In the mid-1800s — a time when a relatively young country was marked by intense polarization that led to a civil war — American […]

  Synthetic herbicides were introduced to agriculture shortly after World War II. Affordable, reliable, and effective, they rapidly became the mainstay for weed management. Today, […]

  Kate Sun BSx’26 has long been interested in matters of the mind, and she has a sense of purpose to go with it. As […]

  Water bears are an ancient group of microscopic animals known for their pudgy, ursine appearance and their uncanny ability to survive under extreme conditions. […]

  Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases and cause more than 700,000 deaths annually, according to the World Health Organization. […]

  Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a potential mate, ward off predators, or just sing for pleasure. But the conditions that contribute […]

  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, […]