A Short Course ‘Tuition Promise’

  Since 1886, CALS has trained tens of thousands of agricultural professionals in the latest science-based management and production techniques through the Farm and Industry […]

A View from Space Can Save the Trees

  For government agencies and conservation groups, protecting forests can be a tall order. Their resources often don’t allow them to cover the sheer amount […]

The Tree of Life Is Rooted in Math

  Claudia Solís-Lemus has always loved numbers. Throughout her schooling in Mexico City, she found mathematics classes to be the easiest and most interesting — […]

Estate Gift Offers Boon to Graduate Students

  A former Food Research Institute (FRI) scientist and his family have bestowed CALS with a gift that will offer long-lasting support for graduate students […]

Thank You to Our 2020 Winter Graduates

  We are so proud to call you our alumni. Last year, we saw firsthand how you take on a challenge. You face it head-on. […]

Final Exam Summer 2021

A Cold, Hard Look at Macromolecules

  At its most basic level, it takes pictures. For biochemistry professor Elizabeth Wright, that’s the scaled-down explanation of cryogenic electron microscopy, or cryo-EM. But […]

Cryo-EM: A Whetstone for UW’s Competitive Edge

  UW–Madison has a strong record of contributions to structural biology, cell biology, virology, and medicine, and it hosts a vibrant community of structural biologists. […]

The New Frontiers of Potato Tech

  It’s the number one vegetable crop in the United States. Wisconsin happens to be its third largest producer (after Idaho and Washington), with 3.1 […]

Answers Await on the Ocean Floor

  It’s December 2018. Karthik Anantharaman awakens at 6 a.m., afloat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. He’s barely slept, adrenaline is flowing. There’s […]

A Synchrony of Investments

Last spring, I happily announced that our faculty ranks welcomed a tremendous influx of new talent, with 19 new hires in 2019. Now I’m pleased […]

Seven Things Everyone Should Know about . . . Tardigrades

  1. Tardigrades are tiny, water-loving animals. They prefer wet environments, and as long as the conditions are right, they can be found all over […]