A decades-long CALS field project offers key insights into different approaches to agriculture

Garret Suen’s study of microorganisms involved in herbivore digestion holds promise
for human health and our environment

By the time you get this magazine, early spring will be in the air. Time again to think about growing – about tending to and […]

1) A sloth is not a sloth. There are two types of tree sloths that diverged roughly 20 million years ago—two-toed and three-toed sloths, so […]

CALS faculty and staff already conduct important research around the world—but our new
director of International Programs, Sundaram Gunasekaran, wants the college to aim higher

Student organizations at CALS offer personal growth, professional development and a fine way to create community.

There’s a lot we don’t know about the tiny engines that reside in nearly every living cell. But CALS biochemist David Pagliarini is shedding light on more of their functions and behavior— with important implications for human health.

Redesigning landscapes to heal body and soul – drawing on CALS expertise

Our researchers in the meat, plant and dairy sciences have for years been making cutting-edge discoveries in facilities that were anything but. Through their dedication […]

“The boundaries of the university are the boundaries of the state.” That belief has broadened since the inception of the Wisconsin Idea early last century. […]

Gough Island is home to the biggest
mice on Earth. Genetics professor
Bret Payseur and his team are coming
closer to figuring out why.