Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on September 8, 2022
A home wherever I go: For grad students of color, this campus community offers the support and feel of a family
“What are you looking for in a graduate school?” That was the question posed to a panel of visiting undergraduates one April afternoon in UW’s […]
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Kent Weigel, Milo Wiltbank named first Judge John J. Crown chairs
Kent Weigel and Milo Wiltbank, both professors in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, have been named the inaugural recipients of […]
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Posted on August 30, 2022
Michael Sussman named first Salm-Bray Distinguished Chair
Michael Sussman, professor of biochemistry, is the first recipient of the Salm-Bray Distinguished Chair at the UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. This chair […]
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Posted on August 25, 2022
Irish ag minister visits UW–Madison to see U.S. side of research partnership
Research aimed at improving pig health and advancing our understanding of beneficial viruses drew a visit from a foreign minister to the University of Wisconsin–Madison […]
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Posted on August 24, 2022
UW Organic Ag Field Day to highlight organic soil health
Demand for organic grain continues to increase, with prices for organic soybeans reaching $40 per bushel. While requiring different approaches to management compared to conventional […]
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Posted on August 9, 2022
UW–Madison Agronomy/Soils Field Day set for Aug. 31
Learn about the latest University of Wisconsin–Madison crop and soils research at the annual UW Agronomy/Soils Field Day set for Wednesday, Aug. 31 at the […]
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Posted on August 5, 2022
Virus research recast: To understand SARS-CoV-2, CALS scientists have pivoted projects, launched new studies and banded together
It was a quiet evening in 2012, and Robert Kirchdoerfer BS’06 was missing yet another dramatic sunset over the Pacific Ocean. But it didn’t bother him much. […]
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Posted on August 1, 2022
Enzyme, proteins work together to tidy up tail ends of DNA in dividing cells
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have described the way an enzyme and proteins interact to maintain the protective caps, called telomeres, at the end […]
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Posted on July 20, 2022
Erin Silva appointed director of Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems for three-year term
Earlier this week, Kate VandenBosch, dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, announced the appointment of Erin Silva as the […]
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Posted on July 11, 2022
Good ideas, grown and shared
They are unconventional laboratories, classrooms, and proving grounds — places to connect with the land and with nature. UW’s Agricultural Research Stations are the crown jewels of […]