Category: Communities
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Posted on March 23, 2010
Fixing Our Food
Safe food. Healthy food. Enough food. Can we secure the bounty we take for granted for future generations? A team of CALS experts say that we can meet the world’s food challenges––and here are their best ideas for how to do it.
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Posted on November 4, 2009
Columbia: In Bogotá, Politics is Anything but Usual
Professor studies power of Internet in Colombian election
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Posted on July 13, 2009
Catch up with…Karen London MS’94, PhD’98 Zoology and Entomology
The entomologist turned dog whisperer.
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Posted on July 8, 2009
Invisible Hands
In rural Wisconsin, Latino immigrants are the unseen labor that keeps the dairy industry running. Researchers and farmers are coming together to pull the veil off this vital, but fragile, workforce.
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Posted on July 7, 2009
Turning a New Leaf
At Allen Centennial Gardens, director Ed Lyon is rejuvenating the landscape with new plants-and a new idea about how gardens fit into our busy lives.
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Posted on July 6, 2009
Who’ll Stop the Rain?
Bigger storms and wider development are pushing a surge of storm water into places like UW-Madison’s Arboretum. CALS scientists say it will take a community effort to stem the tide.
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Posted on March 2, 2009
Honduras: Playground Design is More than an Exercise
Student’s vision comes to life in Honduran village.
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Posted on October 30, 2008
Into the Wild
Living closer to nature is the new American Dream, but are we loving nature to death? One CALS lab is showing just how far we’ve pushed the boundaries between us and the wilderness—and what it may cost us.
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Posted on October 28, 2008
Fighting Poverty: A Life Science
CALS research hopes to make a difference in world poverty.
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Posted on October 20, 2008
A Failure to Communicate
Professor Dietram Scheufele says scientists often aren’t connecting with the public about the value of their work. And that’s not good news.
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Posted on July 21, 2008
Finding the Green
Turf experts are aiming to make golf courses more environmentally friendly. But first golfers may need to change their course.
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Posted on June 29, 2008
Guatemala: Tomatoes Ripen Students’ Training
Student finds real meaning behind Plant Pathology studies.