Category: Summer 2009
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Posted on August 13, 2009
Piling On
Composting is taking a bite out of campus food waste.
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Posted on July 30, 2009
The Grow Dozen: 12 Alumni who are making a difference in wildlife biology
12 Alumni who are making a difference in wildlife biology.
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Posted on July 16, 2009
An Uptick in Ticks
Last summer, Susan Paskewitz made an astonishing discovery after walking her dog in her Madison neighborhood: a deer tick crawling up her dog’s hind leg. […]
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Posted on July 14, 2009
Final Exam – Summer 2009
The largest concentration of farming-dependent counties is in which region of the United States?
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Posted on July 13, 2009
Five things everyone should know about…Mosquitoes
Understanding how this summer time nuisance really works.
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The Drugs Start Here
With the world’s supply of antibiotics growing old and ineffective, academic researchers are leading the way in developing the next generation of microbe fighters.
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Still in Rotation
A 44-year-old cropping study offers a window on sustainability.
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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
No More Free Lunch
Farmers annoyed by unlikely pest.
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How to see a gene work
Peering into the microscopic world of our genes.
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My Own Miracle Drug
Personal experiences remind us of the critical need for new antibiotic research.