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Thank You to Our Spring 2020 Graduates
Posted on July 27, 2021We are so proud to call you our alumni. Last spring, we saw first-hand how you take on a challenge. You face it head on. […]
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The Future Holds No Limits for Meat Science at CALS
Posted on June 16, 2021Jordan Nehls BS’17 cooks up a lot of hamburgers and chicken breasts — but it’s not the sort of fare she can serve to […]
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Bucky’s Varsity Meats Educates and Delights
Posted onAn important public-facing part of the Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery (MSABD) program now has pride of place. The storefront for the campus […]
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Bucky’s ‘Meaty’ History
Posted onWisconsin has a Grade A past when it comes to the meat industry. It’s the birthplace of several iconic brands that made sausage and […]
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A Wisconsin Idea Win-Win
Posted onAt a sweeping bend of the Mississippi River, where the waterway widens and flows through shimmering Lake Pepin, tourists come to snarf slabs of […]
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The Race to the Animal Vault
Posted onThe last known Pyrenean ibex, a wild goat named Celia, died more than two decades ago, the victim of a falling branch. But before […]
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Research Creates Teaching Opportunities
Posted onIn 2015, genetics professor Francisco Pelegrí launched a course called Developmental Genetics for Conservation and Regeneration that ties directly to his ongoing research program. […]
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Tech Transfer Then, Now, and Tomorrow
Posted onIn 1925, biochemistry professor Harry Steenbock did something that, at the time, was considered highly unusual. He had developed a process for using ultraviolet radiation […]
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The Top Five Myths about Microwave Cooking
Posted onMYTH 1: Microwaves make food radioactive. Fact: Microwaves are a form of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation used to detect speeding cars and to send telephone […]
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Listen to the Forest – and Learn
Posted onIn the forest, life is often heard before it’s seen. Hikers and hunters are familiar with the creature chorus: cicada trills and tree frog […]
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Class Act | Speaking Up for Farmers in Malawi
Posted onLusayo Mwakatika BS’21 grew his first garden at the age of 14. He harvested his own vegetables, sold them to friends and neighbors, and […]
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Students Take on Dairy Dilemmas
Posted onCold milk has long been offered alongside lunches and snacks in elementary schools, traditionally served in paper cartons. But those cartons require refrigeration, and […]