Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on May 1, 2023
Pathways to immunity: To better fight disease, Jing Fan is pushing the boundaries of immunometabolism
Jing Fan recalls the first science experiment she ever performed. She was a kindergartener in Beijing, China, and her class made glue out of flower petals. […]
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Posted on April 26, 2023
Farmers markets as community builders
It’s a Saturday morning at the farmers market. You check in with the grower at your favorite tomato stand, stop to enjoy the folk music […]
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Posted on April 3, 2023
UW–Madison celebrates completion of new and improved Babcock Hall facilities
The time has come to celebrate the completion of a major construction project for UW–Madison’s Babcock Hall, the heart of the university’s dairy product research […]
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The Babcock Hall Dairy Plant and the Center for Dairy Research get major updates in form and function
When it was first constructed in 1951, Babcock Hall — UW’s beloved producer of ice cream, cheese, and other famous dairy goods — was a […]
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Posted on March 15, 2023
Students explore personal connections to nutrition and food in summer term course
For students interested in global health, nutrition, health equity or the economics of food, there is a lot to learn in World Hunger and Malnutrition. […]
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Posted on March 3, 2023
Americans put carbon on a diet
Every choice we make as consumers has a climate impact. It’s often measured in terms of a “carbon footprint” — that is, the amount of […]
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Posted on March 1, 2023
Fixing the future: UW researchers offer reasons for hope
UW–Madison professors aren’t merely dreaming of a better world — they’re actively building it. We asked faculty members across campus to describe breakthroughs in their […]
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Posted on February 28, 2023
A new tactic in the superbug battle
During a 2015 trip to Egypt, Tom Patterson suffered a gallstone attack and soon fell terribly ill. But that’s not what nearly killed him. Patterson […]
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Posted on February 8, 2023
Global Health among UW’s 5 hottest majors
For 175 years, UW–Madison has relentlessly worked to make Wisconsin a better place by strengthening the economy, unlocking medical and scientific innovations, and creating pathways […]
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Posted on February 3, 2023
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 announced a second cohort of six, two-year postdoctoral fellowships to help increase dairy-related […]