Category: Beyond classroom experiences
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Posted on February 14, 2017
The inner world of athletes: Using technology to explore a microbial medical mystery
So many things typically distinguish accomplished athletes from the rest of us—greater strength and endurance, better balance, faster reactions—but one of the more surprising differences […]
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Posted on January 23, 2017
A place to belong: CALS student organizations offer personal growth, professional development and community
They sell holiday roasts and turkeys, fix lawn mowers and snowblowers for the public, grow and give away fruits and vegetables and volunteer in school […]
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Posted on October 18, 2016
Buckthorn Baggie kills invasive trees without chemicals
Every startup should have an origin story. Apple and its essential garage. The Wright brothers: two bicycle mechanics who invented one incredible flying machine. The […]
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Posted on October 4, 2016
Natural leader: CALS student Sarah Krier develops “Little Aldos” program for kids
Growing up, Sarah Krier was fascinated by the outdoors. On a typical day she would be outside exploring, picking up bugs, and returning home muddy. […]
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Media advisory: UW-Madison food science department to celebrate new wine industry partnership
MEDIA ADVISORY 10/4/16 CONTACT: Monica Theis, mltheis@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2225 What: Open house to learn about UW-Madison partnership with wine industry When: 2 to 4 p.m. […]
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Posted on August 29, 2016
Students find passion in labs as Undergraduate Summer Research Scholars
Hannah Poe peers into a large microscope in the Hector F. DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building, seeing not just florescent molecules of RNA, but also a […]
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Posted on August 24, 2016
CALS undergrads get in-the-field experience during summer ARS internships
Undergraduate students in the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) participate in many “beyond the classroom” experiences during their time in college. Summer […]
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Posted on May 13, 2016
Life Sciences Communication capstone creates campaigns to promote recycling in dorms
Here at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, many hopeful graduates must fulfill a capstone requirement. From engineering to education, capstone courses are a culmination and application […]
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Posted on May 12, 2016
UW journal of undergraduate research publishes first issue
Seven researchers who happen to be undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison now share a point on their curricula vitae with their professors and […]
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Posted on May 10, 2016
For Theo Loo, an unintimidated, humble approach to solving global problems
Big problems don’t intimidate UW-Madison senior Theo Loo. And big ideas, it seems, come naturally. One of eight undergraduate Wisconsin Idea Fellows at the Morgridge […]