Category: Students
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Posted on December 4, 2018
New summer program helped Esker get ‘QuickStart’ at UW–Madison
Whether he’s hiking a trail or fragmenting DNA in a laboratory, Aaron Esker of Appleton, Wisconsin, knows how to find excitement. The Appleton East High […]
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Posted on November 21, 2018
‘Foray’ draws scientists to Wisconsin in search of mushrooms, fellowship
The caravan rolled slowly down Brodhead Street past the Mazomanie Historical Society, crossed the railroad tracks and took a right on Hudson Street to stay […]
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Posted on November 15, 2018
UW–Madison’s free tuition program could be a game-changer for families affected by the depressed farm and dairy economy
A new University of Wisconsin–Madison program that provides free tuition for students from low- and moderate-income households comes at a good time for families struggling […]
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Posted on October 24, 2018
New summer program helps UW freshmen get ‘QuickStart’
The cows plod into a barn for milking around 4:30 a.m., where Austin Vandertie, his mom, and dad – all slightly bleary-eyed – start cleaning […]
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Posted on June 19, 2018
Coursework and Dairy Challenge prepared UW dairy science grads for careers
Although Logan Voigts hadn’t been to this dairy farm before, he was pretty sure he’d find problems with the calves. Sure enough, when he got […]
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Posted on May 24, 2018
Wild Wisconsin yeast find their way into bread, beer and class
Your next bite of local bread or gulp of Madison beer might just have a little piece of Sheboygan in it. Sheboygan yeast, anyway. That […]
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Posted on April 26, 2018
Bird observing course an experience in finding passion for nature
The students were thrilled that, for the first time all semester, they could conduct their lab outing without huddling under winter coats. Though it was […]
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Posted on April 18, 2018
UW–Madison dairy science students win national management contest
Students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Dairy Science took first place at the National Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge, held April 12-14 in Visalia, California. […]
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Posted on April 11, 2018
Fermentation education: A new certificate program gives students a competitive edge in a burgeoning market
As the one and only enologist, or wine scientist, on the UW–Madison campus, a large part of Nick Smith’s job is guiding a group of hopeful […]
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Posted on April 6, 2018
UW–Madison students awarded prestigious NSF fellowships
Twenty-six students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF fellowship program selects […]