Category: UW Experts in the News

U.W. Poliââ?¬â??Sci Professor David Canon says President Bush wants to take a tough stance on illegal immigration and promote his guest-worker proposal at the same time.

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

Quoted: Kevin Kniffin, an honorary fellow at the University of Wisconsin

Quoted: Dr. Jeff Grossman, president and CEO of the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation, Dr. Gary Wendt, vice chairman of informatics at UW-Madison.

Quoted: Keith Knapp, director of the Deer Vehicle Crash Information Clearinghouse at the University of Wisconsin.

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

On the heels of a relatively mosquito- free 2005, experts say we’re likely to really feel the bite of a typical buggy summer.
But whether the mosquitoes that carry the dangerous West Nile virus are more plentiful this summer – and which parts of the state could be most affected – is nearly impossible to predict, experts say.

Quoted: Cynthia Jasper, professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: W. Flagg Miller, professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin who has studied Yemeni poetry for about 20 years.

Quoted: Phil Moy, an invasive species expert at the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.

Quoted: Chuck Krueger, an associate professor in the executive education program of the UW-Madison Business School.

Quoted: Dr. Douglas Laube, ACOG’s president-elect and chair of the ob-gyn department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

Quoted: Doctor Dennis Maki

Quoted: Dr. Dennis Maki.

Mentions field studies by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers during 2004 and 2005 did not conclude the cormorant was responsible for the yellow perch population decline.

Graduate student Sarah Meadows, working with adviser Scott Craven, chairman of the department of wildlife ecology at UW-Madison, has found that cormorants are opportunistic birds that will eat all kinds of fish and aquatic life. Their dining habits change during a season and from year to year, she said.

Cited: Douglas Laube, obstetrics and gynecology chair at the University of Wisconsin.

MADISON, Wis. – Madison’s public schools appear to be succeeding with efforts to attack a problem common to urban districts nationwide – the performance gap between students of different races, according to two education researchers.

Strategies such as more one-on-one tutoring and smaller class sizes should continue even in the face of tightening budgets, said Julie Underwood, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, and Adam Gamoran, director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.

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

Quoted: James Paul Gee, an education professor at the University of Wisconsin who directs a program that studies the intersection of learning and gaming among both adults and children.

Quoted: Gary Cook, an education researcher at the University of Wisconsin

Quoted: Jeremi Suri, history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who is an expert on protest movements.

eremi Suri, history professor at
the University of Wisconsin-Madison who is an expert on protest movements.

Quoted: Charles O. Jones, professor emeritus in politics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Quoted: Nigel Cook, a UW-Madison clinical assistant professor in veterinary medicine and expert in bovine foot lameness

Quoted: Kathleen Horning, director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the UW-Madison’s School of Education.

Quoted: UW-Madison social work professor Stephanie Robert

Quoted: UW-Madison social work professor Stephanie Robert said it’s good Wisconsin is preparing its public care system for an increase in adults 65 and older, a group expected to rise sharply in the state over the next 25 years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Wisconsin, she said, is one of the handful of states moving to end long-term care waiting lists and using a managed-care model similar to an HMO that relies on a fixed payment per client.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin’s Paul Shattuck

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.