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  • Posted on July 15, 2025
    A Century of Research Partnerships

      Hector DeLuca left his mark on the UW–Madison campus — literally. The professor emerit and former chair of biochemistry has three buildings that bear […]

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    Federally Funded Research Drives America’s Dairyland

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

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    When Weeds Refuse to Die

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

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    The Poultry Professor

      Undergrads, take heed: That career seminar your advisor recommended just might lead you to your actual career. Aaron Bodie PhD’22 is case in point. […]

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    Friday’s Philanthropy

      Charitable giving is a thread that runs through most of Fritz Friday’s life. As a young food science major at CALS in 1954, Friday […]

  • Posted on March 5, 2025
    ‘Honorary Degrees’ and Deep Connections

      It’s like the ultimate sleepover with the grandparents: ice cream for breakfast, a behind-the-scenes tour of Camp Randall Stadium, and then an afternoon of […]

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    How We RISE to the Challenges of the World

      In February 2024, UW Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin announced the launch of the Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence Initiative (RISE). Broadly, the goal […]

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    AI, Data Science, and the Transformation of Scientific Research: A Primer

      Artificial intelligence (AI) and data science are two closely related yet distinct fields that are driving research and innovation in the agricultural and life […]

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    And the Squeak Goes on

      When thinking about what makes different foods pleasurable to eat, taste and texture will always come to mind. But the noise a morsel makes […]

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    The Seeds of Innovation Germinate

      In The Seeds of Innovation (Grow, spring 2024), professor and extension specialist Julie Dawson gave readers a primer on intellectual property (IP) in the seed […]

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    A New View of Diversified Crop Benefits

      It’s long been assumed that diversified cropping systems, which involve growing a variety of crops in one area with manure as a nutrient source, […]

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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 […]