Category: Health and Wellness
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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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From Biomass to BPA Replacement
We’ve all heard the warning: Don’t microwave your food in plastic containers. It’s one recommendation aimed at reducing exposure to bisphenol A, more commonly […]
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Gut Reaction
Every part of your life, from your birth to the places you’ve lived to the snack you just devoured, shapes the community of microbes […]
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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 […]
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Posted on October 23, 2024
The Landfill Lady, Hungry Microbes, and Leaping the Valley of Death
Erica L-W Majumder might be an alchemist. Her goal? Turn trash into environmental gold. This assistant professor of bacteriology believes landfills like the one […]
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Student Centered
We entered the fall 2024 semester with positive news about our undergraduate enrollment. At orientation and registration this summer, our academic affairs staff advised […]
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Posted on July 1, 2024
Science Through a Glass Darkly
In the 1980s, the steps involved in a high school research paper assignment looked much different than today. Given a hot-button health topic of […]
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Does Infertility Stem from Too Much Weight or Too Much Sugar?
The association between obesity and infertility is a long-standing one. Some date the first written reference to this connection as early as 400 B.C., […]
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‘Mooving Cows’
The average weight of a fully grown Holstein cow is around 1,500 pounds, its average height nearly 5 feet at the shoulder. Guiding cattle […]
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Women in Agriculture Connected to Better Community Welfare
A larger number of women working in agriculture is associated with greater community well-being. That’s the finding of a study coauthored by Steve Deller, […]