Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: Richard Askey, professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The role of forgiveness in healing some of life’s hurts will be the topic of a seminar at Meriter Hospital on Wednesday, March 8.

Dr. Robert Enright, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who is a considered a pioneer in the study of forgiveness, will lead off the seminar.

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

Quoted: Timothy Riddiough, director of the University of Wisconsin’s real estate center.

Quoted: Sherry Tanumihardjo, associate professor of nutritional sciences at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Psychiatrist Ruth Benca of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Donald Downs, a UW- Madison political science professor who monitors U.S. Supreme Court decisions on privacy, said that cameras on private property generally have not been found to violate constitutional guarantees of a reasonable expectation of privacy because property owners are allowed, within reason, to enforce their own rights to protect their property.

He saved more than 1,200 people during one of the bloodiest chapters in Africaââ?¬â?¢s history. His story was the inspiration behind the Academy Award-nominated movie ââ?¬Å?Hotel Rwanda.ââ?¬Â

Dick Koegel had a simple front-end alignment in mind when he brought his 1995 Ford Ranger into a Madison repair shop last June. But, he said, he was told his front brakes were “ready to go metal to metal,” that the rotors had to be replaced and the serpentine belt had pieces missing.

Koegel is a retired UW- Madison agricultural engineering faculty member who was getting ready for a trip to Minnesota when he stopped in at the repair shop.

“They claimed my brakes were in desperate shape, and I should get them repaired right away,” Koegel said in an interview this week. “I had them do the work, but I told them to keep the parts.”

Opening a foreign office, however, can be risky for regional law firms because of high overhead costs and increased competition, said John Ohnesorge, a UW-Madison Law School assistant professor and assistant director of the East Asian Legal Studies Center.

At Moto, a Chicago restaurant, customers might receive a piece of pie with ice cream levitating above it, or a small pill that releases the flavor of a roast leg of lamb, showing potential for science in the kitchen. TV shows like ââ?¬Å?Americaââ?¬â?¢s Test Kitchenââ?¬Â and ââ?¬Å?Alton Brownââ?¬â?¢s Good Eatsââ?¬Â also bring a scientific approach to determining the very best technique and formula for a particular dish.

American perspectives of Islam may be tainted due to a lack of exposure and an inability of U.S. media outlets to adopt a holistic approach of global coverage, experts say. According to the American Religious Identity Survey, there are an estimated 1.5 million practicing Muslims in the United States, dwarfed by the estimated 224 million practicing Christians, 38 million nonreligious or secular Americans and the four million practicing Judaism. This 1.5 million in the U.S. is miniscule compared to the one billion Muslims living in the world, according to polling data from Adherent.

Quoted: Keith Bender, associate professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin

Quoted: Charles O. Jones, a presidential expert at the University of Wisconsin

Quoted: Dr. Norm Jensen, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Medical School

Quoted: Judith Walzer Leavitt, professor of medical history at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Tim Baker, a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin and the Journal editor.

President Bush called for the United States to explore alternative energy methods Monday at Johnson Controls, a Milwaukee energy firm, advocating the end of foreign oil dependence.

UW-Madison Afro-American studies professor Freida High W. Tesfagiorgis say its purveyors see it as creative expression, cultural identity and the claim of a right to exist, be seen and have a place in the world that commands respect.

“Inherent in graffiti marks . . . is resistance to capitalist oppression, inclusive of racial or ethnic oppression,” she said.

But those who pay the price say it’s all criminal.

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

Quoted: Allan Odden, professor of educational administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin who has blogged about the Palestinian election results.

Quoted: Cognitive scientist Morton Gernsbacher of the University of Wisconsin, Madison

Google entered a storm of controversy over free speech recently, when it decided to censor the Chinese version of its search engine. While Google explained in its official blog that the move was an attempt to ââ?¬Å?contribute to openness and prosperity,ââ?¬Â critics have blasted the release as contrary to one of Googleââ?¬â?¢s stated mantras: ââ?¬Å?Donââ?¬â?¢t Be Evil.ââ?¬Â

Quoted: Dr. Jonathan Temte, associate professor of family medicine at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Phil Moy of the University of Wisconsin and the government-affiliated water protection group Sea Grant.

Quoted: Arthur Glenberg, a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has studied memory.

Quoted: Kurt Squire, a former Montessori and primary school teacher who is assistant professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Pamela Oliver, a sociology professor at UW-Madison.

“When the public has a chance to look more closely at what went on (at the Legislature), it’s not going to make them feel any better,” said Kathy Cramer Walsh, assistant professor of political science at UW-Madison.

Quoted: Kurt Squire, a former Montessori and primary school teacher who is assistant professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

We now take a look at what lies behind the shocking images of torture at Abu Ghraib prison by turning to the history of the CIA and torture techniques. Professor Alfred McCoy talks about his book ââ?¬Å?A Question of Tortureââ?¬Â, a startling expose of the CIA development of psychological torture from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib. CIA mercenaries attempted to assassinate McCoy more than 30 years ago. (Full transcript follows.)

Quoted: University of Wisconsin researcher David Rabago.

Quoted: Seth Pollak, a developmental psychopathologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, US.

Quoted: Dr. Paul Sondel, a UW-Madison professor of pediatrics and human oncology.

Quoted: Sandi Sawchuk, veterinary medicine.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin political science professor.

Quoted: Calvin DeWitt, professor of environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a leading evangelical supporter of various environmental causes

Developers of heart-lung machines, kidney dialysis equipment and pressure chambers to simulate the deepest oceans have used Edwin N. Lightfoot’s research.

The 80-year-old UW-Madison chemical and biological engineering professor is to receive the National Medal of Science today from President Bush at the White House.

Quoted: William Cronon of the University of Wisconsin and author of ”Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West.”

Quoted: Dr. Jonathan Temte, associate professor of family medicine at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Assistant Chief Dale Burke of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department, nationally known for its success in handling large-scale events and emergencies.

Quoted: Glen Stanosz, University of Wisconsin-Madison plant pathologist.

Quoted: Thomas Heberlein, a professor of rural sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.