Category: UW Experts in the News

Mentioned: pediatric endocrinologist David Allen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Americans just can’t stop using credit cards; and it’s no wonder.Ã?  According to University of Wisconsin-Extension financial specialist Michael Gutter,Ã?  “It’s a lot easier to get a credit card now than ever before.”

Quoted: UW Political Science Professor Donald Downs.

Patrick Erwin went to bed Tuesday harboring a deep sadness and a looming dread that he would soon need to leave Wisconsin.
Voters had just passed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and civil unions in the state, and Erwin, who is gay and lives in Madison, said he felt his life here was about to become more difficult.

In the wake of widespread Democratic election gains and voter unrest over the Iraq war, Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold said Wednesday he will spend the next few days mulling a run for the presidency in 2008 and could make a decision soon.

Quoted: Kenneth Goldstein, a professor of political science and Judaic studies at the University of Wisconsin.

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

Quoted: John Coleman, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist

Quoted: Dennis Dresang, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor.

Quoted: David Canon, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specializes in Congress.

Quoted: UW political science professor Howard Schweber.

A majority of Wisconsin voters favor reinstating the death penalty, according to results from an advisory referendum on Tuesday�s ballot.

Quoted: Dr. Bryan Heiderscheit, director of the University of Wisconsin Running Clinic.

Quoted: Political scientist John Coleman.

Quoted: Michael Apple, a professor at the University of Wisconsin who studies the issue.

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

Quoted: Kyle Holen, a medical oncologist at the University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Cancer Center,

Back in ‘the day’, Americans worked for one company most, if not all, of their adult lives. And their loyalty was rewarded with a guaranteed income for life; a pension when they retired.

Then, the unthinkable began to happen: the guarantee disappeared as companies ran into financial trouble or saw pension plan investments dry-up in the stock market.

University of Wisconsin-Extension financial specialist Michael Gutter says, “People who’ve been eligible for these (pensions) may have not saved in other accounts, such as IRA’s, because they counted on the fact that they had a known income source going into retirement. So, for some individuals, there’s not much planning that can be done if they’re already facing this crisis.”

Michael Xenos is a communications professor at UW and conducted the study. He says, “A lot of young people…don’t get more involved in politics because nobody is speaking to them. Nobody is making a direct appeal to them.”

Quoted: Political scientist John Coleman.

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert on political ads.

Rita Vosters, a clinical associate professor of nursing at UW-Madison, said she has talked about the Gant incident in her classes this year.

“Hopefully it will make nurses more careful with medications,” she said.

The criminal charge “will be difficult on nurses,” Vosters said. “Most nurses do the best job they can . . . But sometimes mistakes happen.”

Quoted: Barry Burden, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Political Science Departmen.t

UW-Madison professor Ken Goldstein said the bulk of scholarly studies on the topic suggest that negative ads have either no effect on voter turnout or might even boost it.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin psychologist Seth Pollak.

Quoted: Deborah Carr, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at Rutgers University.

A compound found in red wine keeps middle-aged mice on a high-fat, high-calorie diet as healthy as mice on a healthy diet, according to research at the National Institute on Aging and Harvard Medical School.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin medical professor Dr. Richard Weindruch.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, political science.

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, political science

Quoted: University of Wisconsin political science professor Charles Franklin says Wisconsin.

Quoted: R. Alta Charo, a bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=524063
Story about paranormal investigators by Deborah Blum, a professor of journalism at University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of “Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death.”

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

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

Quoted: Gloria Ladson-Billings, a University of Wisconsin-Madison education professor.

Quoted: Volker Radeloff, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and an expert on the wildlands-urban interface.

Quoted: Dennis Dresang, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Michael Bell, an environmental sociologist at the University of Wisconsin.

Who� better� to� cover� the� student revelry� in� Madison this weekend than the students themselves?

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

Quoted: Lew Friedland, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication.