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  • Porcupettes, or baby porcupines, are at the center of ongoing research into the impact of climate change on wildlife. Photos by Michael P. King (2)

    Climate Change in Microcosm

    Posted on October 17, 2018

    Jon Pauli is perched in the passenger seat of a mud-spattered Ford F-250. His ceramic mug brims with coffee as graduate student Evan Wilson guides […]

  • Thea Whitman posing in a lab

    Controlled Burn

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    In a small utility room in UW–Madison’s Animal Science Building, the world’s smallest and most precise forest fire is burning. The fuel today: 100 grams […]

  • A Redesign for Success

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    In my message last fall, I mentioned that a team of CALS faculty and staff was working on recommendations for organizational changes within the college. […]

  • An illustration of a bat flying through the sky. Smaller bats fly around in the background.

    Five Things Everyone Should Know about … Vampire Bats

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    There are no vampire bats in Transylvania. Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula popularized the connection between Eastern European vampires and bats. But Old World vampire […]

  • Science House viewed from the northwest. Photos by Michael P. King

    So Long, Science House

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    Not long ago, an unassuming house stood at 1645 Linden Drive. Clearly in its twilight years, white paint had worn away from its wooden siding, […]

  • In Wisconsin, chronic wasting disease is concentrated among white-tailed deer in southwestern and southeastern counties. Photo by Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service

    Deer Disease Reservoirs

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    Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a progressive illness that causes severe weight loss and eventually death in deer and elk. The disease has been detected […]

  • An architectural rendering of Babcock Hall as it will look when the renovation and expansion are complete. Zimmerman Architectural Studios

    A ‘Whey’ Better Babcock

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    The Babcock Hall renovation and expansion has begun! The major construction project, which broke ground in July 2018, will modernize the building’s dairy plant and […]

  • Healthy soybean plants flower in a field at the Marshfield Agricultural Research Station near Marshfield, Wis., in July 2018. Photo by Michael P. King

    Resistance Is Not Futile

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    If there’s anything that could be called the archenemy of Midwestern soybean producers, it just might be Sclerotinia stem rot. Once thought of as only […]

  • A woman leaning against the top of a clear glass staircase

    Class Act | Ciara Michel

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    Not many UW students can say they’ve led a beekeeping operation in Uganda. In fact, there may be only three, and Ciara Michel BSx’19 is […]

  • A man standing in front of a large piece of farming machinery at the edge of a field

    Mali | CALS Researcher Offers Hands-On Training at Gamou Farms

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    A native of Mali, Thierno Diallo takes great pride in his Fulani heritage. The West African ethnic group is well known for its tradition of […]

  • Adam Kuchnia stands in front of a projected 3D image of human torso muscles created from dozens of cross-sectional CT scans. Photo by Michael P. King

    The Muscle Demystifier

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    As a wrestler at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, Adam Kuchnia lost a lot of pounds so he could compete in a particular weight class. […]

  • In the Field | Alumni Making Their Marks as Entrepreneurs

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    Enterprising Alumni Many CALS graduates go on to launch small businesses, patent new products, and found successful companies, among other entrepreneurial endeavors. This special “In […]

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