Category: Around CALS
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Posted on May 4, 2016
A legacy of learning: Three class of ’86 Badger moms watch their kids graduate
The boom boxes and big hair of 1986 have given way to today’s Twitter and “Game of Thrones.” But through three decades of change, tradition […]
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Posted on April 28, 2016
Helping Wisconsin farmers, one potato at a time
The plant disease known as late blight of potato is infamous for its devastating effects on Ireland in the mid-19th century: Its catastrophic impact on […]
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Posted on April 22, 2016
CALS hosts second annual World Food Prize – Wisconsin Youth Institute
Last Monday, 14 high school students from around the state and Chicago spent the day on the CALS campus to address issues of global hunger with CALS […]
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Posted on April 14, 2016
CALS horticulturalists help sow seeds of community in northern Wisconsin
Just as some seeds yield tomatoes, carrots and lettuce, others grow community and partnership. In a greenhouse in the northern Wisconsin town of Park Falls, […]
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Posted on April 11, 2016
Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas draws on the increasing power of citizen science
Slipping into a patch of woods in western Dane County, Jim Berkelman ignores the swarming mosquitoes and strains to sort through the early- morning chatter […]
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Posted on April 4, 2016
No snow, no hares: Climate change pushes emblematic species north
If there is an animal emblematic of the northern winter, it is the snowshoe hare. A forest dweller, the snowshoe hare is named for its […]
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Posted on March 24, 2016
Kate Griswold: Poised for life’s 40 chances
People have around 40 productive years during adulthood to make a positive impact on the world, according to Howard G. Buffett in his book, 40 […]
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Posted on March 17, 2016
Students’ experience with commodity trading translates into jobs
Using real-world commodity-trading software and armed with simulated trading experience in agricultural markets, some University of Wisconsin-Madison students are finding paths to jobs after graduation. […]
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Posted on March 13, 2016
Concussion research charges ahead using fruit fly model
As a linebacker for the UW–Madison Badgers, Chris Borland made a name for himself as a hard-hitting tackler. His senior year, he was selected as […]
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Posted on March 4, 2016
Teachers and mentors inspire a forestry career
Monroe, Wisconsin native Logan Wells credits his many teachers and mentors for helping him develop his academic strengths and an interest in forestry. Wells says their […]