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Posted on February 20, 2017
Communications expert advises how science should respond to fake news
The rise of fake news has dominated the world of politics since the last U.S. election cycle. But fake news is not at all new […]
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Posted on December 27, 2016
Annual Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum – Jan. 19
Terms such as “treading water” and “getting by” and “eating equity” are being used by agricultural economists to sum up 2016. When those same economists […]
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Posted on December 22, 2016
Aldo Leopold series involves community in environmental discussions
As environmental concerns grow more urgent, the work of Aldo Leopold remains a vital touchstone. The University of Wisconsin–Madison professor was a pioneering conservationist and […]
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Posted on November 29, 2016
Jo Handelsman named director of Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) will usher in a new year with a new director: Jo Handelsman, a Yale University professor and the associate […]
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Posted on November 22, 2016
Ann Palmenberg named 2016 AAAS Fellow
Biochemistry professor Ann Palmenberg, known for her work in molecular virology, has been elected a 2016 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of […]
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Annual Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum Jan. 19
The financial health of Wisconsin’s farms and agricultural business and emerging issues and opportunities are topics for the upcoming Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum on Thursday, […]
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Posted on November 16, 2016
CALS alumna Jane Hillstrom: Planting the seeds of communication
When she faced the challenge of helping scientists explain their research while she studied and worked at UW–Madison, Jane Hillstrom had a point of reference: […]
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Posted on October 26, 2016
UW-Madison ranked highly among global universities by U.S. News & World Report
The University of Wisconsin–Madison was ranked 29th by U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of Best Global Universities. Last year, UW–Madison was ranked 26th. The third […]
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Posted on October 19, 2016
Spooner Research Station dairy sheep flock dispersed at auction
Eighty years of sheep research and outreach came to an end with the dispersal of the dairy sheep flock at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station […]
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Posted on October 10, 2016
It’s Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch time
Do you hear that? That’s the sound of over one million students, teachers, farmers, health care providers and more crunching into fresh apples grown across […]