The Badger State’s Hmong Community, by the Numbers

  Wisconsin’s Hmong population reached 62,331 in 2020, according to a recent report from the UW Applied Population Laboratory. It’s a 25% increase over the […]

Gut Reaction

  Every part of your life, from your birth to the places you’ve lived to the snack you just devoured, shapes the community of microbes […]

Dairyland’s Ambassador

  “Here’s an extra special fun fact: The first potatoes grown in space came from UW–Madison,” says Halei Heinzel FISC’22, BS’24. Heinzel speaks with enthusiasm […]

Planned Gift Supports Entomology Grad Students Through Academic Life Cycle

  As they metamorphose into full-fledged professionals, entomology graduate students pass through key stages of development. They have to contribute to their field of study […]

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The Landfill Lady, Hungry Microbes, and Leaping the Valley of Death

  Erica L-W Majumder might be an alchemist. Her goal? Turn trash into environmental gold. This assistant professor of bacteriology believes landfills like the one […]

How Wet is America’s Soil? Nobody Really Knows, But AI Can Help

  From sudden floods to weeks of scorching heat, increasingly unstable weather is a headache for U.S. farmers. Known as “weather whiplash,” these disorienting swings […]

A Prolific Partnership Enters a New Era

  The day promises to be witheringly hot. Guolong Liang BS’19, MS’22 arrives at Isherwood Farm around 8 a.m. to get an early start. As […]

Student Centered

  We entered the fall 2024 semester with positive news about our undergraduate enrollment. At orientation and registration this summer, our academic affairs staff advised […]

Five Fascinating Facets of the Indigenous ‘Three Sisters’ Cropping Method

  The Three Sisters is a method of planting corn, beans, and squash in close proximity. The method was developed by Indigenous peoples in North […]

The Wide Way to Community

  Rutuja Gupte BSx’26 is an explorer by nature. She grew up near Mumbai, India, but she made the adventuresome decision to come to UW […]

Feed Fish, Grow Plants — on Water

  Back on April 22 — Earth Day 2024 — a small crowd gathered in UW’s D.C. Smith Greenhouse to celebrate and learn. Attendees sampled […]