Quoted: Richard Weindruch, director of the Aging Research Group at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center at the University of Wisconsin
Category: UW Experts in the News
Wisconsin’s recovery looks good compared with other swing states
Quoted: Laura Dresser, a labor economist and research director at the Center on Wisconsin Strategy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Anti-oxidants’ heart help in doubt
Quoted: Patrick McBride, a professor of medicine and director of a preventive cardiology program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A Marketing Revolution (Newsweek)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin Advertising Project.
Feds launch bioinformatics centers (FCW.com)
Officials at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) are enlisting private companies and universities to help make data available about disease-causing organisms.
Adams’ team will work with scientists at the University of Wisconsin at Madison to create a database cataloging information about enterobacteria, including E. coli and salmonella.
Changing landscape may have dire implications for birds (Scienceblog.com)
Quoted: UW-Madison researchers Anna Pidgeon and Chris Lepczyk.
County to review use of jail, plans for its expansion
Quoted: Dan Nevers, faculty lecturer in the criminal justice program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert in the area of community corrections.
Brown trout, other species devastated by pair of incidents in southwest
Quoted: Stephen M. Born, co-author of “Exploring Wisconsin Trout Streams: The Angler’s Guide.” Born is also a specialist on natural resource planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Winning Catholic voters not so simple anymore
Quoted: G. Donald Ferree Jr., associate director for public opinion research at the University of Wisconsin Survey Center.
Hospital trims service to poor
Quoted: Barbara Horner-Ibler, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin Medical School who teaches at Aurora Sinai.
Condoms Cut Risk of Pelvic Problems in Women (HealthDay News)
Quoted: Dr. Scott Spear, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tour aims to sustain energy of convention (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Quoted: Charles Jones, a political scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin. (Login required.)
A Daley Center mystery: Who lives there? (Chicago Tribune)
Quoted: Paul Voss, professor at the University of Wisconsin, who is to the census as Julia Child is to French cooking. (Login required.)
Lyme Test Overused; Insistent Patients Cited (HealthCentral)
Quoted: Dr. Alan H. Ramsey, an assistant clinical professor of family medicine from the University of Wisconsin
Wired awake (The Guardian, UK)
Quoted: Ruth Benca at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, is trying to understand how certain animals manage to function perfectly for long periods on a fraction of the sleep they are used to.
Couple builds company by publishing Afrocentric books for young readers (L.A. Daily News)
Quoted: Kathleen Horning, director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin School of Education.
The deadly battle for Iraqi souls (Today, Singapore)
Quoted: Prof Paul Boyer, professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin.
Wraps are off $125 M campaign (The Hill)
Quoted: Ken Goldstein, director of the University of Wisconsin�s Advertising Project.
Next: Kerry’s key Cabinet choices (Chrisitan Science Monitor)
Quoted: Charles Jones, University of Wisconsin political science professor.
Stopping asthma attacks (Sun Star Davao, Philippines)
Quoted: Dr. William Busse, professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin Medical Schoo
TV Ratings Dip Sharply From 2000
Quoted: Kenneth M. Goldstein, a political communications expert at the University of Wisconsin
Madison Reacts To Ron Reagan’s Stem Cell Speech
MADISON, Wis. — At the Democratic National Convention, Democrats have seized on Ron Reagan’s plea to further stem cell research. The son of late president Ronald Reagan spoke to the Democrats and it certainly perked some ears in Madison.
Quoted: UW-Madison associate dean Tim Mulcahy, who is overseeing stem cell research
Threat From Brazil
Roger Borges, a Brazilian-born agronomist now at UW-Madison, sees a historical shift that likely will leave American farmers at a sobering disadvantage.
‘Coattails are often overrated’ (The Hill)
Quoted: Charles Jones, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Wisconsin
Kerry faced with 2 versions of reality
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Byron Shafer, an authority on conventions.
Do conventions matter anymore?
Editorial: Byron E. Shafer, the Hawkins chair of political science at the University of Wisconsin – Madison
Carter: ‘I’ve learned to turn my anger around’ (AP)
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) ââ?¬â? Scheduled to be released Saturday after spending more than 28 years in prison for a crime he says he didn’t commit, an ailing Maurice Carter says he never gave up hope that he’d again be a free man one day.
He received the support of several individuals and organizations, including the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Wisconsin Innocence Project and Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions
New campaign ads to target judges, from the left and the right (Boston Globe)
Quoted: Joel Rivlin, director of the Wisconsin Advertising Project political advertising group
Researchers Dispute Belief that Certain Antidepressants Cause More Suicidal Thoughts
Quoted: Assistant Pharmacy Professor at UW-Madison Lee Vermuelen. (First item.)
Tech Bust Zaps Interest in Computer Careers (Los Angeles Times)
Quoted: David DeWitt, chairman of computer science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. (Login required.)
SLAC experiment triples its data production for study of matter and antimatter (Stanford Report)
Quoted: Matthew Graham, a University of Wisconsin postdoctoral fellow
Campaign TV ads hit state hard (Wisc. State Journal)
Political Science Professor Ken Goldstein points to Wisconsin as a key battleground state. He points to the large amount of ad time being purchased here as a key indicator.
Deborah Blum: Counting Crows
I am what you might call a zombie bird-watcher. On summer mornings, caught between sunlight and sleep, I drift awake in a haze of coffee and aimless gazing out the window. Half dreaming, I’ll just catch the smug sideways stare of a robin, the purple dart of a finch, the blaze of a passing cardinal.
Trying to make sense of Ecclesiastes (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Quoted: Michael V. Fox, professor of Hebrew at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison
No Need To Hit The Panic Button (BusinessWeek)
Quoted: John Karl Scholz and Anath Seshadri, economists at the University of Wisconsin
It’s best to leave animals alone
Quoted: Scott Craven, chairman of the Department of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison
Unlocking The Secrets To Longer Life (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Quoted: Richard Weindruch, director of the Aging Research Group at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center at the University of Wisconsin
Wildlife moving cloer to humans (Wisconsin State Journal and LaCrosse Tribune)
Scott Craven, chair of the Department of Wildlife Ecology, in a story first printed in the LaCrosse Tribune, discusses why animals such as foxes and coyotes are moving closer to humans. He also explains what people should do if they come in contact.
Campaigns Use TV Preferences to Find Voters
The patterns in the campaigns’ advertising approaches appear in one of the most extensive studies of presidential advertising ever produced, which will be released Sunday by Nielsen Monitor-Plus and the Wisconsin Advertising Project, a research unit run by the University of Wisconsin’s political science department.
Toronto cools off using Lake Ontario waters
Quoted: Jim Lubner, education coordinator for the University of Wisconsin’s Sea Grant Institute
Darrow, Michels continue� to pour own money into race
Quoted: Ken Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Poll finds presidential race a tossup in Minnesota, Wisconsin (Waukesha Freeman)
Quoted: John Coleman, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Preserving summer
Quoted: Barbara Ingham, University of Wisconsin Extension food scientist
Many top cyclists have enlarged hearts (Reuters)
Quoted: Dr. Pamela S. Douglas of the University of Wisconsin in Madison
Witnesses criticize lake herbicide plan
Quoted: Stanley Dodson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who testified for the Lake Pewaukee Sanitary District Commission, which opposes the City of Pewaukee’s plan to use the herbicide
Bush Warns Kerry Will Derail His Policies (AP)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin political science professor Charles Franklin.
ABDs Of Infant Asthma?
Quoted: Frank Greer, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) committee on nutrition.
Mayor asked to speak in Boston (Baltimore Sun)
Quoted: Kenneth Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin and an expert in the American presidency. (Login required.)
Vote on Gay Marriage Ban Backfires on GOP (Los Angeles Times)
Quoted: Don Kettl, a University of Wisconsin political scientist. (Login required.)
Bush shifts campaign focus to Iraq (AP)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin political science professor Charles Franklin.
Raising consciousness with poetry
When Jim Ferris was a doctoral student, he directed a theatrical production in which each cast member had a disability. All but one of the performers used a wheelchair, so that put a woman who could walk in the minority. “Where do I fit?” she asked. It is a fundamental question for people who live with a disability, says Ferris, a poet who also teaches at the University of Wisconsin and has succeeded in making disability studies an interdisciplinary program there.
Vitamins linked to increased asthma risk
Quoted: Frank Greer, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Edwards could play many roles in a Kerry administration (govexec.com)
Quoted: Charles O. Jones, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Wisconsin
Bill federalizes class action (Wisconsin Dells Events)
Quoted: UW-Madison law professor Steve Barkan.
Off-line and still in touch with away messaging (Arizona Republic)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin Profesor Bradford Brown.
Obstetrics is failing to draw new doctors (Baltimore Sun)
Quoted: Dr. Douglas Laube, head of the OB/GYN residency at the University of Wisconsin and chairman of the national panel. (Login required.)
New strides help those in chronic pain (AP)
Quoted: David Joranson, director of the Pain and Policies Study Group at the University of Wisconsin.
Doug Moe: The Talk (Capital Times)
National Public Radio’s “Inside Edition” on Wednesday took a look at the increasingly comical use of Sen. John McCain in political ads by both the Bush and John Kerry campaigns….UW-Madison Professor Ken Goldstein was interviewed on the show…
Beauty? It’s linked to good or bad traits (The Straits Times, Singapore)
Quoted: Kevin Kniffin, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kerry must clear coffers before Dem convention
Quoted: Ken Goldstein, associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison