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Class Act: Alejandra Huerta and Farm Workers’ Daughter
Posted on February 15, 2011Alexandra Huerta comes from a family of agricultural workers, but she is taking her career in a very different direction.
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Code Orange
Posted onAlarmed by a drop in hunting, researchers investigate how to better market the sport to new audiences.
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Cows, Up Close and Personal
Posted onSpecial funding allows students more hands-on learning about animals
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Alaska: When the Deep Freeze Thaws
Posted onThe melting of Arctic permafrost has vast implications for our global climate. CALS professor James Bockheim is studying cores of the frozen soil to gain a glimpse into their future.
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Berry Good Science
Posted on“Biochemistry in the Kitchen” workshops give Girl Scouts the opportunity to study strawberry DNA.
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Taking Out the Guesswork
Posted onResearchers have created a safer culture for embryonic stem cells
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How DNA profiling works
Posted onDNA profiling can be used to transform a stray hair into a prison sentence.
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Missing Piece
Posted onJiming Jiang is unlocking the secrets of the centromere, an overlooked region of DNA that holds the key to chromosome engineering—and a new, possibly safer approach to gene therapy
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Challenging Their Brains
Posted onTeri Balser’s teaching style awakens curiosity and encourages big picture thinking.
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Next Steps
Posted onCELEBRATE “Peace Corps and Africa: Fifty Years,” to be held on the UW-Madison campus March 24-26. The event brings together former volunteers, musicians, artists, storytellers, […]
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Baby on Board
Posted onMoms on the Go is a CALS fund that covers some travel and childcare expenses for researchers on the field