In the News

CDC director’s firing was last straw
Associated Press via Madison.com, 8/28/25
Mentioned: Susan Monarez, Alumna, Bacteriology

The #1 High-Protein Upgrade for Your Morning Toast — And It’s Not Peanut Butter
Eating Well, 8/27/25
Quoted: Gina Mode, Center for Dairy Research

Wisconsin researchers listen to forests to learn more about protecting them
Wisconsin Public Radio, 8/25/25
Quoted: Zuzana Burivalova, Forest and Wildlife Ecology
Quoted: Laura Berman, Forest and Wildlife Ecology

Susan Monarez, CDC director with Wisconsin ties, out after less than a month on the job
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News, 8/27/25
Mentioned: Susan Monarez, Alumna, Bacteriology

Plight of the honeybees
Wisconsin Today – Wisconsin Public Radio, 8/25/25
Interviewed: Hannah Gaines-Day, Entomology

Wisconsin could see more mosquitoes after historic floods. How to protect yourself
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/25/25
Quoted: Xia Lee, Alumnus, Entomology
Mentioned: Department of Entomology

Weather vanes are more than wind direction tools, they’re historical markers of American folk art
Wisconsin State Farmer, 8/28/25
Quoted: Jerry Apps, Emeritus, (former) Department of Continuing and Vocational Education

Of Interest

U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak 
Reuters, 8/25/25

Harvard’s research is shrinking amid the Trump administration’s freeze
Washington Post, 8/25/25

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.