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Posted on September 11, 2017
Noted educator, scientist and entrepreneur Mark Cook dies at 61
Mark Cook, a professor of animal sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison whose research yielded advances in human health and food production, died from complications […]
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Posted on September 7, 2017
Campus museums recreate ‘cabinet of natural history’ digitally
In 1849, the Board of Regents of the new University of Wisconsin directed the curation of the state’s plants, animals and minerals in a “cabinet […]
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Posted on August 28, 2017
Popular science
Can Bill Nye, the famed Science Guy of the ’90s, really save the world? UW researchers posed that question in jest in an online column […]
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Posted on August 22, 2017
Wisconsin Athletics to celebrate Wisconsin’s agricultural industry at Sept. 9 game
University of Wisconsin Athletics and its multimedia rights holder Learfield’s Badger Sports Properties are pleased to announce that September 9 will mark the 5th Annual […]
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Posted on August 17, 2017
CALS announces 2017 Honorary Recognition awardees
On Oct. 19, the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) will present its Honorary Recognition Award to Allan Herrman and Louis […]
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Posted on August 3, 2017
UW Agronomy/Soils Field Day scheduled for Aug. 30
The 2017 UW Agronomy/Soils Field Day will highlight University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension research to help understand and cultivate resilient agricultural systems – systems that recover or […]
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Posted on July 18, 2017
Public invited to horticulture field day at UW’s West Madison Ag Research Station
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s West Madison Agricultural Research Station (ARS) will be hosting a field day for the general public on Saturday, Aug. 12. The […]
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Posted on July 6, 2017
Remembering the CALS ag educator who wrote an inspiring creed for farmers
One hundred years ago, two men introduced a piece of legislation to the U.S. Congress that would forever change the future of agricultural education. Senator […]
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Posted on June 26, 2017
By far, men garner most coveted speaking slots at virology meetings
Ann Palmenberg and Rob Kalejta heard complaints at one too many virology conferences about the perceived lack of women among the invited and keynote speakers. […]
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Posted on June 22, 2017
Alumni receptions daily at Farm Technology Days
Alumni from the University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin Technical Colleges are invited to stop by the Alumni Tent during Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, July […]