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Category: UW Experts in the News

Doug Moe: The Talk

Documentary interview with history professor John Sharpless mentioned, along with the 34th anniversary of the Sterling Hall bombing & a possible sighting of fugitive Leo Burt. (8/25/04 print edition of the Capital Times)

Experts: Educate students early on drinking

Wausau Daily Herald

Do you think your child will go to the party? Will your child drink? How much will your child drink?
If you don’t know the answers, you probably need to talk to your child about the consequences of college drinking and the dangers of binge drinking, experts say.

Quoted: Aaron Brower, a professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is an expert on binge drinking

Bush, Kerry are equals on ads

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Reference: A national study released last month that originated in large part from the University of Wisconsin-Madison showed that almost 60% of Americans live in TV markets where there had been no Bush or Kerry ads at all in the months after the primary season.

Moss: I didn’t do anything (Racine Journal Times)

Racine Journal Times

RACINE – Brent Moss disputed the police version of his Wednesday night arrest for possession of cocaine, saying he didn’t have any cocaine and he didn’t resist arrest. The former University of Wisconsin Badger football star also said police never read him his rights, beat him unnecessarily, talked of shooting him, spat on him and called him names.

Pain experts, DEA seek consensus on abuse

USA Today

Leading U.S. pain experts have collaborated with the Drug Enforcement Administration on a set of frequently asked questions and answers designed to improve pain treatment while attacking the growing problem of prescription drug abuse.

Quoted: Philipp Simon, a plant breeder and geneticist who directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s vegetable breeding program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Digging the baby carrot

USA Today

Baby carrots have overtaken the nation like a healthful tsunami, an orange tide that is sliding into grocery carts, pooling on dinner plates and lapping into minivans full of snack-hungry kids.

Cited: Philipp Simon

Platypus: Nanotech Startup Rakes in Federal Money (wisbusiness.com)

www.wisbusiness.com

MADISON – With a name like Platypus, itââ?¬â?¢s clear that the founders of this nanotechnology start-up possess a quirky sense of humor, to say nothing of the confidence that what they have to offer is sound enough to overcome the off-beat name.

QUoted: CEO Barbara Israel, a University of Wisconsin virologist who earned her PhD in medical microbiology.