Tag: WinScience
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Posted on August 4, 2023
Grant awarded: Amaya Atucha receives USDA-NIFA funding for developing an online tool for grape growers that estimates bud cold hardiness
Amaya Atucha, associate professor and fruit crop extension specialist in plant and agroecosystem sciences, received $300,000 for her project ColdSnap: An online bud cold hardiness […]
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Posted on August 2, 2023
Host an exploration station at the Wisconsin Science Festival on Oct. 18 or 19
The Wisconsin Science Festival will offer several ways for Wisconsinites to explore hands-on science. If you are interested in hosting an exploration station during the festival, […]
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Posted on July 31, 2023
FWE research shows that ticks may be able to spread chronic wasting disease between deer
A new study from researchers at UW finds that ticks can harbor transmissible amounts of the protein particle that causes chronic wasting disease (CWD), implicating […]
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UW–Madison offers new major in animal and veterinary biosciences
The animal and veterinary biosciences major is for students who care about animals’ health, well-being, and their relationships to humans and the environment — from the […]
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USDFRC webinar: Kristan Reed on The Ruminant Farm Systems Project – Aug. 15
U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center Webinar Series “The Ruminant Farm Systems (RuFaS) Project: The vision and progress towards realization”Dr. Kristan Reed, Assistant Professor of Animal […]
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Posted on July 27, 2023
Grant awarded: Sherry Tanumihardjo receives USDA-NIFA funding for breeding biofortified maize to improve human health
Sherry Tanumihardjo, professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, received $788,000 for her project “Partnership: Bioavailability of provitamin A carotenoids and zinc from biofortified maize […]
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Posted on July 24, 2023
Can farms pull enough carbon from sky to soil?
A CALS agronomy group is partnering with farmers on a 10-year study to find out if improved agricultural practices can really sequester carbon and help […]
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Posted on July 17, 2023
Karen Wassarman to step back from associate dean role
Karen Wassarman, CALS associate dean for academic affairs, will step back from leading the Office of Academic Affairs in August. She assumed the associate dean […]