Category: UW Experts in the News

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: : Dr. Dennis G. Maki, a professor of medicine and head of infectious diseases at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.

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

Lloyd Smith, a chemist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Author: John Hawks is an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specializes in human evolution and genetics

UW-Madison School of Business assistant professor Masako Ueda said presentations over the Internet are a “hot market,” particularly for online education. “However, that means competition will be very fierce, too,” she said.

Quoted: Susan Crowley, director of PACE (Policy, Alternatives, Community and Education), a 10-year, $1.2 million program set up to curb underage drinking at UW-Madison.

Quoted: James L. Baughman, director of the journalism school at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Quoted: James Stein, a cardiologist with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Dr. Richard J. Davidson of the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Sean B. Carroll, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

John Doebley, another scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Quoted: Nina Emerson, director of the Resource Center on Impaired Driving at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.

Stewart Ballweg, a drug recognition expert with the UW-Madison Police Department.

Quoted: Charles Jones, a retired political science professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison who is now a senior fellow at the Washington-based Brookings Institution.

Patty Loew, PhD, Wisconsin Public Radio host and UW-Madison associate professor, will be the keynote speaker at the 32nd annual Native American Awareness Week at Northland College, March 13-18.

Research conducted by UW- Madison psychologist Terrie Moffitt cited in the report indicates that as people’s brains mature dramatically in their late teens, they usually stop offending.

Quoted: Frank Greer, professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Joan Schiller, a lung cancer doctor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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

Quoted: Dr. Anne Traynor, of the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Quoted: Joanne Cantor, professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

A recent University of North Carolina graduate allegedly drove a silver Jeep through the hub of his former campus Friday, injuring nine people. Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, a native of Iran, drove through one of the busiest parts of campus, the Pit, just before noon Friday, according to various releases.

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

The biggest threat to U.S. grain and oilseed production may not be Brazil�s expanding production capability in these crops. It�s what it feeds its grain to, according to Roger Borges, soybean and small grain state specialist, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

At a school that originally allowed its students to bring sheep to class, farming is very important and much research on the subject is done on this campus. As science moves forward, organic farming operations are seen to be the answer to a host of society�s problems.

Many consumers have started noticing a trend in the food industry: a little round green sticker that says ââ?¬Å?organicââ?¬Â on more and more food products.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, organic food is produced by farmers who ââ?¬Å?emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality for future generations.ââ?¬Â

Quoted: Carolyn Zahn-Waxler, a UW psychologist who has extensively studied how and when children show concern for others.

In decades and even centuries gone by, such jokes traditionally were told in a genteel fashion, with relatively innocuous punch lines.
In “Lowering the Bar: Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture,” author Marc Galanter, a University of Wisconsin law professor, offers past and present examples to demonstrate how the genre has slipped into the tasteles.

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

Quoted: Bradford Brown, a professor of human development in the department of psychology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Quoted: Ken Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Professor Anthonia Yetunde Schleicher, an expert on African Languages and Linguistics at University of Wisconsin -Madison, United states of America.

Quoted: Charles Franklin of the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Susan Mahr, horticulturist at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Dr. Joanne Cantor. Cantor is professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin, specializes in the impact of the media on children, particularly the effects of violence and other disturbing images, and is the author of the parenting book, Mommy, I’m Scared: How TV and Movies Frighten Children and What We Can Do to Protect Them (Harcourt).

Quoted: Gary Milhollin, the director of the University of Wisconsin�s Project on Nuclear Arms Control.

Quoted: Byron Shafer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Dr. Frank Greer, a member of the academy’s nutrition committee and pediatrics professor at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Donna Lotzer, poison education coordinator at the University of Wisconsin Hospital Poison Prevention Education Center.

South Dakota�s House and Senate recently passed abortion restrictions that the Untied States has not seen in over three decades, a move that could affect Wisconsin politics in coming months.

An adult novelty store on Madison�s east side has recently come under fire by a city official who claims the store has affected the neighborhood climate.