Recent legislative action named for Steven Avery, who was wrongly convicted for and later exonerated of a crime he did not commit, will be renamed following Avery�s implication as the prime suspect in the murder of a young Hilbert, Wis., woman, a state representative said Monday.
Quoted: Howard Schweber, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Dawnene D. Hassett, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the department of curriculum and instruction.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison RFID lab Associate Director Alfonso Gutierrez.
Quoted: Mason Carpenter, UW- Madison associate professor of management and human resources.
Not everyone can claim a chicken as a career counselor.
But sick chickens in Pennsylvania steered Yoshihiro Kawaoka into bird flu research.
As attention to the human threat of a worldwide epidemic from bird flu has swelled in recent months, the UW-Madison virologist has emerged as one of the country’s leading experts on the subject.
Quoted: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a viral expert at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Quoted: Richard K. Green at the University of Wisconsin
Quoted: Keith Knapp, who runs the Deer Vehicle Crash Information Clearinghouse, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Barry Orton, a University of Wisconsin professor.
Quoted: John Witte, a professor at the University of Wisconsin
Madison’s lakes can be saved, but it will take generations to undo the damage done over the past 150 years.
This frank assessment of the future of the Yahara chain of lakes came Friday from world-renowned University of Wisconsin Professor Stephen Carpenter at the 25th symposium of the North American Lake Management Society at Monona Terrace.
Amidst the attention of the Teresa Hallbach case….and the arrest of Steven Avery….a UW group that helps free wrongfully convicted prisoners….won a court decision in a different case.
Quoted: Richard Davidson, professor of psychology and psychiatry
Quoted: Michael S. Gutter, a professor of personal finance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Steven Avery already had a tough challenge in trying to prove his civil rights were violated when he was wrongly prosecuted for and convicted of a Manitowoc County rape in 1985.
And that case just got a whole lot harder, now that prosecutors say they will charge Avery with homicide, two legal experts said Friday. Also quotes Gordon Baldwin, emeritus law professor at UW-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin received another honor last Thursday when psychiatry researcher Ned Kalin was awarded with the Edward A. Strecker Award for his significant contributions in the field.
Quoted: Mason Carpenter, UW- Madison associate professor of management and human resources.
QUoted: Keith Findley, director of the University of Wisconsin-based Innocence Project.
Quoted: Kimberlee Burrington, dairy ingredient applications coordinator, Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Interviewed: Richard Davidson, Ph.D., of the University of Wisconsin, is one of several scientists who will present research on meditation at the neuroscience meeting. (Audio.)
Quoted: Erik Olson of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
In a laboratory at Indiana State University, a dozen green iguanas sprawl tranquilly in terrariums. They while away the hours basking under their heat lamps, and at night they close both eyes – or sometimes just one. They lead comfortable lives pretty much indistinguishable from any ordinary pet iguana, except for one notable exception: the bundles of brain-wave recording wires that trail from their heads
Quoted: Giulio Tononi, psychiatrist at the University of Wisconsin and Chiara Cirelli.
Quoted: Richard Davidson, a research psychologist at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Stanley Kutler, a retired history professor at the University of Wisconsin.
WHITEWATER-The painstakingly painted table was spotted with plastic cups of cheap Milwaukee beer and half-ringed with college dudes who didn’t so much cheer for either team as they cheered for the game in general.
Four men clashed in beer-spattered battle around this table in the basement of a house near the UW-Whitewater campus before 10 p.m. on a Thursday.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Ken Mayer.
Quoted: Dr. Giulio Tononi, a psychiatrist at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Dr. Robert Huntington, a pathologist at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.
Quoted: Patricia Brennan, a professor of nursing and industrial engineering at the University of Wisconsin
Quoted: Dr. Michael Fiore, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and founder of the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention.
Quoted: Michael L. Corradini, a UW Madison professor of engineering physics and the center�s codirector.
Quoted: Ann Althouse, a law professor at University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Irving Piliavin, a retired University of Wisconsin-Madison professor.
Quoted: Patrick Sims, an assistant professor of theater at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Patrick Sims, an assistant professor of theater at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Jonathan Patz at the University of Wisconsin
Quoted: Herbert Lewis, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quoted: Alta Charo, professor of law and bio-ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Thomas Reeves, a retired University of Wisconsin history professor.
Regulating scientific research is a priority for lawmakers, but as science marches forward, its breakthroughs must be incorporated into policy-making and modern legislation. To address this need, the UW-Madison Neuroscience Training Program and LaFollette Public Policy School created a joint program to equip Ph.D students with skills to bridge scientific and political disciplines.
When members of Dane County’s Muslim community gathered to celebrate the end of Ramadan with Eid al Fitr, the Festival of Fast-Breaking, on Thursday morning, they didn’t know until just hours before that they would be meeting.
That’s because the timing of the annual holiday is determined by the appearance of the slim crescent of a new moon, signaling the start of a new month in the Islamic lunar calendar.
Kemal Karpat, a professor of history at UW-Madison, is quoted.
A vacuum cleaner sales dealership that recently reached a consumer lawsuit settlement has been sued again for the same reason, according to lawyers for the UW-Madison Law School’s Consumer Law Litigation Unit.
Quoted: Dr. Norman Olson of the University of Wisconsin.
First a bit of boardwalk history. It was built on the advice of famed UW- Madison ecologist Jim Zimmerman.
A new solution has arisen in regards to the milk shortage that affects developing countries around the world.
Quoted: Alta Charo, a bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin
Quoted: Dhavan Shah, a professor of journalism and mass communications at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Xavier University of Louisiana, one of the colleges hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina two months ago, will dismiss over half of its faculty and staff on unpaid leave in preparation for the spring semester.
Quoted: Kenneth Mayer, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quoted: Dr. Amna Buttar, a University of Wisconsin physician
Quoted: UW Madison Law professor, Ann Althouse
When Celera Genomics first sequenced the entire human genome in 2000, the scientific community and the world at large met the news with unbridled enthusiasmââ?¬â?and with good reason. Sequencing the three billion base pairs in human DNA in a little over a year was a staggering achievement.
A multidisciplinary team of UW-Madison researchers recently received a five-year, $3.4 million grant to develop techniques for using stem cells to repair nerve damage in victims of diseases like Multiple Sclerosis, and to improve imaging technology to view the lesions and repairs at the cellular level.
Quoted: UW-Madison telecommunications professor Barry Orton.
Studies by researchers such as the UW-Madison’s Don Waller have shown that deer are decimating the understory of Wisconsin’s northern forests, especially cedar swamps. So studies are under way, Wydeven said, to understand the relationship between wolf predation and plant growth in Wisconsin’s forests.
Quoted: Dr. Joanne Cantor, professor emeritus of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quoted: Teryl Roper, a fruits crop specialist and professor of horticulture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Greg Landry, a professor of pediatrics and sports medicine at UW-Madison
Quoted: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a professor in the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine who holds a joint appointment at the University of Tokyo.
