Category: Spring 2009
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Posted on March 2, 2009
To Kill a Wolf
As brushes with wolves rise, wildlife experts weigh whether the best way to preserve wolves could include hunting them.
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What’s in the Water?
When disease-causing microbes find their way in Wisconsin’s water supply, Sharon Long uses the tools of microbiology to spot them-and find their source.
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Senegal: Putting African Onions in the Pink
Breeders are helping Senegalese farmers produce more pink.
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Honduras: Playground Design is More than an Exercise
Student’s vision comes to life in Honduran village.
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Wisconsin: Seeing the Forest for the Fish
Why Wisconsin’s trees make a difference to trout.
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Posted on February 27, 2009
Catch up with…Mark Crave BS’88, Dairy Science
The man behind the milk at the Crave Brothers Farm.
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The Grow Dozen: 12 Alumni who are making a difference in the dairy industry
BS’93, Agricultural Education; BS’96, Dairy Science
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Back-End Solutions
No way around it: Dairy farming means putting up with a lot of crap. But what if dairy’s biggest headache became its most reliable asset? It’s happening on one Wisconsin farm.
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Going to Extremes
Extremeophilic microbes have learned how to deal with
near-boiling temperatures and other brutal conditions. To microbiologists, that makes
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Five things everyone should know about … Probiotics
Do probiotics really work? A former skeptic weighs in.