In the News

As Wildfires Grow, Millions of Homes Are Being Built in Harm’s Way
New York Times, 9/9/22
Quoted: Volker Radeloff, Forest and Wildlife Ecology

Biofuel is a ‘renewable’ resource, but climate change could soon limit its potential
Popular Science, 9/15/22
Quoted: Victor Ujor, Food Science

Field Notes: Why swans are becoming more common on Northwoods lakes
WXPR, 9/13/22
Mentioned: Sumner Matteson, Alumnus, Life Sciences Communication
Mentioned: Stan Temple, Emeritus, Forest and Wildlife Ecology

How the public can move past pandemic fatigue
The Capital Times, 9/15/22
Quoted: Dominique Brossard, Life Sciences Communication

Rare tours of historic, ‘innovative’ yellow barn at Jones Dairy Farm set
Wisconsin State Journal, 9/12/22
Mentioned: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Declining enrollment and spendy buildings: How did La Crosse land on its plan to consolidate high schools?
La Crosse Tribune, 9/11/22
Quoted: Sarah Kemp, Community and Environmental Sociology
Mentioned: Applied Population Lab

UW research labs struggle to sustainably manage waste
The Badger Herald, 9/14/22
Quoted: Ming-Yi Chou, Plant Pathology
Mentioned: Paul Koch Lab

Culture of consciousness: Unearthing fashion’s history, labor practices to design a better future
The Badger Herald, 9/13/22
Quoted: Ian Coxhead, Emeritus, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Protecting Agriculture’s Future – Wisconsin Farm Safety & Health Week
Hoard’s Dairyman, 9/12/22
Co-author: John Shutske, Biological Systems Engineering
Co-author: Andrea Klahn, Alumna, Life Sciences Communication

Wantoch looks forward to working with farmers across Wisconsin
Wisconsin Agriculturalist, 9/14/22
Quoted: Katie Wantoch, Alumna, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Mentioned: Stephanie Plaster, Alumna, Animal and Dairy Sciences
Mentioned: Joy Kirkpatrick, Center for Dairy Profitability

Shelly Mayer is 2022 World Dairy Expo Industry Person of the Year
Wisconsin Agriculturalist, 9/16/22
Quoted: Shelly Mayer, Alumna, Life Sciences Communication

Of Interest

STEM students with disabilities face extra barriers in earning degree
The Badger Herald, 9/15/22

‘Sifting and Reckoning’: UW-Madison exhibit puts past discrimination on display
Madison.com, 9/10/22

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Digs Up Organic Molecules on Mars
WIRED, 9/15/22

Wildlife conservation tends to save charismatic species. That may be about to change
NPR, 9/12/22

CALS in the News is a weekly selection of media stories quoting or mentioning CALS faculty, staff, students, alumni, research and programs. Other stories of interest to the UW–Madison community and those in the fields of agriculture and the life sciences are also included. This list is produced by CALS External Relations. Read more about our mission and methodology for curating this list.