Focus on Rural and Tribal Wisconsin

  Four projects, including two from CALS, that will support Wisconsin’s rural communities and tribal nations have been selected to receive funding through UW’s Wisconsin […]

The Turf Manager’s Apprentices

  Emerging from the tree line onto The Lido golf course is like walking into a different world. Sand stretches over rolling hills where green […]

Invasive Species Alter Mendota’s Microbes

  In the fall 2017 issue of Grow, Erik Ness highlighted bacteriologist Katherine (Trina) McMahon and her quest to understand Lake Mendota through its microbial […]

How Waste Becomes a Resource

  Victor Ujor’s fascination with microorganisms — bacteria, fungi, viruses — began with an issue of Time magazine. What he encountered in the pages of […]

The Evolution of the Agricultural Research Stations

  More than 175 years have passed since the founding of the University of Wisconsin, the state’s first public university. Throughout this time, UW has […]

Outstanding Young Farmers

  When Kyle and Rachel Zwieg (both FISC’07, ’08) first arrived at the National Outstanding Young Farmers (NOYF) Awards Congress in Appleton, Wisconsin, back in […]

Kikkoman Marks 50th Anniversary in U.S. with $3 Million Gift to CALS

  Fifty years ago, Kikkoman Foods opened its first U.S.-based soy sauce production plant in Walworth, Wisconsin, launching the company’s partnership with the state and […]

Take the Fall 2023 Final Exam

Can Farms Pull Carbon from Sky to Soil?

  In fall 2022, right after Midwestern farmers had gathered the last crops of the season, a team of CALS agronomy researchers hurried into the […]

Representative Science

  Judith Simcox can trace the course of her research career all the way back to high school. Her class was given an assignment to […]

Viral Copy Machine Revealed

  RNA viruses, such as the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, jump into a life-and-death race the moment they infect a cell. These viruses have only […]

CALS Beyond Campus

  Summer is in full, fabulous bloom on the UW campus. The beauty of this place could tempt us to keep our focus here and […]