Emily Bick is an entomologist with three degrees in the field. She’s also something of a spy. Using a novel detector, Bick can listen […]

  In her recently published book, Who We Are Is Where We Are (Columbia University Press, 2024), Amanda McMillan Lequieu MS’13, PhD’19 takes readers on […]

  Undergraduate Brooke Stibbe and alum Tom Schmidknecht BS’71 came to CALS with similar backgrounds. Both grew up in small rural Wisconsin towns, so both […]

  In the 1980s, the steps involved in a high school research paper assignment looked much different than today. Given a hot-button health topic of […]

  When hydrology engineer Anita Thompson was growing up in Minnesota, she knew what to expect from winter. The temperatures would drop below freezing around […]

  We often look to the smallest life-forms for help solving the biggest problems: Microbes can make foods and beverages, cure diseases, treat waste, and […]

  The world is changing rapidly. As it shifts, the challenges our stakeholders face — and what they require to tackle them — continue to […]

  Plant hardiness zones are used to determine if a plant can thrive in a given climate — and your own backyard. The USDA Plant […]

  When Natalie Sander BS’24 graduated in May with a degree in agricultural business management, she left behind an impressive legacy: a strong and successful […]

  The association between obesity and infertility is a long-standing one. Some date the first written reference to this connection as early as 400 B.C., […]

  Tar spot, a disease of corn plants caused by the fungus Phyllachora maydis, has been causing problems in Mexico since the 1910s, but it […]