Category: Healthy Ecosystems
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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 Whitbank 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 September 2, 2022
Just like a trip to Japan
In a span of 20 minutes, a dozen UW students visited a Japanese pastry shop and a high-tech sushi restaurant, and then they got ice […]
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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
Six hard truths about vertical farming
The promise of vertical farming — grow crops anytime, anywhere — is fantastic. Promoters speak of a world where wheat cultivated in a repurposed warehouse […]
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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 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 19, 2022
UW–Madison researchers awarded $2.3 million to develop a carbon-negative cement replacement
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Penn State, and the University of Illinois Chicago will use a $2.3 million grant from the Department of Energy […]
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Posted on July 13, 2022
Public invited to UW Potato Breeding Field Day at Rhinelander Ag Research Station
Rhinelander Agricultural Research Station, home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s potato breeding program, is one of the nation’s top potato research facilities, making it a […]
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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 […]