Cold milk has long been offered alongside a lunch or snack in elementary schools. Over the years, the vessel for that milk has remained the […]

Ecologists at CALS have found that carnivores living near people can get more than half of their diets from human food sources, a major lifestyle […]

Summer Term courses are a great way for UW undergraduates to get ahead—or stay on track—in their studies. They are also open to students enrolled […]

Looking for a Summer Term course that will be completed by the end of June? Check out these online offerings from the UW–Madison College of […]

When Hawra Aljawad made her 2020 summer plans, the idea was to take one class and conduct research. Then came coronavirus. With campus essentially shutting […]

1. Tardigrades are tiny, water-loving animals. They prefer wet environments, and as long as the conditions are right, they can be found all over the […]

Teri Allendorf applied for the Peace Corps in the early 1990s with an eye toward East Africa, where she was hoping to use her knowledge of […]

It’s a sweltering August day in 2019. The sun gilds the flowering prairies of southern Wisconsin. Entomology graduate student Skye Harnsberger and her research team park their pickup truck […]

When El Niño approaches, driven by warm Pacific Ocean waters, we’ve come to expect both drenching seasonal rains in the southern United States and drought in the […]

In late 2018, Ralph and Beth Aschenbrenner started hearing a lot of good things about growing industrial hemp. Hemp is an incredibly versatile plant, known for its strong fiber […]