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Posted on February 12, 2024
Kaiping Chen and colleagues find that chats with AI shift attitudes on climate change, Black Lives Matter
People who were more skeptical of human-caused climate change or the Black Lives Matter movement who took part in conversation with a popular AI chatbot […]
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Posted on February 9, 2024
Dave Marach named superintendent of O.J. Noer Turfgrass Research and Education Facility
Dave Marach joined the UW–Madison CALS staff in January 2024 as superintendent at the OJ Noer Turfgrass Facility. In this role, Marach will plan and […]
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Posted on February 5, 2024
Development in fertility research questions obesity as the leading cause of infertility
A project on high-sugar diet spearheaded by scientist Rodrigo Dutra Nunes in the lab of Daniela Drummond-Barbosa opens the door for breakthrough advancements in fertility research. In a recent study published in the journal Development, Dutra Nunes and Drummond-Barbosa’s research uniquely analyzes the effects of a high sugar diet, obesity and water intake on metabolism, oogenesis and fertility in Drosophila melanogaster, otherwise known as the common fruit fly.
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Posted on January 29, 2024
Mooving Cows video game teaches proper cow handling skills
A new educational video game called “Mooving Cows,” which gives dairy workers and anyone interested the opportunity to practice cow handling skills, is now publicly […]
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Posted on January 22, 2024
Gather and connect. Experience and serve. Learn and grow.
Student organizations at CALS help undergraduates socialize and gain valuable professional skills while benefitting the communities around them.
- Posted on January 16, 2024
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Posted on January 2, 2024
Ewe are what your grandparents ate?
“You are what you eat.” We’ve all heard this old adage before. But during pregnancy, maternal nutrition can have a large impact on a baby, […]
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Multitasking microbes: UW–Madison scientists engineer bacteria to make two valuable products from plant fiber
We often look to the smallest lifeforms for help solving the biggest problems: Microbes help make foods and beverages, cure diseases, treat waste and even […]
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Posted on December 11, 2023
Photos: Provost Isbell visits CALS
On November 30, UW–Madison provost Charles Isbell, Jr., paid a visit to the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Provost Isbell visited the Dairy Cattle […]
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Posted on December 8, 2023
Grant awarded: Russell Groves and Paul Mitchell part of team to receive $6 million from USDA to study insect management strategies for potatoes
Russell Groves, professor of entomology, and Paul Mitchell, professor of agricultural and applied econmics, are part of a research team that was recently awarded $6 […]