Category: Around CALS
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Posted on April 1, 2011
Doebley and Helgeson featured in NSF plant genomics video
A fast-paced and entertaining explanation of how plant genomics works and why it matters.
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Posted on March 28, 2011
CALS at Science Expeditions: Dueling Peeps and much more
When two marshmallow chicks duke it out in a microwave, only one of them will come out whole.
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Posted on March 17, 2011
Population Lab helps local communities gear up for redistricting
With a few quick, deft movements of mouse and keyboard, Jim Beaudoin reorganized voting in Columbia County.
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Posted on March 11, 2011
TV spot features Babcock cheesemaker Gary Grossen
Gary Grossen, cheesemaker at the Babcock Hall dairy plant, stars in this new commercial for Culvers restaurants.
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Posted on March 2, 2011
Seat up or down? Have it both ways with BSE student’s prize-winning invention.
BSE student Kody Habeck tied for the “Most Value Created” award in the 100-Hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge.
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Posted on February 21, 2011
CDR helps firm create an awesome blue cheese…and 54 jobs
John Jaeggi and Mark Johnson at the CDR helped the firm develop a recipe for a blue cheese that was rated best in the world in 2008.
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Posted on February 10, 2011
LSC student’s website showcases African American scientists
Thomas Jasen Gardner hopes his site will spark an interest among African Americans in pursuing science careers
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Posted on February 7, 2011
Watch for CALS faculty & staff workplace climate survey this month
In mid-February, all CALS faculty and staff members will have the opportunity to participate in a survey about campus climate — the extent to which […]
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Posted on January 28, 2011
Sweet Science: Students show Girl Scouts how to extract strawberry DNA
An online slideshow by Nicole Miller shows how 48 middle school-aged Girl Scouts learned how to extract DNA from strawberries during two “Biochemistry in the […]
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Posted on January 24, 2011
Wasps’ drumming may determine their lot in life
Future queen or tireless toiler? A paper wasp’s destiny may lie in the antennal drumbeats of its caretaker. While feeding their colony’s larvae, a paper […]