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  • Posted on April 18, 2014
    Ticks likely winter survivors – Audio
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    Susan Paskewitz, Professor Department of Entomology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences paskewit@entomology.wisc.edu 608-262-1269 http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/wisconsin-ticks/wisconsin-ticks/ Susan Paskewitz tells the fate of ticks after this […]

  • Posted on April 8, 2014
    “Your Inner Fish,” with strong UW connections, premieres on PBS

    A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor wants to help more people get to know their ancestors. Sean B. Carroll, Allan Wilson Professor of molecular biology, genetics […]

  • Posted on March 17, 2014
    In the lab, scientists coax E. coli to resist radiation damage

    Capitalizing on the ability of an organism to evolve in response to punishment from a hostile environment, scientists have coaxed the model bacterium Escherichia coli […]

  • Posted on March 11, 2014
    Paradigm shifts, great discoveries and shining moments

    In honor of the CALS Quasquicentennial, the cover story in the new issue of Grow magazine includes accounts of a dozen paradigm shifts, great discoveries and shining […]

  • Posted on March 5, 2014
    Two CALS alumni among WAA Forward Under 40 honorees

    The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) has recognized seven young alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Madison for their contributions in a wide variety of fields to […]

  • Posted on February 10, 2014
    Communicating science in the digital age

    Two months after retiring from the Madison-based Wisconsin State Journal, where for 34 years he’d reported primarily on science and the environment, Ron Seely splays […]

  • Posted on January 10, 2014
    Skop elected to board of Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science

    Ahna Skop, associate professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been elected to the board of the Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and […]

  • Posted on January 6, 2014
    The human microbiome: Scientists work to understand the potential that microbes may hold for human health

    By Erik Ness Jim Steele used to be one of the skeptics. He’d be at a conference, listening to early research on the health benefits […]

  • Posted on December 9, 2013
    CALS researchers developing novel treatment for septic shock

    By the time doctors diagnose septic shock, patients often are on a knife’s edge. At that point, for every hour that treatment is delayed, a […]

  • Posted on November 25, 2013
    UW-Madison senior wins Rhodes Scholarship

    University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Drew Birrenkott of McFarland, Wis. has been awarded a 2014 Rhodes Scholarship. He joins an elite group of students that have […]