Karthik Anantharaman, assistant professor of bacteriology, is in the midst of a scientific oceanic adventure. He’s part of a team that’s currently on the research […]

If there’s anything that could be called the archenemy of Midwestern soybean producers, it just might be Sclerotinia stem rot. Once thought of as only […]

On Nov. 15, the Department of Food Science hosted its first annual Fall Fest event. Students, staff and faculty from throughout Babcock Hall—including the Babcock […]

Sarah Akakpo of Racine, Wisconsin, has big plans. She wants to earn a biology degree, go to medical school, and become a dermatologist or public […]

As the Wisconsin Dairy Task Force 2.0 launches into its work this fall, a number of CALS personnel have been called on to participate in […]

The community of microorganisms that live in the human gut has been shown to confer all kinds of health benefits. Now, an international team of […]

The principles and practices of farming are best learned as one would learn any other skilled profession: through experience and training by experts in the […]

Biochemistry assistant professor Srivatsan “Vatsan” Raman has received a Director’s New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The $2.2 million-grants fund high-risk, high-reward research performed by early stage […]

Some 50 million years before humans figured it out, agriculture arrived in the world in a seemingly unlikely place: an ant hill. Eschewing wheat or […]