Category: Health and Wellness
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Posted on November 2, 2023
The Road to Rural Broadband
The South Shore of northern Wisconsin — where Bayfield County meets Lake Superior — is known for its natural beauty. Summer used to be […]
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Ewe Are What Your Grandparents Ate?
“You are what you eat.” We’ve all heard this old adage before. But during pregnancy, maternal nutrition can have a large impact on a […]
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Gather and Connect. Experience and Serve. Learn and Grow.
It’s a cool Sunday morning in early September, and over a dozen UW students are meeting at a farm plot in Eagle Heights Community […]
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Focus on Rural and Tribal Wisconsin
Four projects, including two from CALS, that will support Wisconsin’s rural communities and tribal nations have been selected to receive funding through UW’s Wisconsin […]
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Outstanding Young Farmers
When Kyle and Rachel Zwieg (both FISC’07, ’08) first arrived at the National Outstanding Young Farmers (NOYF) Awards Congress in Appleton, Wisconsin, back in […]
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Posted on July 7, 2023
Representative Science
Judith Simcox can trace the course of her research career all the way back to high school. Her class was given an assignment to […]
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Viral Copy Machine Revealed
RNA viruses, such as the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, jump into a life-and-death race the moment they infect a cell. These viruses have only […]
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Six Brain-Freezing Facts About Nondairy Frozen Desserts
Ice cream has long been a popular, almost sacred, part of global diets. Influenced by consumer appetites, ice cream comes in a host of […]
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The Rhodes to a Career in Research
As a middle school student in her native Saudi Arabia, Sarah Almutawa BS’23 found herself — somewhat unexpectedly — competing in the International Chemistry […]
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One Civet Coffee, Please — Hold the Poop
Thailand produces some of the most expensive coffee in the world, as much as $100 a cup or $600 per pound in some countries. […]
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Posted on March 9, 2023
Pathways to Immunity
Jing Fan recalls the first science experiment she ever performed. She was a kindergartener in Beijing, China, and her class made glue out of […]
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From Hardship to Hope
Leon Statz used to get stressed about almost everything on his Sauk County farm. He worried about the weather, the bills, the crops. And […]