Quoted: University of Wisconsin political science professor Charles Franklin.
Category: UW Experts in the News
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
McCain Stars in New GOP, Democratic Ads (NPR)
Quoted: Ken Goldstein is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Audio.)
New weekly paper to debut
Newspapers around the country have been trying to capture the “20-somethings” who are not reading the newspaper “with the fervor of their parents and grandparents,” said James L. Baughman, director of the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Candidates Seek to Define Selves, Rivals in Ads (NPR Morning Edition)
Quoted: Ken Goldstein monitors political ads for the University of Wisconsin’s Advertising Project. (Audio.)
New study shows phonics is critical for skilled reading (Medical News Today)
By developing a computer model that mimics how children learn to read, two researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Stanford University track the development of a skilled reader, ultimately showing that phonics gives readers an edge, especially early on.
Edwards did well in Midwest primaries
Quoted: University of Wisconsin public opinion expert Charles Franklin. (Login required.)
Edwards’ message may play well here
Quoted: Katherine Cramer Walsh, an expert on political psychology at UW-Madison.
It’s a tough job, but getting there is a task all its own
Quoted: Gordon Baldwin, a retired University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor who advised former Gov. Tommy G. Thompson on Sykes’ nomination to the state court in 1999.
The Challenger: What would Kerry do? (GovExec.com)
Quoted: Donald Kettl, a public administration expert at the University of Wisconsin.
State representative faces defamation lawsuit from former opponent
Quoted: Donald Downs, a professor of political science, law and journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Tape points away from inmate (Muskegon Chronicle)
Quoted: Keith Findley, head of the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Innocence Project,
Health costs press small businesses
Quoted: Center on Wisconsin Strategy, a public policy think tank at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
One sweet deal
Quoted: Larry W. Cox, director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
JS Online: Feingold challengers remain almost unknown
Quoted: Badger Poll conducted by the University of Wisconsin Survey Center
Health care workers wanted
Quoted: Tito Izard, also an assistant professor in the department of family medicine at the University of Wisconsin Medical School
No solution in sight for baffling school funding problems
Quoted: Allan Odden, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and a nationally known school finance expert.
ââ?¬Å?Teddyââ?¬â?¢s TV Troubles,ââ?¬Â by Joanne Cantor
Book review. Joanne Cantor, a nationally recognized authority on the media and children and professor emerita of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Cyberspace is changing political advertising
Quoted: Joel Rivlin, the deputy director of the Wisconsin Advertising Project, which monitors political ads.
Wireless Power Booster (Esato.com)
Quoted: Zhenqiang Ma, a University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineer, says he has redesigned a key electronic component in wireless devices so that it can increase the strength of outgoing signals while saving battery power.
Editorial: Start Early to Close Achievement Gap
Wisconsin schools on the whole graduate the vast majority of their students. But there’s an unacceptably wide gap between white graduation rates (87 percent) and those of African-American students (44 percent) and Hispanic students (55 percent).
Cited: UW-Madison research
Don’t Become a Fireworks Statistic This Year (HealthDayNews)
Quoted: Dr. Ronald P. Danis, an ophthalmologist at the University of Wisconsin
Rock Did Not Begin with Elvis (NPR)
Interviewed: Craig Werner a professor of Afro-American studies at the University of Wisconsin. (Audio.)
Joggers run to defeat, elect Bush
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison mass communications associate professor Dhavan Shah
Secondhand Smoke More Risky Than Thought
Quoted: Dr. Michael Fiore, professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.
Prescribing Leeches (NPR’s Talk of the Nation)
Quoted: Dr. Nadine Connor, Research director, for the ear, nose and throat division of the University of Wisconsin’s Hospitals and Clinics. (Audio.)
Montfort’s windmills attract a variety of admirers
Arnold Alanen, a UW-Madison landscape architecture professor who studies the cultural landscape of the Midwest.
Apple names design, science winners (Macworld)
Quoted: Dr. Bret Larget, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Vehicle-deer collisions take big toll in state
Quoted: The Deer-Vehicle Crash Information Clearinghouse at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Damp weather grows bumper crop of skeeters around state
Quoted: Phil Pellitteri, a University of Wisconsin entomologist
You Use That Stuff, Too?
Quoted: Bruce Barrett, a researcher with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Family Medicine. (Reg. required.)
Search on to fill state court seat
Quoted: Gordon Baldwin, a professor of law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Ad reprises Hitler image
Quoted: Joel Rivlin, deputy director of the Wisconsin Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin
Wakefulness Finds a Powerful Ally
Quoted: Dr. Eric Heiligenstein, a psychiatrist at the University of Wisconsin who studies substance abuse by teenagers.
Foster kids’ high school graduation rate dismal Foster kids’ high school graduation rate dismal
Quoted: Kimber Malmgren, a professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Drug reimportation dilemma: Drug safety vs. access (American Medical News)
Quoted: Richard Roberts, MD, professor of family medicine at the University of Wisconsin
Growth near Baird Creek raises ecosystem concerns (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Quoted: Victoria Harris, a water quality specialist with the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.
Amy Rinard: Despite reprieve, foes wary of Taxpayer Bill of Rights
Opponents of the so-called Taxpayer Bill of Rights, an idea proposed by some Republican legislators as a way to limit government spending, won a reprieve when Senate Majority Leader Mary Panzer (R-West Bend) announced that the Senate would not take up the issue this summer
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Don Kettl
Hitting the fan: Wind farm could spoil bats’ habitat
Quoted: David Redell, a wildlife researcher for the University of Wisconsin.
Ailing Michigan inmate’s life sentence commuted
An inmate represented by the Wisconsin Innocence Project who has served nearly half of his life in prison for the 1973 shooting of a Michigan police officer was ordered released Friday.
Quoted: Keith Findley, co-director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project.
Cheese, Hispanic style
Quoted: Dean Sommer, a cheese and food technologist with the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Ailing convict gets his wish (Grand Rapids Press)
Maurice Carter, convicted in the 1973 shooting and wounding of a Benton Harbor police officer, is expected to be released from prison within the next few weeks following Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s decision Friday to commute his life sentence.
Quoted: Keith Findlay, head of the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Innocence Project.
Group pushes Midwest biotech (Chicago Tribune)
Quoted: David Beebe, an associate bioengineering professor at the University of Wisconsin, said the ability to build structures smaller than.
Granholm: Carter will be released (South Bend Tribune)
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s medical commutation Friday of Maurice Carter’s life sentence in the 1973 shooting of an off-duty Benton Harbor police officer is not exoneration, but it’s the next best thing.
Quoted: Keith Findlay, head of the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Innocence Project.
Public Funding Of Election Campaigns Works
Quoted: Professor Kenneth Mayer and his colleagues at the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Staff works to rid Hixon Forest of unwanted alien plants
Quoted: Don Waller, a University of Wisconsin botanist.
Was It Strong Winds Or Tornado?
Quoted: Michael Morgan: A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor