Category: Beyond classroom experiences
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Posted on December 1, 2021
December 2021 grad: Amanda Mui embraced lab research and many other experiences
Amanda Mui, a native of Delafield, Wisconsin, will be graduating in December 2021 with a double-major in genetics and genomics and Spanish. In this Q&A, […]
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Dairy Innovation Hub holds first Dairy Symposium to share knowledge, build connections
The UW Dairy Innovation Hub held its first annual Dairy Symposium on Thursday, Nov. 18 at Union South on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. The […]
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Posted on November 29, 2021
A Wisconsin Idea win-win: CALS works with local communities through the UniverCity Year program
At a sweeping bend of the Mississippi River, where the waterway widens and flows through shimmering Lake Pepin, tourists come to snarf slabs of homemade […]
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Posted on November 2, 2021
Research creates teaching opportunities
In 2015, genetics professor Francisco Pelegrí launched a course called Developmental Genetics for Conservation and Regeneration that ties directly to his ongoing research program. The aim is […]
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Posted on October 12, 2021
UW scientists team with meat industry to provide food safety solution
Foodborne pathogens are often difficult to control during food production. Salmonella, which causes over 1 million illnesses in the U.S. each year, is particularly nefarious. […]
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Posted on October 7, 2021
Students take on dairy dilemmas
Cold milk has long been offered alongside lunches and snacks in elementary schools, traditionally served in paper cartons. But those cartons require refrigeration, and they’re […]
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The race to the animal vault: CALS researchers look to store genetic samples and revitalize endangered — and possibly extinct — species
The last known Pyrenean ibex, a wild goat named Celia, died more than two decades ago, the victim of a falling branch. But before she […]
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Posted on September 9, 2021
Photos: Fall 2021 back to school at UW–Madison CALS
Last week the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences began welcoming students to campus with orientation and other activities for new and […]
- Posted on May 6, 2021
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Posted on April 23, 2021
Haley Trecker found identity, confidence at UW–Madison with QuickStart
Haley Trecker admits she was pretty nervous back in 2018 about coming to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. As the first person in her family to […]