Category: Highlights
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Posted on June 10, 2016
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 […]
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Jeff Sindelar offers summer grilling tips
It seems summer has finally arrived, and people are firing up their grills. Jeff Sindelar, associate professor of animal science and Extension meat specialist, offered […]
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Posted on May 27, 2016
UW-Madison admissions to start using Common Application
The following message about upcoming changes to the UW-Madison admissions process was distributed in May by Adele C. Brumfield, UW-Madison Director of Admissions and Recruitment: […]
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Bruce Schweiger: How to have the best-looking lawn on the block
Bruce Schweiger from the UW Turfgrass Diagnostics Lab and the Department of Plant Pathology recently appeared on Madison’s Channel 3 news with tips for spring […]
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Posted on May 26, 2016
Overcoming obstacles: Bella Sobah chooses genetics to help understand and cope with her own disease
When we talk about STEM diversity, we mostly talk about race and gender—but what about students with disabilities? Bella Sobah, an African American woman, entered […]
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Posted on May 23, 2016
Rick Amasino and Dominique Brossard participate in national GMO report roll-out in D.C.
Biochemistry professor Rick Amasino and life sciences communication professor Dominique Brossard were in Washington D.C. last week to participate in the congressional and public briefings […]
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Double your donation: CALS Annual Fund gifts matched for third year
In 2014, in honor of the college’s quasquicentennial, an anonymous donor offered to match gifts to the CALS Annual Fund up to $100,000 total. Last […]