The village of Walton, New York, faced a daunting task in 1972: It had to build a $5.8 million wastewater treatment plant with an […]

  In Virus Research Recast, (Grow, spring 2022), Catherine Steffel described how, in the wake of a global pandemic, CALS scientists had pivoted their research […]

  The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), which is based at UW–Madison and is a hub for many CALS faculty, is one of four […]

  A recent survey conducted by CALS researchers finds that Midwestern farmers are feeling the effects of extreme weather, and they view conservation practices that […]

  During urban expansion, soil gets covered by roads, buildings, and parking lots, a process called “soil sealing.” It reduces the soil’s ability to support […]

  In Jake Brunkard’s lab in the Genetics-Biotechnology Center, you’ll find plants everywhere. The space is filled with grow carts containing tomatoes and Arabidopsis thaliana, […]

  Undergrads, take heed: That career seminar your advisor recommended just might lead you to your actual career. Aaron Bodie PhD’22 is case in point. […]

  Charitable giving is a thread that runs through most of Fritz Friday’s life. As a young food science major at CALS in 1954, Friday […]

  The first time Mason Polencheck BSx’25 met a mudpuppy, he was nine years old, on a fishing trip in the waters of Lake Superior. […]

  Americans are demanding cleaner lakes, beaches, and rivers. In survey after survey, people rank water quality as the environmental issue that worries them the […]

  It’s like the ultimate sleepover with the grandparents: ice cream for breakfast, a behind-the-scenes tour of Camp Randall Stadium, and then an afternoon of […]