Five Things Everyone Should Know about … A2 Milk

1. A2 milk comes from cows with a natural genetic variation that gives their milk a slightly different protein ratio than conventional milk. All milk […]

Microbial Repellent

When Que Lan passed away unexpectedly of complications from gastric cancer in 2014, the UW entomology professor left behind a promising research project. Her work […]

Off to a ‘QuickStart’

On a typical morning at Doorco Holsteins in Brussels, Wisconsin, Austin Vandertie BSx’22 would be helping his parents milk the 40-cow herd, feed calves, spread […]

The Nature Effect

If you excelled in your college science classes, chances are you spent much of your youth outside the city limits or exploring nature with grass […]

Class Act | Stephanie Hoff

Stephanie Hoff BSx’19 grew up in small towns near Thorp, Wisconsin, as part of a rural community where people have a pretty good understanding of […]

Helium Conservation

For scientists looking to explore living things on an atomic level, there’s a decades-old but nevertheless astounding tool at their disposal. With biomolecular nuclear magnetic […]

Peru | New Potato Helps Farmers Weather the Frost

In a country with more than 5,000 potato varieties, you might not expect the arrival of another one to be a big deal. But this […]

The Inner Workings of Microbial Metabolism

Daniel Amador-Noguez is learning how living organisms transform nutrients into energy and other useful chemicals. Among a cadre of scientists looking at the biological underpinnings […]

In the Field | Alumni Making a Difference through Energy Management

The Resource and Energy Demand Analysis (REDA) program at CALS offers an accelerated path to a master’s degree with a focus on “economics and data […]

Catch up with … Lucas Rapisarda BS’15 Community and Environmental Sociology and Wildlife Ecology

Lucas Rapisarda spent his early years in Illinois before his family moved to Bristol, Wisconsin, a village in Kenosha County. Along the way, he went […]

Deibel Family Gift Cultivates Grad Student Discoveries

Scientists-in-training at the UW Food Research Institute (FRI) are identifying better probiotics and improving food safety with the help of a generous gift from retired […]

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