The National Science Foundation has awarded 40 UW–Madison students with Graduate Research Fellowships. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding, early-career graduate students […]

Last year, after the state passed legislation making it legal to grow industrial hemp, around 200 Wisconsin farmers gave it a go. It proved challenging […]

Jo Handelsman, professor of plant pathology, was one of two UW–Madison scholars recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The election recognizes the contributions […]

If there’s anything that could be called the archenemy of Midwestern soybean producers, it just might be Sclerotinia stem rot. Once thought of as only […]

More and more bacteria are becoming resistant to traditional antibiotics, and this resistance has become a focal point of research at many universities. Common infections […]

Summer Term isn’t just for UW–Madison students. While taking summer classes is a great way for current UW students to get ahead in their studies, […]

For most people, a fruit smoothie is a healthy, refreshing drink. For students who sign up for Plant Pathology 123 during Summer Term at the […]

“Microbial communities run the world,” says Jo Handelsman, director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “People always laugh when I […]

As ginseng growers in Wisconsin prepare to export fresh ginseng roots to Taiwan, they need to be able to show that the roots will not […]

The struggle against plant disease will never end, but farmers can now get a boost from big data, advanced predictions, and, of course, the computer-in-a-pocket […]