Category: Extension and Outreach
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Posted on February 15, 2013
Biggest value of GMO corn is cutting risk, not boosting yields, CALS research shows
By analyzing two decades worth of corn yield data from Wisconsin, a team of CALS researchers has quantified the impact that various popular transgenes have […]
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Posted on February 11, 2013
Position on nutrition: Focus on overall diet, not “good” and “bad” foods
CALS professor emerita Susan Nitzke is a co-author on a new position paper released this month by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Titled “Total […]
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Darwin Day on Valentines Day: A look at the mating game
When Darwin Day coincides with Valentines Day, how could the topic be anything other than Love and Sex in the Natural World. Life only exists […]
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Standing room only in Minoqua as UW Kemp and Trout Lake stations put “Science on Tap”
For several decades, the land and lakes of Wisconsin’s Northwoods have been studied by faculty and staff at the CALS Kemp Natural Resources Station and […]
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Posted on February 8, 2013
CALS in the News for the week of Feb. 2-8, 2013
In the News Strong 2012 helps Wisconsin keep title as top cheese producer Wisconsin State Journal 2/7/2013 Quoted: Brian Gould, Agricultural and Applied Economics Cash […]
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Posted on February 4, 2013
Hit the Ice with WALSAA on Feb. 8
The Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association (WALSAA) invites you to join its members at Wando’s (602 University Avenue) and the Kohl Center on […]
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Posted on January 31, 2013
New, expanded Science Expeditions April 5, 6 & 7 needs the outreach-minded
You’re invited to participate in our 11th UW-Madison Science Expeditions 2013. This year we are expanding the event to a three-day campus-wide open house, April […]
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Posted on January 28, 2013
Sweet heart science: Students will make candy hearts Saturday at WID’s Science of Love
UW food science students will be presenting a demonstration on candy hearts as part of a series of presentations on the Science of Love this […]
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Water Sustainability In A Changing World — Feb. 7
Water Sustainability In A Changing World — A Roy F. Weston Distinguished Lecture By Jerald Schnoor, Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, University of Iowa Thursday, […]
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Radioactive: A Tale of Love and Fallout — Go Big Read discussion and exhibit Feb 7
Even if you don’t recall fallout shelters and duck-and-cover drills from the 1950s, a book discussion and exhibit will provide a window into that era […]