Category: Highlights
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Posted on June 23, 2016
Doug Weibel’s research points to new ways to combat bacterial infections
An exhaustive look at how bacteria hold their ground and avoid getting pushed around by their environment shows how dozens of genes aid the essential […]
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Award-winning essay by CALS’ Kitt Healy available online
This past spring, CALS agroecology graduate student Kitt Healy won second place in the Water Sustainability and Climate Project’s Our Waters, Our Future writing contest, […]
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Posted on June 16, 2016
Save the date: CALS Summer Social on Aug. 12
Please mark your calendar for the upcoming CALS Summer Social set for Friday, Aug. 12 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. at Allen Centennial Garden. The event will […]
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UW-Madison assesses position to support National Microbiome Initiative
A recent UW-Madison news story explores how the university is positioned to support the federal government’s new National Microbiome Initiative (NMI), which was launched earlier this year to “foster […]
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Posted on June 15, 2016
Ideas sought for Partners in Giving ice cream flavor
Partners in Giving is looking for a catchy new ice cream flavor to promote the university’s annual charitable campaign, which kicks off in October. Lori […]
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Posted on June 10, 2016
Student, faculty and staff reflections on diversity issues in STEM
A recently-posed article on the STEM Diversity website highlights experiences and observations from students, faculty and staff within science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) departments […]
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Chemistry lessons from bacteria may improve biofuel production
If you’re made of carbon, precious few things are as important to life as death. A dead tree may represent a literal windfall of the […]
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UW Federal Relations update on FY2017 Federal Funding Bills
UW Federal Relations shared the following update on June 10: Much of the work in Congress has been focused on passage of the annual appropriations […]
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Posted on June 3, 2016
Xylome’s quest to lower the cost of cellulosic ethanol
In their lab on a 20-acre prairie in Madison, Wisconsin, Xylome scientists are busy tinkering with the yeasts that live in the bellies of wood-boring […]
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Dairy science graduate student wins NSF award
By earning a National Science Foundation fellowship that was awarded to barely 10 percent of the 17,000 applicants, Department of Dairy Science and Endocrine and […]