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  • Dean Glenda Gillaspy stands at a podium in front of a crowd speaking.

    Federally Funded Research Drives America’s Dairyland

    Posted on July 15, 2025

      In the mid-1800s — a time when a relatively young country was marked by intense polarization that led to a civil war — American […]

  • An illustration of a weed monster in a field that's being attacked by three lasers.

    When Weeds Refuse to Die

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      Synthetic herbicides were introduced to agriculture shortly after World War II. Affordable, reliable, and effective, they rapidly became the mainstay for weed management. Today, […]

  • Kate Sun smiling in a lab coat.

    A Food Fight with Stress

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      Kate Sun BSx’26 has long been interested in matters of the mind, and she has a sense of purpose to go with it. As […]

  • Tim Grant looking through a magnifying glass in a research lab.

    The Water Bear Solution

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      Water bears are an ancient group of microscopic animals known for their pudgy, ursine appearance and their uncanny ability to survive under extreme conditions. […]

  • A close up look at the bodies of two mosquitos.

    A MosAIC of Microbiomes

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      Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases and cause more than 700,000 deaths annually, according to the World Health Organization. […]

  • A close up of a brightly colored bird sitting on a tree branch chirping.

    The Motives Behind the Medleys

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      Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a potential mate, ward off predators, or just sing for pleasure. But the conditions that contribute […]

  • An aerial view of a facility. There are two large circular vats and large rows filled with water as well.

    What Is the Worth of Clean Water?

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      The village of Walton, New York, faced a daunting task in 1972: It had to build a $5.8 million wastewater treatment plant with an […]

  • A headshot of Robert Kirchdoerfer

    A Step Ahead of the Next Pandemic

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      In Virus Research Recast, (Grow, spring 2022), Catherine Steffel described how, in the wake of a global pandemic, CALS scientists had pivoted their research […]

  • An illustration of a tube that's a gas pump on one side and a vine with a leaf on the other.

    255 Inventions

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      The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), which is based at UW–Madison and is a hub for many CALS faculty, is one of four […]

  • A sprawling cornfield with a strip of grassy land in the center.

    Extreme Weather, Conservation on the Minds of Midwestern Farmers

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      A recent survey conducted by CALS researchers finds that Midwestern farmers are feeling the effects of extreme weather, and they view conservation practices that […]

  • Urban Development Threatens the State’s Best Agricultural Soil

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      During urban expansion, soil gets covered by roads, buildings, and parking lots, a process called “soil sealing.” It reduces the soil’s ability to support […]

  • Jake Brunkard stands among tall plants in a UW greenhouse.

    Target of Opportunity

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      In Jake Brunkard’s lab in the Genetics-Biotechnology Center, you’ll find plants everywhere. The space is filled with grow carts containing tomatoes and Arabidopsis thaliana, […]

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