mayor Helen Johnson held a community meeting to discuss interest in a community food cooperative. Representatives from the Willy Street Co-op and the UW- Madison Center for Cooperatives attended to provide information about starting a grassroots store. The response from the community was strong, Borchardt said.

Quoted: Robert Dott, a retired University of Wisconsin-Madison geology professor.

Quoted: Dan Anderson, an insurance professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Iraq Study Group says US policy has to change. The President says it will but a UW-political scientist thinks it will be a mixed bag

The UW’s Jon Pevehouse says some of the Study Group’s recommendations will be followed even if the administration may not give them credit. We’ll probably see a drawdown of troops but when and at what pace is uncertain.

Quoted: Michael Gutter, University of Wisconsin-Extension financial specialist.

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

Quoted: Michael J. Smith, a professor in the University of Wisconsin’s industrial and systems engineering department.

Quoted: Richard Weindruch of the University of Wisconsin, who was not involved in the study.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin dairy economist Ed Jesse.

There are as many stories about the origins of eggnog as there are recipes to make it, from nonalcoholic versions for the whole family to those that pack a powerful alcoholic punch. Even though eggnog sometimes contains raw eggs, with proper preparation it can be a safe and tasty drink for the holidays.

Quoted: Barry Orton, a professor at the University of Wisconsin who studies the industry.

Quoted: James Stein, director of preventive cardiology at the University of Wisconsin, in an interview Sunday.

Quoted: David Kreling , a professor of pharmacy marketing and economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: David Kreling, a professor who specializes in pharmacy economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

UW-Madison School of Business assistant professor Lori Holder-Webb told the Wisconsin State Journal that setting up “special-purpose entities” is “not intrinsically bad” but it “can raise eyebrows,” especially since Enron.

Lots of people wonder, after Wal-Mart and Target started selling hundreds of generic drugs nationally for $4 a bottle.