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New “Bug Guy” on Campus
Posted on March 2, 2015Are bed bugs getting you down? Is a hard-to-identify pest ravaging your vegetable garden? You can get in touch with PJ Liesch MS’10, manager of […]
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Unpuzzling Diabetes
Posted onBiochemist Alan Attie tracks the internal mechanisms behind a fast-growing disease that takes millions of lives each year
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Catch up with … Kartik Chandran PhD’01 Biochemistry
Posted onKartik Chandran (PhD’01 Biochemistry) has spent years studying an organism that most of us hope never to experience: the Ebola virus. Last year the infectious agent not only spread within West Africa […]
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Science for Citizens
Posted onCALS is acclaimed as one of the best schools in the nation for training top-notch researchers and practitioners. Less known is the fact that CALS offers challenging, […]
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Bridging the Gap
Posted onAn international friendship program helps CALS students reach across borders, right here on campus
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Pecatonica Without the “P”
Posted onChanges in farming practices have been shown to greatly reduce phosphorus runoff – without hurting the growers’ bottom line
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Russia: Monitoring Russia’s “rewilding”
Posted onDoing fieldwork in the remote wilderness of Russia isn’t for the faint of heart. There are long distances to travel on deeply rutted roads, bleak […]
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More Milk for China
Posted onCALS experts, led by dairy science professor Pam Ruegg, are providing training to help the Chinese meet a growing demand for dairy
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In the Field: Alumni who have made a difference via the Peace Corps
Posted onNikita Brabbit BS’08 Forest Science (Recreation Resource Management) Paraguay ’08–’10 Brabbit served as a Peace Corps volunteer specializing in agro-forestry in rural southeastern Paraguay, an […]
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Help Forge the Best Way Forward
Posted onEach issue of Grow magazine is a special treat for me because it is a powerful reminder of our impact throughout Wisconsin and around the world. […]
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Five things everyone should know about … Stevia
Posted onIt’s not just a sweetener. The plant genus Stevia includes more than 200 species of herbs and shrubs native to South America and mexico. Yet […]