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 […]

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

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

  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 […]

  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 […]

  “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 […]

  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 […]

  We entered the fall 2024 semester with positive news about our undergraduate enrollment. At orientation and registration this summer, our academic affairs staff advised […]

  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 […]

  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., […]

  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 […]

  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, […]