Category: UW Experts in the News

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.

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