Category: Highlights
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Posted on September 2, 2014
UW Athletics gears up for second annual “Celebrate Agriculture” football game on Sept. 6
University of Wisconsin Athletics is proud to once again partner with the state’s agriculture industry for the second annual “Celebrate Agriculture” game on Saturday, Sept. […]
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CALS continues to see high undergrad enrollment
After working with 620 students during SOAR this summer, including first year and transfer students, the CALS Office of Academic Affairs expects undergraduate enrollment in […]
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Posted on August 29, 2014
Report and recommendations from the CALS international priorities committee
The CALS international priorities committee was asked to provide recommendations regarding the future of CALS international activities, in particular what the mission, administrative structure and […]
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Posted on August 23, 2014
Of orange vegetables and vitamins: Q&A with Sherry Tanumihardjo
Sherry Tanumihardjo is a CALS professor of nutritional sciences and director of the Undergraduate Certificate in Global Health, a popular new program that draws participants from […]
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From antibiotics to athletes foot to exploding cans of peas: Bacteriology celebrates a century of discovery
Congratulations to the Department of Bacteriology, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this Saturday. As this timeline shows, the department’s research has touched pretty much every area of our […]
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Throwback: When alfalfa was queen
Wisconsin’s dairy farmers grow more than a million acres of alfalfa today, but a century ago, they had to be convinced and the primary convincer […]
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Posted on August 18, 2014
Five things everyone should know about gluten
1. What is it? Gluten is a substance composed of two proteins—gliadin and glutenin—that are found in the endosperm (inner part of a grain) of wheat, […]
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Posted on August 15, 2014
No better time to tend to your lawn
If you’ve got any thoughts of seeding your lawn, get cracking, says UW-Madison turf expert Doug Soldat. In fact, if you’re going to invest any time or money […]
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The home gardener’s nightmare
Late blight is the bummer of the summer. It’s a huge disappointment for gardeners when thriving tomato and potato plants suddenly grow ugly lesions and begin to […]
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Posted on August 11, 2014
Field days focus on vegetable flavor
This year at West Madison, we have planted trials of several species of vegetables with a particular focus on flavor, with varieties selected by plant […]