Category: 3 – Issue
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Posted on March 5, 2025
The Badger State’s Hmong Community, by the Numbers
Wisconsin’s Hmong population reached 62,331 in 2020, according to a recent report from the UW Applied Population Laboratory. It’s a 25% increase over the […]
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Gut Reaction
Every part of your life, from your birth to the places you’ve lived to the snack you just devoured, shapes the community of microbes […]
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Dairyland’s Ambassador
“Here’s an extra special fun fact: The first potatoes grown in space came from UW–Madison,” says Halei Heinzel FISC’22, BS’24. Heinzel speaks with enthusiasm […]
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Planned Gift Supports Entomology Grad Students Through Academic Life Cycle
As they metamorphose into full-fledged professionals, entomology graduate students pass through key stages of development. They have to contribute to their field of study […]
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Posted on October 23, 2024
The Landfill Lady, Hungry Microbes, and Leaping the Valley of Death
Erica L-W Majumder might be an alchemist. Her goal? Turn trash into environmental gold. This assistant professor of bacteriology believes landfills like the one […]
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How Wet is America’s Soil? Nobody Really Knows, But AI Can Help
From sudden floods to weeks of scorching heat, increasingly unstable weather is a headache for U.S. farmers. Known as “weather whiplash,” these disorienting swings […]
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A Prolific Partnership Enters a New Era
The day promises to be witheringly hot. Guolong Liang BS’19, MS’22 arrives at Isherwood Farm around 8 a.m. to get an early start. As […]
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Student Centered
We entered the fall 2024 semester with positive news about our undergraduate enrollment. At orientation and registration this summer, our academic affairs staff advised […]
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Five Fascinating Facets of the Indigenous ‘Three Sisters’ Cropping Method
The Three Sisters is a method of planting corn, beans, and squash in close proximity. The method was developed by Indigenous peoples in North […]
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The Wide Way to Community
Rutuja Gupte BSx’26 is an explorer by nature. She grew up near Mumbai, India, but she made the adventuresome decision to come to UW […]
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Feed Fish, Grow Plants — on Water
Back on April 22 — Earth Day 2024 — a small crowd gathered in UW’s D.C. Smith Greenhouse to celebrate and learn. Attendees sampled […]