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  • How to Time Travel Without Fear

    Posted on August 2, 2022

      Betül Kaçar is a self-described gözü kara. The Turkish term refers to people from the Black Sea region of the country, but it has […]

  • Cellular and molecular biology graduate student Christiana Binkley and Hector Salazar, a lab manager at the UW Alzheimer's Research Center, greet a member of the Science and Medicine Graduate Research Scholars during one of the program's receptions.

    ‘A Home Wherever I Go’

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      “What are you looking for in a graduate school?” That was the question posed to a panel of visiting undergraduates one April afternoon in […]

  • Donale Richards, Leslie Holland, and Manika Clemente participating in a panel.

    Communities Across Campus

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      SciMed GRS is part of a growing network of organizations developed to support underrepresented students on the UW campus. “Many SciMed GRS students are […]

  • Sadegh Ranjbar flying a drone over a field.

    Innovation through Campus Cooperation in America’s Dairyland

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      In 2019, Wisconsin dairy leaders approached state legislators with a long-standing problem and a request for help. The state’s dairy farm numbers were in […]

  • Dean Kate VandenBosch in front of a field.

    Stepping Down, Staying On

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      As I mentioned in the fall 2021 issue, I am stepping down as dean of CALS this summer. This will be my last column […]

  • Illustration of two scientists in two rows of vertical farm plants.

    Six Hard Truths about Vertical Farming

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      The promise of vertical farming — grow crops anytime, anywhere — is fantastic. Promoters speak of a world where wheat cultivated in a repurposed […]

  • Natalia Betancourt Rodriguez leaning against a pillar.

    Community, Humanity, and Openness

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      For much of her life, Natalia Betancourt Rodriguez BSx’24 never imagined leaving Colombia. She felt that the change she could bring to the beautiful, […]

  • A laptop screen showing an aerial drone view of the lands surrounding Yuichi Sato's farm in the town of Shimizu, west of Obihiro, Japan, from an interview and virtual tour recorded in summer 2021.

    Just Like a Trip to Japan

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      In a span of 20 minutes, a dozen UW students visited a Japanese pastry shop and a high-tech sushi restaurant, and then they got […]

  • Students from Nuestro Mundo Community School work with Claudia Calderón, a member of the teaching faculty in the horticulture department, and recent UW graduate Jackie Olson, to place plants in the school’s garden.

    Lessons in the Garden

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      Plants and humans have always been connected. They evolved together. Yet many people fail to realize how fundamental plants are to their daily lives […]

  • Warbler bird on a tree branch.

    Where, Exactly, Are the Warblers?

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      As humans continue to drastically alter landscapes across the country, birds suffer the consequences. By at least one estimate, the population of North American […]

  • A Round-Up of CALS Research for Summer 2022

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      A Molecular Understanding of Antibiotics Antibiotics are good at killing pathogens, but they also eliminate beneficial gut bacteria. This makes patients more prone to […]

  • Citizen Science ‘App’-roach Has Successful Year

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      In “Bee-Spying Mission Seeks Operatives” (Grow, Fall 2021), Jocelyn Cao BS’21 introduced readers to WiBee: The Wisconsin Wild Bee App. It’s part of a […]

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