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Chemistry lessons from bacteria may improve biofuel production
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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 […]

Jun
10th
UW Federal Relations update on FY2017 Federal Funding Bills
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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 […]

Jun
10th
Allen Centennial Garden offering a Sunday concert series
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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 […]

Jun
9th
Campus Master Plan presentation – June 17
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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 […]

Jun
9th
CALS department chairs for 2016-17
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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 […]

Jun
9th
International Conference on Quantitative Genetics in Madison June 12-17
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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). […]

Jun
6th
Wednesday Nite @ the Lab this week: Laura Hernandez on udder anatomy and physiology
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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., […]

Jun
6th
Xylome’s quest to lower the cost of cellulosic ethanol
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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 […]

Jun
3rd
Dairy science graduate student wins NSF award
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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 […]

Jun
3rd
How the Great Recession froze people in place, slowing migration patterns nationwide
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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 […]

Jun
3rd