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  • Two white women standing and walking in front of a group of Ugandans

    Uganda: Soap paves the way

    Posted on October 5, 2016

    Most of us take soap for granted in our daily lives. Not so in the village of Lweza, Uganda, where only a third of the […]

  • Two students working in a lab with pipets

    The Inner World of Athletes

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    Students in a CALS capstone course used cutting-edge technology to explore a microbial medical mystery

  • A map of the Midwest, showing the predicted Soy yield

    From Space to the Field

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    Farmers are testing a new technology that can help them better predict crop yields

  • Kate VandenBosch

    New Facilities Sharpen Our Cutting Edge

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    Our researchers in the meat, plant and dairy sciences have for years been making cutting-edge discoveries in facilities that were anything but. Through their dedication […]

  • In the Field: Master Meat Crafters

    Posted on July 4, 2016

    Matthew Bayer     Class of 2012 Matthew Bayer is the co-owner of Country Fresh Meats in Weston, Wisconsin, a family-owned and -operated meat processing plant that’s […]

  • Student-Created Quaffs

    Posted on July 1, 2016

    This summer sees the launch of a new beer and wine designed and
    produced with the help of students enrolled in two CALS-based programs.

  • Strengthening Our Global Engagement

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    “The boundaries of the university are the boundaries of the state.” That belief has broadened since the inception of the Wisconsin Idea early last century. […]

  • A variety of peans spread out on a table.

    Five things everyone should know about . . . Pulses

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    1. You’ve eaten them without knowing it. If the word “pulse” as a food leaves you flummoxed, fear not. The word pulse comes from the […]

  • The Island of Giant Mice

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    Gough Island is home to the biggest
    mice on Earth. Genetics professor
    Bret Payseur and his team are coming
    closer to figuring out why.

  • Mark Cook smiles for camera with a chicken in his arms

    To Market, to Market

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    A new program called Discovery
    to Product is helping researchers
    become entrepreneurs

  • A group of men in a green house building a wooden box.

    The Greenhouse as a Public Classroom

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    A CALS grad student sows seeds of community in northern Wisconsin

  • A person on a forklift moving a pallet of produce into the back of a truck.

    The Road from Farm to Market

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    CALS researchers are working to more efficiently and sustainably get products from growers to consumers

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