Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on April 1, 2020
UW–Madison CALS experts available to discuss COVID-19 impacts
The following experts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are available to discuss impacts of COVID-19 and to provide tips and […]
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Posted on March 31, 2020
CALS research labs gather surplus PPE for frontline health care workers
As the COVID-19 pandemic drains Wisconsin hospitals and health care facilities of their personal protective equipment (PPE) stockpiles, research units in UW–Madison’s College of Agricultural […]
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Posted on March 30, 2020
UW–Madison temporarily closes on-campus Dairy Cattle Center in wake of COVID-19
In just a few weeks, there have been many changes on the UW–Madison campus – in-person classes have been replaced with distance learning alternatives and […]
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Posted on March 26, 2020
Six UW–Madison postdoctoral fellowships funded by state-sponsored Dairy Innovation Hub
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently awarded six, two-year postdoctoral fellowships to help increase dairy-related research capacity through the […]
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Posted on March 25, 2020
Survey: Many still find it hard to stay home during pandemic, worry about mental health during isolation
Most people are motivated to physically separate themselves from others to help stop the spread of coronavirus — according to more than 26,000 Wisconsin residents […]
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Q&A with Amy Wray: Bats and COVID-19
It would be hard to find someone more enthusiastic about bats than Amy Wray. She’s so fascinated by these winged mammals that she has devoted […]
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Posted on March 17, 2020
Stephenson and Shutske: Six possible impacts of COVID-19 on farming
The World Health Organization now considers the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to be a pandemic. The rapidly evolving situation is raising questions throughout the U.S. The […]
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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 […]
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Posted on March 9, 2020
Brandon Taylor’s acclaimed novel ‘Real Life’ explores his complex experience at UW–Madison
Brandon Taylor had to decide which passion he could live without. Science, the profession he’d imagined for himself since childhood. Or writing, which he’d embraced […]
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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 […]