Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on January 25, 2021
Hype, hope and reality of hemp: CALS and Extension experts help farmers as the industry makes its resurgence in Wisconsin
In late 2018, Ralph and Beth Aschenbrenner started hearing a lot of good things about growing industrial hemp. Hemp is an incredibly versatile plant, known for its strong fiber […]
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Posted on December 23, 2020
How to communicate with students about COVID-19, according to science
As universities look to welcome students back for another pandemic-era semester, they can turn to new insights from the National Academy of Sciences backed by research on […]
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Posted on December 9, 2020
UW researchers honored as inventors
Three University of Wisconsin–Madison professors — Charles Mistretta, Denise Ney and Ann Palmenberg — have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. NAI […]
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Posted on November 25, 2020
Dairy Innovation Hub holds first Dairy Summit
The Dairy Innovation Hub, which launched in 2019, harnesses research and development at UW–Madison, UW–Platteville and UW–River Falls campuses to keep Wisconsin’s dairy community at the global forefront in producing […]
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Posted on November 18, 2020
UW launches new global health major
2020 has been a time of expanded visibility of—and appreciation for—global public health efforts, a year when people have been paying attention to the complex […]
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Posted on November 16, 2020
Let food be your medicine: Huichuan Lai finds ways to improve the lives of people with cystic fibrosis
Medical student Alice Huang was dutifully taking notes during a lecture at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine when she snapped to attention. There on the […]
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Five things everyone should know about the economic impacts of COVID-19
1. In a single month, the COVID-19 pandemic erased more than a decade’s-worth of new jobs. During the Great Recession (2007-09), Wisconsin’s employment level fell to […]
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Posted on November 10, 2020
Turkey tips this fall – Audio
Barb Ingham Extension Food Science Specialist Department of Food Science University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension bhingham@wisc.edu (608) 263-7383 Total Time: 8:54 0:12 – Turkey […]
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Posted on October 29, 2020
Celebration for UW–Madison’s new Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery building set for Nov. 6
The UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) is celebrating completion of the new Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery (MSABD) building on November […]
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Posted on October 28, 2020
Facts about the Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery building and program
The UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) is celebrating completion of the new Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery (MSABD) building on November […]