Many projects will be featured at a poster session showcasing biotechnology research by University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students, held March 10 from 4:30 to 7:00 at the Monona Terrace.

Young adults can be motivated to eat more servings of fruits and vegetables if they are exposed to tailored, practical messages about nutrition.

Scientific study sometimes focuses on one process at the expense of the larger, interconnected picture. One University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriologist recognizes this trend, and tries to take a step back in her own research; she works to understand not just how biochemical processes work, but how they affect one another.

University of Wisconsin-Madison agricultural economists dusted off some long-idle superlatives to write their year-end review of the state’s farm sector, and they’re fairly optimistic about prospects for the year ahead.

Clarence Everett (Pat) Johnson, emeritus professor of food science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died Friday, Jan. 14. He was 82 years old.

Frederick H. Buttel, professor of rural sociology and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died of cancer Jan. 14 at his home in Madison. He was 56 years old.

Can a few tree genes call most of the shots in an ecosystem? Many biologists would say

Over the past decade, Green Bay’s perch fishery has plummeted while double-crested cormorants have thrived. Cormorants eat fish, including perch, and a lot of people are wondering whether hungry cormorants are contributing to the perch decline.

It’s probably more effective to get vitamins and nutrients by eating fruits and vegetables than by taking dietary supplements, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher. And what’s more, your vegetable options may soon expand as lines of specialty red, yellow and purple carrots begin appearing in stores.

Arthur Barclay “Chappie” Chapman, emeritus professor of genetics and animal breeding at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died Dec. 29, 2004 at the Don and Marilyn Anderson HospiceCare facility in Madison. He was 96 years old.