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  • Posted on March 4, 2016

    How best to honor a towering eminence in one’s field?

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    For CALS geneticist Barry Ganetzky, insight into the genetic underpinnings of traumatic brain injury began by knocking out fruit flies.

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    A new version of the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas draws on the increasing power
    of citizen science

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    Life sciences communication professor Patty Loew fosters intercultural learning with workshops that help tribal teens tell their stories in a digital world.

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    A report from CALS highlights the status of Hmong in the Badger State—and serves as a valuable resource for communities in which they live

  • Jason Cavadini standing among a large field
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    A cost-efficient, less environmentally disruptive way of planting is proving effective with the heavy soils of central Wisconsin

  • Two scientists standing next to each other at a large table in the kitchen examining different foods.
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    For 70 years, the Food Research Institute has been illuminating and helping eradicate a host of food-borne illnesses

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    Ruth McNair, a senior editor at the CALS-based Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, recently published a charming children’s book titled Which Moo Are You? The […]

  • Paul Fricke standing in front of a large cow
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    A cost-saving technology allows farmers to better synchronize when cows are in heat

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    1. A Founding Father was an early advocate. In 1784 Benjamin Franklin observed that during summer months, people slept during the daylight hours of morning […]

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    Of Bugs and Humans

  • A classroom with lots of young students sitting at their desks and two adults standing at the front of the room.
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    Some communities in Ecuador face high incidences of water-borne illness because of contaminated water or poor hygiene and sanitation. It’s a multipronged problem calling for […]