University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have received a $2.4 million Department of Defense grant to study the behavior and persistence in soils of the agent believed to cause chronic wasting disease, and to determine CWD’s potential for spreading to other species.

Three University of Wisconsin-Madison students have a better understanding of Native American culture and beliefs after taking a class on representations of Native Americans in the media.

As a freshman at Madison East High School, Lynette Brennan Childs knew that genetics was for her. Today, Childs is a research associate for Infigen, Inc. in DeForest. Formed in 1997, Infigen is a biotechnology company commercializing cloning services in the fields of human health and animal agriculture.

The 1984-1985 famine in Ethiopia has had a lasting impact on Noelle Johnson. After reading about the famine, she was determined to go to Africa to help. Today, she works with Catholic Relief Services to improve food security and sustainable agriculture in Africa. There, she applies what she learned earning a bachelor?s degree in nutritional sciences from the UW-Madison and a master?s in international agricultural development from the University of California-Davis.

Cooperatives have consistently identified improved understanding of co-operative basics, particularly among young people and younger members, as a critical need. Addressing this need, the University of Wisconsin?s Center for Cooperatives (UWCC) has launched a website for high school students and young adults. This one-of-a-kind site offers learning modules on a number of relevant cooperative issues as well as resources on scholarships for young cooperators. Adding to this repository of information are links to games and other co-op websites.

Carolyn Dedolph’s plans were a little vague when she left Columbus High School for UW-Madison.

Doug Maxwell, emeritus professor of plant pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has won this year”s Chair”s Award for Scientific Excellence from the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development.