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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 […]
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 […]
Allen Centennial Garden offering a Sunday concert series
Enjoy Sunday afternoons in the Allen Centennial Garden this summer with a classical and jazz concert series. Concerts will take place from 4:00 – 5:30 […]
Campus Master Plan presentation – June 17
A presentation of the ‘Draft Final Campus Master Plan’ will be held on Friday, June 17 from noon-1:30 pm in Union South (TITU). The project […]
CALS department chairs for 2016-17
Here’s a list of CALS department chairs for the year to come. Departments with new chairs this year are in bold. Ian Coxhead, Agricultural & Applied […]
International Conference on Quantitative Genetics in Madison June 12-17
Quantitative genetics researchers from around the globe are set to gather in Madison, Wisconsin June 12-17 for the 5th International Conference on Quantitative Genetics (ICQG5). […]
Wednesday Nite @ the Lab this week: Laura Hernandez on udder anatomy and physiology
This week’s Wednesday Nite @ the Lab will feature Laura Hernandez, assistant professor of dairy science. “Udder Anatomy and Physiology” will start at 7 p.m., […]
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 […]
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 […]
How the Great Recession froze people in place, slowing migration patterns nationwide
Recent work from the Applied Population Laboratory shows that the economic shocks of the housing market crisis and Great Recession slowed down migration within the […]