Category: Economic and Community Development
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Posted on January 10, 2011
Should Wisconsin honor its hardest-working bacterium?
Wisconsin has a state dance (the polka), a state fossil (the trilobite), a state beverage (milk, of course) and 18 other official state symbols. But […]
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Posted on January 6, 2011
Global Health Initiative seeks campuswide involvement in incubator series
Global health problems extend beyond clinics, vaccine laboratories, and hospitals. Some of the most pressing problems stem from societal, economic and environmental factors as well. […]
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Girl Scouts to extract strawberry DNA at UW-Madison workshops
A group of 48 middle school-aged Girl Scouts will learn how to extract DNA from strawberries during two “Biochemistry in the Kitchen” science outreach events, […]
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New sustainability project to focus on links between water system and human, landscape factors
An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is turning a comprehensive lens on Madison’s water in all its forms — […]
- Posted on January 3, 2011
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Gaining on the drain
Attracted by amenities, young professionals are moving back to parts of rural Wisconsin that have seen decades of population decline. Will jobs follow?
- Posted on December 21, 2010
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Posted on December 20, 2010
Teri Balser accepts U.S. Professor of the Year award
In her acceptance speech, soil scientist Teri Balser discusses her teaching approach.
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CALS team aims to improve African grain fonio
The goal is to build community, economy in Sub-Sahara region