Quoted: Kenneth R. Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin
Category: UW Experts in the News
Undecided Voters Could Make A Difference
Quoted: UW Political Science professor Ken Goldstein.
Nader turned away again
Quoted: Charles O. Jones, emeritus professor of political science.
They’ve Outlived the Stigma
Quoted: Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney of the University of Wisconsin, an anthropologist. (Login required.)
Kerry to polish up at Rock (Chicago Tribune)
Quoted: David Canon, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Login required.)
Snap judgments on issues unlikely from Kerry (Chicago Tribune>)
Quoted: Charles Jones, the University of Wisconsin political scientist who has studied presidential leadership styles. (Login required.)
Illinois misses election affection (Peoria Journal Star)
Quoted: Joel Rivlin, deputy director of the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project
Disease tightens grip in Illinois (Chicago Tribune)
Quoted: Dr. James Gern of the University of Wisconsin Medical School’s Asthma Allergy Clinical Research Center, (Login required.)
Congressmen appear safe in comfort zone
Quoted: Charles Franklin, UW-Madison political scientist.
New way to measure heart risk is touted
Medicine often changes course slowly, but a growing number of doctors who aren’t happy with the traditional cholesterol test are turning to a relatively new type of blood test that may be a better indicator of a person’s heart disease risk.
Animation can help a business seal the deal
Quoted: Linda Gorchels, director of executive marketing education at UW-Madison.
43% exhaust benefits before finding work
Quoted: Joel Rogers, UW-Madison professor of law, political science and sociology.
The Candidates’ Advertising War (PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer)
Featured: Ken Goldstein, associate professor of political science and director of the advertising project at the University of Wisconsin. (Text and audio.)
Marshall man staring at possible 12th drunken driving conviction
Quoted: Nina Emerson, director of the Resource Center on Impaired Driving at the UW- Madison Law School
Regional dictionary proves spoken, written culture more diverse than ever (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
ATLANTA ââ?¬â? If you know that a preacher’s nose is something to eat for Sunday dinner, along with light bread, chances are you’re from the South.
And if you can identify tangle-breeches as a kind of cruller, you’re probably from Pennsylvania or Maryland.
Television was supposed to homogenize language so much so that everyone would talk like the folks on the 6 o’clock news. But that hasn’t happened, says Joan Houston Hall, editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English, a multivolume work in progress from Harvard University Press.
Cleveland rated poorest big city in U.S. (AP)
Quoted: Tom Kaplan, the associate director of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
There’s more to Wisconsin than just cheese (Centre, Pa. Daily Times)
We called the student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin, The Daily Cardinal, and asked around the news room for someone to review their college town. Amos Posner, an opinion editor, was happy to oblige. Here are his picks for what to do in Madison. Rip out the page and shove it in your bag if you plan to attend Saturday’s game.
State tribes join in opening new national museum
Roberta Hill, professor of English and American Indian Studies, is quoted. Art professor Truman Lowe, curator of the National Museum of American Indian Art, headed the inaugural exhibition in the museum’s Changing Exhibitions Gallery with a retrospective on Native Modernism.
Inmates’ phone rates an issue before County Board
Quoted: Bill Whitford, a UW-Madison law professor, called the phone rates a tax on some of Dane County’s poorest citizens.
Kerry plans pre-debate Spring Green stay
Quoted: Stephen Lucas, a professor of communication arts at UW- Madison
Poll: Jews still favor Kerry (JTA News)
Quoted: Ken Goldstein, professor of political science and Judaic studies at the University of Wisconsin
Kerry to prep in southwestern Wisconsin for TV debate (AP)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin
Fuel cell converts waste to power (Technology Research News)
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison have found a way to use the carbon monoxide to produce more energy in a reaction that can take place at room temperature.
Wisconsin a leader in organic agriculture
Quoted: Matt Mariola of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Michelle Miller and John Hendrickson of the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems.
50-billion-ton `Spud Rock’ is ready for its close-up (Orlando Sentinel)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin professor Steven Dutch. (Login required.)
One hole of a mystery stumps area family (Shawano Leader)
Quoted: Richard Slaughter, Geology Museum director at UW-Madison
State job comeback speedy
Wisconsin’s job recovery continued to outpace both the nation and the other battleground states heading into the Nov. 2 presidential election, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quoted: UW-Madison economist Don Nichols.
To fight Lou Gehrig’s disease, Caledonia man is headed to China (Racine Journal Times Online)
Quoted: Dr. Benjamin Rix Brooks, a professor of neurology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School
Murky partisan politics mar stem-cell debate (Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune)
Quoted: Terry Devitt, who is a spokesman for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Poll shows Wisconsin moves toward Bush (AP)
Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Punishment varies in newborn deaths
Quoted: Walter Dickey, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin
Main-group chemistry (Chemical & Engineering News)
Quoted: Robert West of the University of Wisconsin, Madison
ââ?¬Ë?Tough on terror’ platform reigns
Quoted: UW-Madison political scientist Donald Ferree
Cell decision: Methods enable organisms to keep records, remember (Dallas Morning News)
Quoted: Richard Amasino and colleagues from the University of Wisconsin
Panzer’s misteps, GOP purge lead to stunning defeat (AP)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Dennis Dresang
Feingold vs. Michels means stark contrasts (AP)
Quoted: Ken Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Questions Raised By Distemper Crisis At City Shelter (NBC5-Chicago)
Quoted: Dr. Ron Schultz, of the University of Wisconsin
High-risk drinking and UW-Madison (WPR’s Ideas Network)
In the 6 a.m. hour, Joy Cardin and Aaron Brower, principal investigator of the PACE Project, UW-Madison, explore how communities and campuses can come together to reduce student drinking. (Audio. First item.)
Kerry Drops Ball With Packers Fans
Quoted: Ken Goldstein, a professor at the University of Wisconsin. (Login required.)
Bush Casts Big Net; Kerry Picks Spots (Los Angeles Times)
Quoted: Kenneth M. Goldstein, director of the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project. (Login required.)
U.S. hinterlands carve out big slices of anti-terror pie (Kansas City Star)
Quoted: Vicki Bier, an industrial engineer and risk analyst at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
No� health effects found on 9/11� rescue dogs (AP)
Quoted: Dr. Stuart Helfand, a veterinary oncologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine,
Grothman pulverizes Senate leader Panzer by 4-1 margin
Quoted: John Sharpless, UW-Madison history professor.
FDA Panel OKs Testing Stimulant On Healthy Kids (AP)
Quoted: Dr. Norman Fost, a Wisconsin pediatric ethicist
Wis. Candidate, Others Use 9/11 images (ABC News)
Quoted: The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin Advertising Project, which tracks political ads across the country
Schultz criticizes Kind on trade votes
Quoted: University of Wisconsin law professor Gregory Shaffer, an expert on global trade
Doyle Holds Off On UW Budget
Gov. Jim Doyle had kind words Friday but no promises about any new dollars in the next two years for the University of Wisconsin System.
A Trial Lawyer on Ticket Has Corporate U.S. Seeing Red (LA Times)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin law professor Marc Galanter. (Login required.)
Republicans seek worthy Feingold foe
Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls Russ Darrow, Robert Lorge, Tim Michels and Bob Welch are furiously campaigning across most of Wisconsin as the Sept. 14 Republican primary nears. Unlike the rest of the state however, the city of Madison has been avoided, particularly the UW-Madison campus.
Presidential Campaigns Switch Ad Strategies (All Things Considered)
Quoted: Ken Goldstein, of the University of Wisconsin’s Advertising Project. (Audio.)
Targeting leaves Illinois in the dark
Quoted: Ken Goldstein, director of the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project
Movies can make you ââ?¬Ë?Psychoââ?¬â?¢ (kansan.com)
Quoted: Joanna Cantor, University of Wisconsin professor, and author of From Psycho to Scream: Why Movie Horror Doesn�t Die.
Voter’s sharp question to Edwards was rare
Quoted: UW-Madison political scientist Kathy Cramer Walsh.
Americans really dig their baby carrots (Detroit News)
Quoted: Philipp Simon, a plant breeder and geneticist who directs the US Department of Agriculture�s vegetable breeding program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Small dairy farmers take on `Goliath’ cooperative (Chicago Tribune)
Quoted: Ed Jesse, a dairy economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Login required.)
Shortness not a factor in healthy adjustment (Buffalo News)
Quoted: Dr. David Allen, a University of Wisconsin professor of pediatrics who co-wrote a recent article on the ethical issues raised by expanded access to growth hormone.
‘Four more years’ could mean …(Toronto Star)
Quoted: Charles O. Jones, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin who has studied second-term presidents
Benefits of cardiac rehab touted
Quoted: Patrick McBride, a professor of cardiovascular and family medicine at UW-Madison.
Executives get just one vote each, but they steer lots of campaign cash
Quoted: Charles Franklin, UW-Madison political science professor.
Milwaukee teens use pot more than U.S. peers
Quoted: Sherry Martin, an alcohol and other drug abuse counselor with the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics adolescent intervention program.