Quoted: Dr. Dennis Maki, infectious diseases chief at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Category: UW Experts in the News
My, How You’ve Grown (Business Week)
Quoted: Nancy Worcester, a professor of women’s studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Start minimizing taxes
Quoted: Michael S. Gutter, a professor of personal finance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
State’s forests up for grabs
Quoted: Botanist Don Waller of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Long-term bottle-feeding can lead to anemia
Quoted: Frank Greer, professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Logging studies to be ready in January (AP)
Quoted: Don Waller, a botanist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
AOL pioneers brave new world of TV (Baltimore Sun)
Quoted: James L. Baughman, professor and director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
History of vegetables is more than garden variety
There is a reason to eat your veggies besides their nutritional value. Packed into each bite are not just vitamins and minerals, but also the cultural history of their consumption.
Legislators request Lautenschlager�s opinion in Eau Claire controversy
Twenty-five Wisconsin legislators sent a letter to Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager Wednesday, asking her legal opinion on a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire policy, which they feel may be unconstitutional.
Nonverbal cues help put the point across in class (MJS)
Quoted: Martha Alibali, a professor of psychology and educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Colleges are reaching their limit on alcohol
To curb abuses, some universities rein in tailgating, sales at games, commercial ties to beermakers. There’ll be no oversized trucks, buses or RVs allowed outside the historic Yale Bowl on Saturday. No drinking games. Pack up your coolers, grills and buffet tables by halftime of the 122nd Harvard-Yale game, please, and head into the stadium ââ?¬Â¦ or head home
TILL BANKRUPTCY DO US PART (Los Angeles Times)
Quoted: Ann Kinkade, director of the Family Business Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
BCA rates hiring of black coaches
Division IA college football teams have selected only 19 blacks to the 404 head coaching openings in more than 20 years.
Has Hollywood cranked up PG movies? (Los Angeles Times)
Quoted: Joanne Cantor, a professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Gundrum renames Avery bill
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.
County running afoul of First Amendment? (Portage Daily Register)
Quoted: Howard Schweber, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Early reading hooks children for life (AP)
Quoted: Dawnene D. Hassett, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the department of curriculum and instruction.
RFID Technology Could Be Used To Track Medication, Passports (WISN)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison RFID lab Associate Director Alfonso Gutierrez.
Spectrum reports quarterly loss
Quoted: Mason Carpenter, UW- Madison associate professor of management and human resources.
UW man in trenches of the bird-flu battle
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.
The quest for bird flu vaccine (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Quoted: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a viral expert at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Buy a Home, and Drag Society Down
Quoted: Richard K. Green at the University of Wisconsin
Deer-vehicle crashes pose a danger (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Quoted: Keith Knapp, who runs the Deer Vehicle Crash Information Clearinghouse, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
What does the future hold for Comporium? (The Rock Hill, S.C. Herald)
Quoted: Barry Orton, a University of Wisconsin professor.
School integration of a different sort (Dallas Morning News)
Quoted: John Witte, a professor at the University of Wisconsin
It will take generations to save Madison’s lakes, says expert
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.
A New Trial For Another Client
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.
Say ââ?¬Ë?om’: Meditation may aid in brain function
Quoted: Richard Davidson, professor of psychology and psychiatry
Make a list, check it twice
Quoted: Michael S. Gutter, a professor of personal finance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Homicide case likely to complicate civil suit
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.
UW psychiatrist wins prestigious annual award
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.
Spectrum reports quarterly loss
Quoted: Mason Carpenter, UW- Madison associate professor of management and human resources.
Prosecutor: DNA ‘absolutely’ cleared Avery of 1985 sexual assault
QUoted: Keith Findley, director of the University of Wisconsin-based Innocence Project.
Debunking the Dairy Myths (Food Product Design)
Quoted: Kimberlee Burrington, dairy ingredient applications coordinator, Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
The Links Between the Dalai Lama and Neuroscience (NPR Morning Edition)
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.)
Early-warning plan for quakes studied (Los Angeles Times)
Quoted: Erik Olson of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Down for the Count
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.
For the Dalai Lama, a Meeting of Brain and Mind
Quoted: Richard Davidson, a research psychologist at the University of Wisconsin.
Second terms rough on presidents (Scripps Howard News Service)
Quoted: Stanley Kutler, a retired history professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Drinking game draws concern of officials (The Janesville Gazette)
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.
‘Perilous times’ push Falk into race, she says
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Ken Mayer.
Down for the Count
Quoted: Dr. Giulio Tononi, a psychiatrist at the University of Wisconsin.
Carpenter threatened victim’s friend (Monroe Times)
Quoted: Dr. Robert Huntington, a pathologist at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.
Dean charts future of patient statistics (Minnesota Daily)
Quoted: Patricia Brennan, a professor of nursing and industrial engineering at the University of Wisconsin
Improve Your Odds of Kicking the Smoking Habit (ABC News)
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.
Spent Nuclear Fuel Recycling Studied (Chemical & Engineering News)
Quoted: Michael L. Corradini, a UW Madison professor of engineering physics and the center�s codirector.
Alito joining bench may slash swing vote (AP)
Quoted: Ann Althouse, a law professor at University of Wisconsin.
Picking up the pieces
Quoted: Irving Piliavin, a retired University of Wisconsin-Madison professor.
He’s good, he’s bad, he’s oh so controversial
Quoted: Patrick Sims, an assistant professor of theater at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He’s good, he’s bad, he’s oh so controversial
Quoted: Patrick Sims, an assistant professor of theater at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Tracking Disease (Newsweek)
Quoted: Jonathan Patz at the University of Wisconsin
Month, books focus on lives, heritage of Native Americans (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Quoted: Herbert Lewis, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
State assembly roils debate over abortion (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Quoted: Alta Charo, professor of law and bio-ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
McCarthy persona non grata in hometown of Appleton, Wis. (Chicago Tribune)
Quoted: Thomas Reeves, a retired University of Wisconsin history professor.
Brain meets world: neuroscience and policy-making
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.
By the sight of the moon for Ramadan
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.
Kirby dealership sued again for sales tactics
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.
Melting points (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Quoted: Dr. Norman Olson of the University of Wisconsin.
Lampert Smith: Story of boardwalk a Madison tale
First a bit of boardwalk history. It was built on the advice of famed UW- Madison ecologist Jim Zimmerman.
UW researcher finds method to get milk to tropics
A new solution has arisen in regards to the milk shortage that affects developing countries around the world.