Author: caschneider3
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Posted on April 15, 2019
Public invited to UW Family Gardening Day on May 4
It seems that spring has finally sprung! It’s time to gather ideas for your garden at the UW Family Gardening Day on Saturday, May 4, on […]
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UW Arboretum added to National Register of Historic Places
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum, the birthplace of restoration ecology, is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The listing recognizes the Arboretum’s historic […]
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Posted on April 12, 2019
UW Changes Lives: “Dairy Partner” brings news to Wisconsin dairy workers – in English or Spanish
Despite the ongoing consolidation of Wisconsin’s dairy economy, entry-level workers remain in demand. Yet many incoming workers know little or nothing about dairying, and for […]
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Posted on April 4, 2019
UW Changes Lives: Let your phone do the farming
From February through June, we will be highlighting the ways that UW–Madison changes lives for the better throughout the state of Wisconsin. March’s theme is […]
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Posted on April 3, 2019
Tiny Earth: Advancing antibiotic discoveries through undergraduate research
More and more bacteria are becoming resistant to traditional antibiotics, and this resistance has become a focal point of research at many universities. Common infections […]
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CALS offers summer classes about food, ag and science for all interested learners
Summer Term isn’t just for UW–Madison students. While taking summer classes is a great way for current UW students to get ahead in their studies, […]
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Posted on April 2, 2019
Engineers of ingenuities: Biological systems engineering students offer solutions to real-world problems in their capstone practicum
A bioreactor that removes phosphorus from lakes, an easy-to-use harness system designed to prevent falls from dangerous heights, and an early detection sensor for toxic […]
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A different beet: CALS’ Irwin Goldman is pushing this loved and loathed vegetable in new directions
Last fall, when the “Gastropod” podcast came to UW–Madison to participate in the 2018 Wisconsin Science Festival, hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley asked Irwin Goldman PhD’91 to be a guest […]
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Posted on March 18, 2019
The flight of the monarch – Audio
/RSS FeedPJ Liesch, Extension entomologist Department of Entomology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Science pliesch@wisc.edu Twitter: @WIBugGuy 2:58 – Total time 0:13 – Good news […]
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Posted on March 12, 2019
THOR wrangles complex microbiomes into a model for improving them
“Microbial communities run the world,” says Jo Handelsman, director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “People always laugh when I […]
