Quoted: Alfred McCoy is a Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, and the author of A Question of Torture; CIA Interrogation from the Cold War to the War on Terror.
Category: UW Experts in the News
Election battle plans in nominating papers
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
Chechnya’s Separatists Weakening (Washington Post)
Quoted: Theodore P. Gerber, of the University of Wisconsin
Voters’ options expand for 2006 elections (Appleton Post-Crescent)
Quoted: David Canon, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
GOP, Democrats hope Bush’s popularity, or unpopularity, pays off with visit
Quoted: Katherine Cramer Walsh and Ken Mayer, UW-Madison political science professors.
Talk of alliance is opening floodgate (Detroit Free Press)
Quoted: Jim Seward, professor of finance at the University of Wisconsin at Madison
How do local venues stack up acoustically? (Isthmus)
Quoted: Mark Allie, a University of Wisconsin engineering professor and professional acoustical consultant.
Asia to Lose If Trade Talks Collapse (Bloomberg News)
Quoted: Robert Baldwin, an economist at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Bush Takes to Road to Boost His Standing (AP)
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
‘Academic Redshirting’ Is Getting a Mixed Report Card (Los Angeles Times)
Quoted: Elizabeth Graue, professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Drug shows promise in helping smokers kick habit (Chicago Tribune)
Quoted: Douglas Jorenby of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Bird Flu May Have Entered Nigeria 3 Times, Study Says (AP)
Quoted: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a virologist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Tokyo
Crop dusting no fly-by-night operation (Portage Daily Register)
Quoted: Tom Kriegl, agricultural economist with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Dairy Profitability.
Feeling Her Pain (Washington Post)
Quoted: Judith Leavitt, a professor of science and women’s studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wild Wisconsin weather on the way?
Quoted: John Magnuson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus
Riding the roller coaster of autism (Portage Daily Register)
Quoted: Dr. Tina Iyama, an associate professor of pediatrics at UW-Madison.
The new pork: It’s now the other ââ?¬Ë?lite’ meat
USDA study: It can be leaner than chicken.
Mentioned: UW-Madison.
Spanish focus for Early Music Festival
This coming week marks the seventh annual Madison Early Music Festival, this year devoted to Spanish music from the 16th and 17th centuries.
‘Academic Redshirting’ Is Getting a Mixed Report Card (Los Angeles Times)
Quoted: Elizabeth Graue, professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Wild Wisconsin weather on the way?
Will a warming Earth mean more extreme Wisconsin weather?
A recent study by the National Academy of Sciences verified that the Earth is the warmest it has been for at least 400 years, and several analyses say it will continue heating up.
West Nile still active in state, official says
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologist Phil Pellitteri.
Crop-dusting no fly-by-night operation (Portage Daily Register)
Quoted: Tom Kriegl, agricultural economist with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Dairy Profitability.
No Logoff in Fight Over Laptops in Class (National Law Journal)
Ann Althouse, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School
West Nile Found In Several Wisconsin Counties (AP)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologist Phil Pellitteri.
Canadian researchers find even a placebo drug can lower your risk (CBC News)
Quoted: Betty Chewning, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Fitchburg subdivision alternative gains steam
FITCHBURG – A land restoration and preservation alternative to a subdivision development in Fitchburg’s northeast corner is gaining momentum.
At a Tuesday meeting that drew about 70 people, the West Waubesa Preservation Coalition detailed its plan to turn the 800-acre “Northeast Neighborhood” area, bordered by U.S. 14, Larson Road and Nine Springs Creek, into an agricultural mini-community of residences, community gardens, wetlands research areas, and a charter school oriented to farming and food.
…the plan includes an indoor-outdoor farmer’s market near Highway MM, where UW-Madison marketing students would get practice coordinating sales.
(Professor Cal DeWitt is quoted in this story.)
Talk about a sales figure!
Quoted: Anne S. Miner, executive director of the Initiative for Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship and a professor of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Paying Attention to ADHD Meds (WPR)
Quoted: Craig Berridge is a professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Breeder Reaction (Mother Jones)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin Law School bioethicist Alta Charo
Souls On Ice (Mother Jones)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin law professor and bioethicist Alta Charo
Editorial: We’re not at racial bliss yet
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist David Canon.
Editorial: We’re not at racial bliss yet
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=442544
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist David Canon.
Convention aims to inform, empower Latinos
Quoted: Benjamin Marquez, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Generic Onslaught (Forbes)
Quoted: Jim Stein, a cardiologist at the University of Wisconsin
State signs on to signature cheese
Quoted: Dairy economist Ed Jesse.
Recall requirements eased
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Donald Downs.
Why our milk costs so much (Chicago Tribune)
Quoted: Ed Jesse, a dairy economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin dips to No. 6 in tax burden
Quoted: Andrew Reschovsky, an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Curiosities: Five-second Rule Debunked By Instant Bacteria
Q: Is there any validity to the so-called five-second rule?
A: If your piece of toast fell on the floor, would you pick it up and eat it? You probably would if you believe in the five-second rule, which suggests that your spilled breakfast stays germ-free as long as you snatch it up within five seconds.
Rate of African forest loss underestimated (Reuters)
Quoted: Holly Gibbs, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin.
Scientists Want Bird Flu Report Withdrawn (AP)
Quoted: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a virologist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Tokyo.
Madison’s suburbs booming
Quoted: UW urban planning professor Jim LaGro.
Paralyzed rats walk in stem cell study (Baltimore Sun)
Quoted: Clive N. Svendsen, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin.
The myths of summer
Quoted: Dr. Eric Berg, a dermatologist for UW Health; Jonathan Martin, UW- Madison associate professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences; Ellen Doyle of the UW Food Research Institute; and Phillip Pellitteri, an entomologist at UW-Madison.
Doug Moe: Blum’s latest tells of ‘Ghost Hunters’
COMING IN early August: A new book by UW-Madison journalism Professor Deborah Blum.
Blum’s last, 2003’s “Love at Goon Park,” about the late UW Professor Harry Harlow and his research with monkeys on the importance of touch and love on development, received both critical raves and movie interest.
The new book, “Ghost Hunters,” tells the intriguing tale of William James, brother of famed novelist Henry James, and William’s decision, at the close of the 19th century, to risk his worldwide reputation as a doctor and scientist in an attempt to prove there is life after death.
Thompson won’t challenge Kohl for Senate (AP)
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A thrips attack on strawberries (Wisconsin Radio Network)
Quoted: UW Bug expert Phil Pellitteri.
New drugs, new hope
Quoted: Douglas McNeel, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Care Center in Madison.
Data Mining Still Needs a Clue to Be Effective (Washington Post)
Quoted: Olvi L. Mangasarian, co-director of the University of Wisconsin’s Data Mining Institute.
State worker’s trial blurs campaign finance debate (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Quoted: John Witte, professor of political science at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
This tax less about raising green than turning green
Quoted: Ann Kinkade, who heads the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Family Business Center.
Victims of the domino effect (National Geographic)
Quoted: Leela Hazzah, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Wisconsin puts death to a vote (Chicago Tribune)
Quoted: Keith Findley, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project.
Doug Moe: UW prof helps debate evolve
If aÃ? publisher’s fall catalog is to be believed, a UW-Madison professor is on the verge of ending, once and for all, the lengthy, highly charged debate over the theory of evolution.
In October, W.W. Norton will bring out “The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution,” by UW-Madison genetics Professor Sean B. Carroll.
(Also mentioned in today’s column is 1975 UW grad John Schiller, one of the National Cancer Institute researchers credited with inventing the vaccine for HPV infections that was approved by the FDA last week.)
Poison Ivy Getting Itchier
Beware of bigger and more potent poison ivy.
Scientists say increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are what’s causing global warming.
Trees will go if beetle found
Quoted: Entomologist Phillip Pellitteri of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
States look to boost minimum wages (Chicago Tribune)
Quoted: Laura Dresser, associate director of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Cancer patients, doctors don’t know when to give up (AP)
Quoted: Dr. Timothy Wassenaar of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Walsh and Wiley set proper tone
Two University of Wisconsin leaders set the right tone in recent days and showed they are listening to their critics and the public.
Taking a time out (Chicago Tribune)
Mentions that in one Wisconsin school district, 94 percent of the boys and girls were redshirted, according to a 2000 study co-authored by Beth Graue, an education professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.