Category: Highlights
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Posted on August 28, 2017
Reflective art installation displays beauty, intrigue of genetics
Typically, the images generated in the course of scientific research are seen only by a select few: the scientists who consume the studies published in […]
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Into the woods with Forest & Wildlife Ecology
Regal hemlocks tower overhead, fragile ferns blanket the forest floors and ribbons of sunlight break through the canopy. That may sound like paradise, but for […]
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Posted on August 21, 2017
CALS announces 2017 Honorary Recognition awardees
On Oct. 19, the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) will present its Honorary Recognition Award to Allan Herrman and Louis […]
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Betzold, Evans, Schweiger enter ARS leadership roles
There are new faces in new places at Arlington Agricultural Research Station, the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center and the OJ Noer Turfgrass Center. In […]
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Blue Sky Science video: How do plants grow if there’s no sunlight?
When a Madison elementary school student posed the question “How do plants grow if there’s no sunlight?,” the Blue Sky Science team turned to CALS forest […]
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Posted on August 14, 2017
Attitudes on human genome editing vary, but all agree conversation is necessary
In early August 2017, an international team of scientists announced they had successfully edited the DNA of human embryos. As people process the political, moral […]
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Farm to Flavor event features small plates by top chefs
Tickets are still available for the annual Farm to Flavor Dinner on Thursday, Aug. 24, hosted by the Seed to Kitchen Collaborative and Allen Centennial […]
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New video aims to preserve future of oak in Wisconsin
A new video, produced in collaboration between foresters and social scientists from UW-Madison, UW-Extension and the Department of Natural Resources, encourages Wisconsin woodland owners to […]
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Posted on August 7, 2017
Biochemistry labs, staff mentor high school youth apprentices
Jenna Amro is a productive member of a scientific research laboratory in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She can pipet, accurately measure scientific […]
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Unintended consequences in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
For Dominic Parker, a professor of agricultural and applied economics, a research foray into mining practices in Africa dug up some unexpected findings. Parker wanted […]