Author: caschneider3
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Posted on August 16, 2023
UW Organic Agriculture Field Day to highlight organic practices that improve soil health
Drought conditions across the Midwest highlight the need for agricultural practices that promote resilience in the face of extreme weather. Farming strategies such as living […]
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Posted on August 14, 2023
As CALS outreach program manager, Heather Gayton eager to make difference in rural communities
Heather Gayton recently started a position in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences created to serve rural communities and businesses through continuing education and […]
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Posted on August 10, 2023
CALS announces 2023 Honorary Recognition awardees
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) is proud to announce the selections for its 2023 Honorary Recognition, Distinguished Alumni and […]
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Posted on August 8, 2023
FISC’s Turfgrass Apprenticeship Program provides “supercharged” training for management roles in golf, turf-related industries
Emerging from the tree line onto The Lido golf course is like walking into a different world. Sand stretches over rolling hills with green grass […]
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Posted on July 19, 2023
Picturing the places wildlands and people meet at a global scale
Researchers led by a team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have created the first tool to map and visualize the areas where human settlements and […]
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Posted on July 7, 2023
Art that integrates data visualizations can help bridge the US political divide over climate change
Communicating science to a general audience can be challenging. Successfully conveying research on polarizing topics such as climate change can be even more difficult. But […]
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Ticks may be able to spread chronic wasting disease between Wisconsin deer
A new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison finds that ticks can harbor transmissible amounts of the protein particle that causes chronic wasting […]
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Posted on July 3, 2023
Cryo-EM studies reveal the ‘high-wire act’ of bacterial replication
Bacteria have a replication problem. In nearly every attempt to copy their genome, some kind of glitch — it could be exposure to UV light, or an […]
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Posted on June 30, 2023
From hardship to hope: Team from CALS and Extension cultivates communities that can contend with farm stress together
Leon Statz used to get stressed about almost everything on his Sauk County farm. He worried about the weather, the bills, the crops. And when […]
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Bacteria with a taste for an inflammatory compound could help protect against heart disease
Some microbes in the guts of humans and mice may help control the buildup of plaque in arteries, the leading cause of cardiovascular disease, by […]