Ideas and Discoveries http://experts.news.wisc.edu News stories from the University of Wisconsin-Madison en-us Does history repeat? Using the past to improve ecological forecasting To better predict the future, Jack Williams is looking to the past. Jill Sakai jasakai@wisc.edu 2012-02-20T18:00:00-00:00 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/20347 http://www.news.wisc.edu/20347 Proposed hunt poorly designed, says UW wolf expert Jill Sakai jasakai@wisc.edu 2012-02-20T15:08:00-00:00 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:08:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/20345 http://www.news.wisc.edu/20345 The Waisman Center: Decades later, what would Harry think? Last fall, the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison bid successfully for the same National Institutes of Health core grant that the late Harry Waisman first won 45 years ago. Terry Devitt trdevitt@wisc.edu 2012-01-30T18:16:00-00:00 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:16:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/20268 http://www.news.wisc.edu/20268 Election experts available to answer media questions University Communications at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is offering an online election experts list that features faculty members from a range of disciplines available to provide analysis during the 2012 presidential campaign and recall efforts in Wisconsin. Jenny Price price3@wisc.edu 2012-01-02T15:30:00-00:00 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:30:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/20184 http://www.news.wisc.edu/20184 Trip aimed at advancing goal of UW–Madison presence in China Representatives of the University of Wisconsin–Madison have returned to China this week, where they are seeking to expand the university's engagement and move toward the goal of creating a physical UW–Madison presence there. Kerry Hill khill@education.wisc.edu 2011-11-14T16:07:00-00:00 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:07:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/20027 http://www.news.wisc.edu/20027 Forum focuses on storing spent nuclear fuel Not all of the fallout from last March's disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was radioactive. There was also considerable policy fallout, as the crisis caused many to rethink the safety of nuclear power. 2011-11-09T15:41:00-00:00 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:41:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/20010 http://www.news.wisc.edu/20010 Yale political scientist to speak at UW–Madison The Yale political scientist who authored a "public option" plan for national health care will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison to deliver a Hilldale Lecture in the Social Studies on American politics and the middle class. 2011-10-13T16:48:00-00:00 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:48:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/19899 http://www.news.wisc.edu/19899 Roundtable to address integrity of public media in digital age The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will co-host a roundtable of leading journalists and scholars to discuss editorial integrity for public media in a digital age. 2011-10-13T16:43:00-00:00 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:43:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/19898 http://www.news.wisc.edu/19898 Moynihan elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration University of Wisconsin–Madison public affairs professor Donald Moynihan has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, one of the youngest members to be elected since Congress chartered the academy in 1967. Karen Faster kfaster@Lafollette.wisc.edu 2011-10-12T15:16:00-00:00 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:16:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/19892 http://www.news.wisc.edu/19892 Gamoran testifies before House subcommittee Oct. 12 Adam Gamoran, director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will testify before the House Subcommittee on Research and Science Education on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 9 a.m. Central time. Dennis Chaptman dchaptman@wisc.edu 2011-10-11T21:30:00-00:00 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:30:00 GMT http://www.news.wisc.edu/19888 http://www.news.wisc.edu/19888