Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: Scott Straus, a University of Wisconsin professor and genocide expert.

Quoted: Robert Enright, a pioneer in the scientific study of forgiveness and professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Neil Whitehead, a cultural anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Terry Devitt, spokesman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: David Canon, a political-science professor at UW-Madison.

Quoted: Dennis Maki, a medical professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Council on Public Health Preparedness since 2002.

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

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

Quoted: University of Wisconsin Emeritus Professor Gary Frank.

Quoted: Stephen Malpezzi, professor and real estate department chairman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Beth Graue, a professor of curriculum and instruction in the School of Education at UW- Madison.

Quoted: Elizabeth Graue, a University of Wisconsin at Madison professor in the curriculum and instruction department.

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

Quoted: Deborah Mitchell, a marketing expert at the University of Wisconsin

Quoted: John Coleman, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Joel Rogers, co-author of the book “What Workers Want” and a professor of law, political science and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A new study shows wages in Wisconsin are up and unemployment is down. It�s good news for working families, but the figures from the Center On Wisconsin Strategy shows storm clouds on the economic horizon.

Every two years the Center on Wisconsin Strategy or ââ?¬Å?COWS,ââ?¬Â looks at the median hourly wage for Wisconsin workers. This year, the state wage figure is up to $14.62 an hour. That means half the employed population earns more than that and half earns less.

As you step in the door of a retail store ââ?¬â? whether it sells Gucci handbags, jeans for teens or hardware ââ?¬â? you’re being lured to shop and spend in ways so subtle you probably don’t know what’s happening to you.Or your wallet. Retailers know how you’ll approach a store, where you’ll hesitate, how to affect your mood, how to pique your desires, how to play to your aspirations. Everything in a store, from lighting to floor color to music to how goods are displayed, is meant in some way to get you to not just shop, but spend.

Quoted: Deborah Mitchell, lecturer, School of Business

Quoted: Aimee Dechter, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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

Quoted: UW-Madison wildlife ecology professor Scott Craven.

Quoted: Deborah Blum, professor of journalism and mass communications at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Norman Jensen, an emeritus professor of internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Alberto Palloni, a sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin and president of the Population Assn. of America.

Quoted: William J. Reese, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin.

Astronomers gave Pluto the Mickey Mouse treatment Thursday, classifying the world a ââ?¬Å?dwarfââ?¬Â rather than a full-fledged planet.

Quoted: Sanjay Limaye, Space Science and Engineering

Quoted: James Hurley of the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Quoted: Tim Riddiough, director of the Center for Real Estate at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Barry Burden, a political scientist who recently left Harvard for the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Quoted: Janet Hyde, a professor of psychology and women’s studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Labor economist Laura Dresser, the associate director of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Estelle McKee with the University of Wisconsin Law School

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Quoted: Stanley A. Temple, a wildlife ecologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Laura Jull, woody plant specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Madison horticulture department.

Quoted: Chris Velden, a research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: James L. Baughman, director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, said in an interview.

Quoted: Robert Enright, a pioneer in the scientific study of forgiveness and professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System leaders moved Thursday to pull their assets out of companies that do business with the government of Sudan.

UW could not invest in companies who work with the Sudanese government or are complicit in what the U.S. government and other countries consider genocide in the Darfur region in western Sudan under a resolution adopted by a committee of UW System regents on Thursday.

Quoted: Morris Davis, a professor of real estate at the University of Wisconsin School of Business in Madison.

Quoted: Dhavan Shah, a journalism professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Stephen Malpezzi, the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who directs the School of Business real estate program.

“There are, in fact, fewer meth labs popping up around the state, but that’s not the same as saying the meth abuse problem has gone away,” said Mike Scott, director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing affiliated with UW- Madison. “As important as it is to reduce the local production of meth, one likely consequence is there’s going to be more meth that’s produced elsewhere and trafficked into the state of Wisconsin.”

Michael Scott, a former lawman and now a policing expert at the University of Wisconsin Law School, said ending the chase in such a case is a good – but not foolproof – way to resolve a dangerous situation.

“All the police can do is hope that their discontinuing the pursuit will be noticed by the person and (that person) will then bring their driving under control,” Scott said.

Quoted: UW-Madison telecommunications professor Barry Orton.

Quoted: Dale Schoeller, professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: R. Alta Charo, a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin.

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

Quoted: Craig Werner, a professor of African-American studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He’s also author of the 1999 analysis A Change is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America.

Quoted: Engineering Professor Vicki Bier.

Qouted: UW-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin.