Thank You to Our Spring 2021 Graduates

We are so proud to call you our alumni. Thank you, CALS spring 2021 grads, for your flexibility, your fortitude, and your grace under pressure. […]

Final Exam Fall 2021

The Future Holds No Limits for Meat Science at CALS

  Jordan Nehls BS’17 cooks up a lot of hamburgers and chicken breasts — but it’s not the sort of fare she can serve to […]

Bucky’s Varsity Meats Educates and Delights

  An important public-facing part of the Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery (MSABD) program now has pride of place. The storefront for the campus […]

Bucky’s ‘Meaty’ History

  Wisconsin has a Grade A past when it comes to the meat industry. It’s the birthplace of several iconic brands that made sausage and […]

A Wisconsin Idea Win-Win

  At a sweeping bend of the Mississippi River, where the waterway widens and flows through shimmering Lake Pepin, tourists come to snarf slabs of […]

The Race to the Animal Vault

  The last known Pyrenean ibex, a wild goat named Celia, died more than two decades ago, the victim of a falling branch. But before […]

Research Creates Teaching Opportunities

  In 2015, genetics professor Francisco Pelegrí launched a course called Developmental Genetics for Conservation and Regeneration that ties directly to his ongoing research program. […]

Tech Transfer Then, Now, and Tomorrow

In 1925, biochemistry professor Harry Steenbock did something that, at the time, was considered highly unusual. He had developed a process for using ultraviolet radiation […]

The Top Five Myths about Microwave Cooking

  MYTH 1: Microwaves make food radioactive. Fact: Microwaves are a form of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation used to detect speeding cars and to send telephone […]

Listen to the Forest – and Learn

  In the forest, life is often heard before it’s seen. Hikers and hunters are familiar with the creature chorus: cicada trills and tree frog […]

Class Act | Speaking Up for Farmers in Malawi

  Lusayo Mwakatika BS’21 grew his first garden at the age of 14. He harvested his own vegetables, sold them to friends and neighbors, and […]