Category: Summer 2015
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Posted on June 12, 2015
In the Field: Meet some Master Cheesemakers
Sid Cook (first certified in 2002) Having won 569 national and international awards within the past 14 years, Sid Cook’s Carr Valley Cheese probably ranks […]
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Posted on June 9, 2015
Many Paths of Discovery
Having an applied research goal can no doubt lend focus to the discovery process. For example, since its inception the charge of the Great Lakes […]
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Second Life for Phosphorus
Soil science professor and students turn a sometime pollutant into a valuable product
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Uganda: The Benefits of Biogas
Generating enthusiasm for a new kind of technology is key to its long-term success. Rebecca Larson, a CALS professor of biological systems engineering, has already […]
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Class Act: Keven Stonewall and Taking on Cancer
Taking on Cancer
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Five things everyone should know about . . . Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (aka “Drones”) in Agriculture
1 Agriculture is poised to become the biggest market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Up to 80 percent of the commercial market for UAVs will […]
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For the Love of Plants
Students from all backgrounds are invited to a class that explores, questions and celebrates our connections to the vegetable kingdom.
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Catch Up With … Luxme Hariharan BS’04 Biology
As a pediatric ophthalmologist, clinical researcher and child advocate, Luxme Hariharan has set herself a challenging goal: To prevent childhood blindness globally and help those […]
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Hands-On Fieldwork
Before last summer, Vera Swanson’s only exposure to plant sciences had been through classes in introductory biology. That changed big-time when Swanson, a junior majoring […]
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To Eat It—Or Not
Biosensors being developed for food products offer a vastly improved indicator of freshness and safety
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Plant Prowess
CALS scientists from a wide range of disciplines help forge the future of a growing field