Category: 2 – Departments-Sections
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Posted on October 11, 2019
Class Act | Upbringing, Fate Lead Nontraditional Student to Genetics
Had it not been for her father’s truck accident, Carmen Nightfall BS’x22 might never have attended college. But the unfortunate incident sparked a positive change […]
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‘Another Dimension’ of Wildlife Ecology
At the end of a dock on a placid lake, Abby Haydin taps play on her phone, sending tunes to a wireless speaker. She is […]
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The Tuber Protector
In the Dairy State, it’s easy for a humble vegetable like the potato to get lost amid all the talk of milk and cheese. Consequently, […]
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Posted on June 19, 2019
‘App’-riculture
Mike Cerny has been farming long enough to have a reliable intuition when it comes to decisions about applying chemical protection to his crops. So […]
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The Protein Professor
Srinivasan Damodaran came to the United States in 1976 from South India, where the green revolution was fueling an explosion of wheat and rice production […]
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The Case for Healthier Tomatoes
At some point in your life, you’ve probably gone to class knowing you left an assignment unfinished. The knot in your stomach grew as homework […]
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Major Modernization
Last fall, I outlined some of the key goals for the ongoing Organizational Redesign of the college. At the time, the project was in its […]
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Five Things Everyone Should Know about … A2 Milk
1. A2 milk comes from cows with a natural genetic variation that gives their milk a slightly different protein ratio than conventional milk. All milk […]
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Class Act | Stephanie Hoff
Stephanie Hoff BSx’19 grew up in small towns near Thorp, Wisconsin, as part of a rural community where people have a pretty good understanding of […]
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Helium Conservation
For scientists looking to explore living things on an atomic level, there’s a decades-old but nevertheless astounding tool at their disposal. With biomolecular nuclear magnetic […]
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The Inner Workings of Microbial Metabolism
Daniel Amador-Noguez is learning how living organisms transform nutrients into energy and other useful chemicals. Among a cadre of scientists looking at the biological underpinnings […]