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  • A young man sits at the back of a small aluminum boat and steers it across a lake using an outboard motor.

    In Pursuit of Mudpuppies

    Posted on March 5, 2025

      The first time Mason Polencheck BSx’25 met a mudpuppy, he was nine years old, on a fishing trip in the waters of Lake Superior. […]

  • A photo illustration on a light blue background depicts photographs of various modes of water recreation, including kayaking, boating, swimming, and fishing, all connected by a winding river.

    Pristine Waterways: How to Put a Price on the Priceless

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      Americans are demanding cleaner lakes, beaches, and rivers. In survey after survey, people rank water quality as the environmental issue that worries them the […]

  • A grandmother and grand daughter in a field looking in a insect catching net.

    Honorary Degrees and Deep Connections

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      It’s like the ultimate sleepover with the grandparents: ice cream for breakfast, a behind-the-scenes tour of Camp Randall Stadium, and then an afternoon of […]

  • A woman student stands at a lab bench with various implements and presents to two woman seated on either side of her. Another woman observes in the background.

    How We RISE to the Challenges of the World

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      In February 2024, UW Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin announced the launch of the Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence Initiative (RISE). Broadly, the goal […]

  • An illustration of robots working in a farm field and a computer screen depicting scientific and molecular symbols emerging from an opened pill capsule. A medication bottle rests on a desktop nearby.

    AI, Data Science, and the Transformation of Scientific Research: A Primer

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      Artificial intelligence (AI) and data science are two closely related yet distinct fields that are driving research and innovation in the agricultural and life […]

  • Two photos side-by-side on a pile of cheese curds. The first pile of curds has not been baked, but the second pile has and there are some dark crispy spots on them.

    And the Squeak Goes on

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      When thinking about what makes different foods pleasurable to eat, taste and texture will always come to mind. But the noise a morsel makes […]

  • A landscape of the Blackfeet Reservation. There is an old wood and wire fence. Behind it is a pond, plains, and rolling hills. Buffalo graze on the plains.

    The Sovereign Right to Renewable Resources

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      The quality of land on Native American reservations is often considered poor. These regions, where the U.S. government relocated tribes in the mid- to […]

  • A row of six vials. The liquids range from extremely dark to clear.

    From Biomass to BPA Preplacement

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      We’ve all heard the warning: Don’t microwave your food in plastic containers. It’s one recommendation aimed at reducing exposure to bisphenol A, more commonly […]

  • There are three images of the same patch of land at different times. The first is a patch of grass with a dense line of trees. The second is patchy grass and bare trees. Third is the back to dense trees and healthy grass.

    The Side Effects of Self-Defense

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      Since the early 2000s, spongy moth caterpillars, invaders from Europe, have flexed their gustatory muscle in Wisconsin by stripping entire stands of trees of […]

  • Two cupped hands hold a small pile of seeds.

    The Seeds of Innovation Germinate

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      In The Seeds of Innovation (Grow, spring 2024), professor and extension specialist Julie Dawson gave readers a primer on intellectual property (IP) in the seed […]

  • A photo basket of tomatoes and potatoes contained within a state of Wisconsin-shaped image.

    Agriculture’s Economic Impact in Wisconsin

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      Wisconsin’s agricultural production and food processing sectors contributed $116.3 billion in industrial revenues in 2022, according to a UW study. That’s more than 14% […]

  • A man in a red T-shirt and baseball cap holding a poster makes a presentation to an off-camera audience in an agricultural field while another man in a black shirt and jeans looks on.

    A New View of Diversified Crop Benefits

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      It’s long been assumed that diversified cropping systems, which involve growing a variety of crops in one area with manure as a nutrient source, […]

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