Five things everyone should know about . . . The Economic Impacts of COVID-19

  1. In a single month, the COVID-19 pandemic erased more than a decade’s-worth of new jobs. During the Great Recession (2007-09), Wisconsin’s employment level […]

As Milkweed Goes, So Goes the Monarch

  It’s a sweltering August day in 2019. The sun gilds the flowering prairies of southern Wisconsin. Entomology graduate student Skye Harnsberger and her research […]

Class Act | A Voice for Students and the Marginalized on the County Board

  When Elena Haasl BSx’22 came to UW–Madison in fall 2018, she never thought she would end up running her own political campaign. But she […]

The Age of Ecological Forecasting

  When El Niño approaches, driven by warm Pacific Ocean waters, we’ve come to expect both drenching seasonal rains in the southern United States and […]

Conservation Takes a Village

  Teri Allendorf applied for the Peace Corps in the early 1990s with an eye toward East Africa, where she was hoping to use her […]

The Genetic Leanings of Autism

  When Donna Werling was growing up, she often babysat her younger cousin. He was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder when Werling was in […]

In the Field | At the Center of the COVID-19 Response

  While most of us have been doing our best to avoid contact with the novel coronavirus, Christina Carlson MS’08, PhD’13 has been in the […]

Meat Science Program, Vita Plus Partner to Feed Those in Need

  When the coronavirus pandemic started disrupting the nation’s meat supply chains in spring, UW–Madison’s swine program soon found itself among the affected operations. With […]

Final Exam Fall 2020

A Coalition of Scientists Takes on COVID-19 — with Data

  It began with a question from a yoga instructor, sent to the inbox of horticulture professor Brian Yandell. Now it’s a major collaborative effort, […]

There’s No Use in Wasting Spilt Milk

  Imagine the hard work of running a dairy farm — the relentless hours, the uncertainty over everything from the weather to prices, the worries […]

When Challenging Things Happen, Look for the Innovators

I have no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered your lives, just as it has transformed the way CALS operates (at least for […]