Category: Highlights
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Posted on January 21, 2014
Why polarized debates used to be good for us
Polarized debates used to be good for us…until the internet came along. Passionate disagreement isn’t a bad thing. People who have more heterogeneous networks are […]
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Mark Cook helps start up UW effort to encourage start-ups
CALS animal sciences professor Mark Cook is helping to drive the entrepreneurial spirit on campus. Cook is using the knowledge he gained launching and building his […]
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Posted on January 15, 2014
LSC TA’s “backwards” approach earns her an Innovation in Teaching award
Teaching assistant Molly Simis would be the first to tell you that her approach to teaching is backwards. And that’s a good thing—good enough to […]
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Posted on January 13, 2014
Re-usable grocery bags spread foodborne illness? Fact or fiction?
In 2012, a report by two law professors suggested that reusable grocery bags were to blame for an increase in illnesses and deaths in California. […]
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Nominate colleagues for CALS faculty/staff awards: 3 weeks to go
You have just over three weeks to nominate your outstanding colleagues for one of the 2014 CALS faculty, academic staff and classified staff awards. Here […]
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Posted on January 8, 2014
Needed: Science exploration tables for MLK Day of Service event
You’re invited to participate in our 4th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Science to Service on January 20, 2014 at the Wisconsin Institutes for […]
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Posted on January 6, 2014
The human microbiome: Scientists work to understand the potential that microbes may hold for human health
Jim Steele used to be one of the skeptics. He’d be at a conference, listening to early research on the health benefits of probiotics. Steele […]
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UW experts help Monroe cheese makers dive into Greek yogurt
Monroe, Wis. has gone Mediterranean. A while back the Klondike Cheese Company—operated for five decades by the Buholzer family—shifted from Swiss, Cheddar and other common […]
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True teamwork: CALS alum hauls logs with horses for restoration project
In case you missed it, the Wisonsin State Journal posted some great photos of draft horses removing trees from Woodland Park in Monona as part […]
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Posted on December 23, 2013
A recap of the All-College Meeting
Over 100 faculty and staff attended the all college meeting on Tuesday, December 17 in Union South. Kate VandenBosch kicked things off with a brief […]