Category: Featured Articles
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Posted on March 20, 2020
Students: Have questions about alternative instruction? Find resources here.
Classes start again on March 23, and instructors have been working hard to adapt their materials for online instruction. Be sure to watch for updates […]
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Posted on March 15, 2020
‘The sweeping landscape of her work’
It took a hard-fought battle, but in 1919, after decades of petitions, demonstrations, and arrests, women finally won the right to vote. The passage and ratification of the […]
- Posted on March 12, 2020
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Posted on January 17, 2020
A model solution: Researchers expand a powerful computer simulation tool to address nitrate contamination in Wisconsin’s groundwater
When agronomy professor Chris Kucharik and his wife, Amy, moved into a subdivision in the Town of Burke in 2006, they weren’t surprised to learn their well water […]
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Posted on December 10, 2019
Deep in the weeds: Close study of an ordinary plant could lead to big advances in agriculture and medicine
If you were to come across a patch of thale cress poking through a crack in a parking lot, you might not think much of […]
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Posted on October 29, 2019
Big data wranglers: CALS scientists find ways to gather and analyze massive amounts of information for better farm management
The video clip shows some very colorful calves. It’s an overhead view of five young Holsteins, but none of them is black and white. They […]
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Posted on September 17, 2019
‘App’-riculture: CALS experts develop mobile apps to bring science to farmers anytime, anywhere
Mike Cerny has been farming long enough to have a reliable intuition when it comes to decisions about applying chemical protection to his crops. So it […]
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Posted on September 9, 2019
The case for healthier tomatoes: Could boosting resistance to plant pathogens in crops help prevent the spread of foodborne illnesses to people?
At some point in your life, you’ve probably gone to class knowing you left an assignment unfinished. The knot in your stomach grew as homework […]
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Posted on September 3, 2019
The protein professor: Food chemist Srinivasan Damodaran lends his expertise to innovations in food and nonfood products alike
Srinivasan Damodaran came to the United States in 1976 from South India, where the green revolution was fueling an explosion of wheat and rice production — […]
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Posted on June 4, 2019
Knowledge applied: The team at the Applied Population Laboratory helps decision-makers understand complex social trends and plan for the future
Should a school district close an elementary school with shrinking enrollment, or will student numbers rebound in the coming years? What’s the outlook for a […]