Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison real estate professor Kerry Vandell

Quoted: Tom Givnish, a botany professor at the University of Wisconsin

Madison should take a bow and be proud of its decade-long effort to improve early reading skills and boost school achievement for all racial groups.
Yet the hard work isn’t over and may be getting harder.

UW-Madison education researchers hailed Madison this week for shrinking its racial achievement gap more than probably any urban area in the country. And at the same time, test scores for white students in Madison kept improving.

Quoted: Steven Ackerman, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

For the past month, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown has been making an unusual pitch to motorists: Buy your very own parking meters.He doesn’t mean the familiar coin-swallowing sentinels on metal posts that have guarded America’s parking spaces for nearly a century. The Buffalo solution is a small gadget that hangs from a vehicle’s rearview mirror. Loaded with prepaid time, it frees shoppers, couriers and business people from having to fumble for change.

Cited: Lance Lunsway, director of transportation services.

Madison made more progress than any urban area in the country in shrinking the racial achievement gap and managed to raise the performance levels of all racial groups over the past decade, two UW- Madison education experts said Monday in urging local leaders to continue current strategies despite tight budgets.
“I’ve seen districts around the United States, and it really is remarkable that the Madison School District is raising the achievement levels for all students, and at the same time they’re closing the gaps,” Julie Underwood, dean of the UW- Madison School of Education, said in an interview.

QUoted: Dr. Michael Fiore, the director for the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention,

Quoted: Beth Graue, an education professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Dr. Mark Cook, aOva co-founder and a UW-Madison professor,

Quoted: Dr. Michael Fiore directs the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention. (Second item.)

Quoted: Kris Olds, a geography professor at the University of Wisconsin

Quoted: Kirsten Wolf, a professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Calvin DeWitt, a professor at the University of Wisconsin and the founder of the Au Sable Institute, a Christian institute dedicated to better understanding of the natural world.

Quoted: Marty Kanarek, professor of population health studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Janet Hyde, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin researcher Paul Shattuck, published in the journal Pediatrics.

Small acts of kindness and generosity affect people’s lives in a big way. If you grew up in a supportive, encouraging environment, pass it on. Share your experiences, and wisdom, with others. Use what gifts and talents you’ve been given to improve your community, and when a certain group of people are being overlooked, give them some attention. But, remember, you can’t do it all, so pick the challenges that will lead to positive change.

These are some of the beliefs that help motivate and inspire the six recipients of this year’s YWCA Women of Distinction Awards.

(Plant pathology professor Jo Handelsman is one of the honorees.)

Quoted: Charles Engel of the University of Wisconsin

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

Quoted: Joe Salmons, director of the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Quoted: Ray Aldag, a professor of management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business.

Heather Simmons, the zoo’s pathologist and a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine, then performed a necropsy to determine what had taken place.

Quoted: Steven Ackerman, director of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He led a discussion on the problem during the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.

Quoted: Joshua Morrill, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specializes in juries’ decision-making,

Heather Simmons, the zoo’s pathologist and a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine, arrived from Middleton to perform a necropsy and determine the cause of death of the 207-pound bird.

Cited: Laura Liddicoat, a supervisor of the forensic toxicology program at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene.

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

Quoted: James Paul Gee, in the department of educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin and the author of books examining the educational aspects of video games

Quoted: Michael Gutter, UW Extension Financial Specialist

Quoted: John DeLamater, professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin and editor of the International Journal of Sex Research.

Quoted: John Witte, the state’s evaluator of the program then and a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Francois Ortalo-Magne, an associate real estate professor at the UW-Madison Business School, said he doesn’t believe Internet services ever will replace real estate agents.

Many officers suffer psychological repercussions following a fatal shooting, although with proper counseling, most can return to full duty without lingering dysfunction, said Michael Scott, a clinical assistant professor at the UW-Madison Law School and co-author of the study “Deadly Force: What We Know” in 1992.

When parents divorce, oftentimes distance further divides parents from their children, and typically the non-custodial parent loses their close relationship with their children. However, thanks to new legislation, this will be avoided through virtual-visitation privileges via the Internet.

The University of Wisconsin School of Business appointed alumnus Dan Olszewski to be director of the Center for Entrepreneurship Thursday.

Quoted: UW-Madison Political Science Professor David Canon

Quoted: Leslie Eisenberg, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and a Wisconsin Historical Society expert on burial sites.

Quoted: Marc Galanter, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Charles Jones, an emeritus professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Quoted: Charles O. Jones, an emeritus political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Quoted: Norman Fost, a pediatrician and medical ethicist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Donald Downs, professor of political science, law and journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Dennis Dresang, a political science professor at UW-Madison.

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

Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor Steve Meili.