Category: Featured Articles
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Posted on October 28, 2014
Hunger and poverty in Wisconsin, county by county
County-by-county poverty and food security trends are available in a new series of reports prepared by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Extension and University of […]
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Posted on October 16, 2014
Climate change alters the cast of winter birds
Over the past two decades, the resident communities of birds that attend eastern North America’s backyard bird feeders in winter have quietly been remade, most […]
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Posted on October 11, 2014
New UW outreach specialist will support state’s wine and cider industries
Ryan Prellwitz has a piece of advice for amateur winemakers who decide to scale up and make it a business. “Forget everything you learned as […]
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Posted on October 1, 2014
By the numbers: A look at Wisconsin’s Latino population
Wisconsin’s Latino population is 74 percent larger and significantly more homegrown today than it was at the beginning of the century, according to a report […]
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Posted on September 29, 2014
Hungry for more: University-community partnership seeks healthy food for all
The majority of food consumed in American cities is transported from at least 1,500 miles away. And yet, in urban areas like Detroit, more than […]
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Posted on September 3, 2014
Probing the mysteries of RNA
For people who know about RNA mostly from its place in the central dogma of biology — DNA ➙ RNA ➙ Protein — this story […]
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Posted on August 19, 2014
CALS landscape architecture alum and his Chicago firm are influencing popular urban landscapes across the country
In a loft space overlooking popular bars, restaurants, and a doughnut shop where people line up for blocks in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, Scott Freres […]
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Posted on August 6, 2014
Of cows and climate: CALS researchers leading effort to make dairy farms ‘greener’
On a subzero February day, Mark Powell stops his vehicle on the road a few miles outside Prairie du Sac. He’s been explaining that cows […]
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Posted on July 14, 2014
Empty nests: Wisconsin conservationists commemorate the passenger pigeons that once darkened our skies
One hundred years ago, a passenger pigeon named Martha died in a Cincinnati zoo. If she had been lonely, it was for good reason: She […]
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Posted on June 30, 2014
Blooming with Knowledge: Master Gardener Volunteers share expertise and joy of gardening
Three years ago I was at a complete loss when it came to the grounds surrounding my home. What was I going to do with […]