Category: Around CALS
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Posted on March 18, 2024
How waste becomes a resource: Victor Ujor helps microorganisms turn what’s useless into something useful
Victor Ujor’s fascination with microorganisms — bacteria, fungi, viruses — began with an issue of Time magazine. What he encountered in the pages of that publication, combined […]
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Posted on March 11, 2024
Photos: Global Day 2024 showcases UW–Madison’s international expertise and impact
Global Day 2024: Wisconsin & the World brought together researchers, students, campus leaders and community members to showcase UW-Madison’s international expertise and impact on addressing […]
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Posted on March 4, 2024
UW turns 175: The evolution of the Agricultural Research Stations
The UW Agricultural Research Station (ARS) system features a statewide network of outdoor laboratories and classrooms. At these facilities, faculty, staff, and students (and sometimes university […]
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Posted on February 26, 2024
Photos: Ag Forward brings UWRF FISC students to UW–Madison campus for up-close interactions
FISC Ag Forward, a multi-day short course offered by the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Farm and Industry Short Course program, took place on the UW–Madison campus […]
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Posted on February 19, 2024
Five energizing facts about agrivoltaics
In the quest to combat climate change, the idea of using agricultural landscapes in the Midwest to support renewable energy production has focused primarily on […]
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Posted on February 12, 2024
Researchers with CALS connections featured in story about UW–Madison’s overlooked scientists
From medicine to ecology, engineering to computer science, the University of Wisconsin has for 175 years made valuable innovations that help people and communities across […]
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Posted on February 5, 2024
Development in fertility research questions obesity as the leading cause of infertility
A project on high-sugar diet spearheaded by scientist Rodrigo Dutra Nunes in the lab of Daniela Drummond-Barbosa opens the door for breakthrough advancements in fertility research. In a recent study published in the journal Development, Dutra Nunes and Drummond-Barbosa’s research uniquely analyzes the effects of a high sugar diet, obesity and water intake on metabolism, oogenesis and fertility in Drosophila melanogaster, otherwise known as the common fruit fly.
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Posted on January 29, 2024
Mooving Cows video game teaches proper cow handling skills
A new educational video game called “Mooving Cows,” which gives dairy workers and anyone interested the opportunity to practice cow handling skills, is now publicly […]
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Posted on January 22, 2024
Gather and connect. Experience and serve. Learn and grow.
Student organizations at CALS help undergraduates socialize and gain valuable professional skills while benefitting the communities around them.
- Posted on January 16, 2024