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How to Time Travel Without Fear
Posted on August 2, 2022Betül Kaçar is a self-described gözü kara. The Turkish term refers to people from the Black Sea region of the country, but it has […]
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‘A Home Wherever I Go’
Posted on“What are you looking for in a graduate school?” That was the question posed to a panel of visiting undergraduates one April afternoon in […]
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Communities Across Campus
Posted onSciMed GRS is part of a growing network of organizations developed to support underrepresented students on the UW campus. “Many SciMed GRS students are […]
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Innovation through Campus Cooperation in America’s Dairyland
Posted onIn 2019, Wisconsin dairy leaders approached state legislators with a long-standing problem and a request for help. The state’s dairy farm numbers were in […]
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Stepping Down, Staying On
Posted onAs I mentioned in the fall 2021 issue, I am stepping down as dean of CALS this summer. This will be my last column […]
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Six Hard Truths about Vertical Farming
Posted onThe promise of vertical farming — grow crops anytime, anywhere — is fantastic. Promoters speak of a world where wheat cultivated in a repurposed […]
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Community, Humanity, and Openness
Posted onFor much of her life, Natalia Betancourt Rodriguez BSx’24 never imagined leaving Colombia. She felt that the change she could bring to the beautiful, […]
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Just Like a Trip to Japan
Posted onIn a span of 20 minutes, a dozen UW students visited a Japanese pastry shop and a high-tech sushi restaurant, and then they got […]
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Lessons in the Garden
Posted onPlants and humans have always been connected. They evolved together. Yet many people fail to realize how fundamental plants are to their daily lives […]
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Where, Exactly, Are the Warblers?
Posted onAs humans continue to drastically alter landscapes across the country, birds suffer the consequences. By at least one estimate, the population of North American […]
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A Round-Up of CALS Research for Summer 2022
Posted onA Molecular Understanding of Antibiotics Antibiotics are good at killing pathogens, but they also eliminate beneficial gut bacteria. This makes patients more prone to […]
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Citizen Science ‘App’-roach Has Successful Year
Posted onIn “Bee-Spying Mission Seeks Operatives” (Grow, Fall 2021), Jocelyn Cao BS’21 introduced readers to WiBee: The Wisconsin Wild Bee App. It’s part of a […]