Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: Dr. James Stein is a cardiologist at the University of Wisconsin Hospital.

he green light was recently given to WisconsinEye, a new public access channel, to install broadcast equipment in the State Capitol. The network will air C-SPAN-style broadcasting of legislative affairs.

The Wisconsin Department of Administration cleared the installation of broadcast infrastructure for C-SPAN-style coverage of state governmental activity in the Capitol Thursday.

Quoted: UW-Madison real estate professor Stephen Malpezzi.

Quoted: Scott Spear, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a member of Planned Parenthood’s national medical committee.

Quoted: Dr. Bryan Becker, section chief of nephrology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: UW-Madison political scientist Donald Downs.

Quoted: Joel Rogers, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy.

Quoted: Calvin DeWitt, a professor of environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin and a founder of the Evangelical Environmental Network.

Quoted: Art Walaszek, a geriatric psychiatrist at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Quoted: Nutritional scientist Dale Schoeller of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Quoted: Scott Craven, a University of Wisconsin-Madison wildlife ecology professor who hunts in the Iowa County CWD zone.

Quoted: Dr. Tomas Prolla at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Kenneth Mayer, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) � Tommy Thompson was beloved by Wisconsin voters, winning election to a record four terms as governor, but he would be a long shot for president, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor.

ââ?¬Å?Iââ?¬â?¢m not sure that he has a natural large core base within the Republican Party nationally,ââ?¬Â said professor John Coleman. ââ?¬Å?I think heââ?¬â?¢s really going to have to build that. Heââ?¬â?¢s a bit of chameleon with his image. … I consider him a long shot.ââ?¬Â

Quoted: John Hawks, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin who blogs about polls at Political Arithmetik.

Quoted: Sean Carroll, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and evolutionary geneticist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Quoted: Michael Gutter, University of Wisconsin-Extension Financial Specialist.

Quoted: Mitchell Nathan, an educational psychologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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

Quoted: Kenneth Mayer, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: John Coleman, a professor at the University of Wisconsin.

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

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.