Tag: dairy science
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Posted on February 9, 2017
‘Magic’ plus UW science equals world-champ cheese
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cLnn4H3I74] Wisconsin cheese is at least as old as the state. The University of Wisconsin–Madison has one of the world’s great institutions of dairy […]
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Posted on December 29, 2016
Victor Cabrera receives Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award
Victor Cabrera, associate professor in the Department of Dairy Science, has been selected to receive a Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award. The award provides $50,000 in flexible research funds for […]
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Posted on November 16, 2016
Dairy science’s W. Terry Howard inducted into Wisconsin 4-H Hall of Fame
UW-Madison dairy science professor emeritus W. Terry Howard was recognized for outstanding service and inducted into the Wisconsin 4-H Youth Development Hall of Fame during […]
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Posted on October 31, 2016
Alumna Molly Sloan reaches dream of walking on WDE’s colored shavings
In her youth, Molly Sloan dreamed of one day stepping onto the colorful shavings on the floor of the Dane County Coliseum in order to […]
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Posted on September 6, 2016
Jordan Ebert: A next-generation dairy farmer
Even though UW-Madison undergrad Jordan Ebert grew up on a dairy farm, he wouldn’t describe himself as a farm kid. “In high school, I focused […]
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UW-Madison partners with WPT for show on Wisconsin farmers
The University of Wisconsin–Madison and Wisconsin Public Television have partnered for “Wisconsin’s Homegrown Farmer,” a program about the challenges facing a new generation of farmers […]
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Posted on August 29, 2016
CALS expands food systems course offerings
This fall, CALS undergrads have a new food systems-related course option: Foundations in Agroecology (AGRON/ENTOM/C&E SOC 375). This interdisciplinary course, which aims to engage students […]
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Posted on August 22, 2016
Badger duo named Wisconsin Outstanding Young Farmers
Two CALS alumni were named Wisconsin’s Outstanding Young Farmers. Angie (BS’00) and Mark (BS’98) Ulness are both dairy science graduates and they operate Ragner Holsteins in Valders, […]
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Posted on August 15, 2016
CALS announces 2016 Honorary Recognition awardees
On Oct. 13 the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) will present its Honorary Recognition Award to Ben Brancel, Bernard Easterday […]
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Posted on August 1, 2016
Happy hormone’s calcium connection may make cows and humans healthier
Serotonin is best known for eliciting feelings of happiness in the human brain, but scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have found the hormone plays […]