Category: Highlights
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Posted on March 11, 2016
PEOPLE program intern works to diversify food and ag fields
Ten years ago, as a middle school student, Marcus Bolles spent part of his summer exploring academic opportunities in the UW-Madison’s PEOPLE program, a program […]
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How and why to talk to students about voting
The Morgridge Center for Public Service is encouraging faculty and staff to talk to their students about voting. The center recently shared the following article, titled “Talk […]
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Safety a top priority for ARS
Last month, ARS held day-long ag safety training workshops at four different stations: Arlington, Lancaster, Marshfield and West Madison. The workshops drew almost 100 ARS staff […]
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Posted on March 6, 2016
New law increases CALS’ flexibility to manage ag research land holdings
On Tuesday, March 1, Governor Scott Walker signed into law legislation granting the Board of Regents authority to approve sales and purchase of CALS agricultural […]
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Posted on March 4, 2016
Food Research Institute timeline: Keeping food safe for 70 years
The past 70 years have brought many changes in the food supply. The world has evolved from a system where food largely was restricted to […]
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Blue Sky Science video with PJ Liesch: How is spider silk made?
Have you ever wondered how spider silk is made? CALS’ resident bug guy, PJ Liesch, director of the Insect Diagnostic Lab in the Department of […]
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Posted on February 29, 2016
Planning for the West Madison Ag Research Station underway
Dean Kate VandenBosch has tasked a committee with developing a vision and 10-year plan for the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) that reflects the […]
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Essay celebrates WN@tL’s 10th anniversary – and an Irwin Goldman beet talk
Earlier this month, UW-Madison science writer Chris Bancard published a first-person essay on the UWMadScience blog describing his first experience at Wednesday Nite @ the Lab (WN@tL) back […]
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Posted on February 26, 2016
Life on the air: An interview with Larry Meiller
In 1967, Larry Meiller was in his final semester of college to graduate as a meat and animal sciences major when he decided to take […]
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Posted on February 22, 2016
Pagliarini earns presidential recognition for research on mitochondria
Dave Pagliarini, director of metabolism at the Morgridge Institute for Research and associate professor of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received the U.S. […]