Category: Health and Wellness
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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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A Food Fight with Stress
Kate Sun BSx’26 has long been interested in matters of the mind, and she has a sense of purpose to go with it. As […]
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A MosAIC of Microbiomes
Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases and cause more than 700,000 deaths annually, according to the World Health Organization. […]
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What Is the Worth of Clean Water?
The village of Walton, New York, faced a daunting task in 1972: It had to build a $5.8 million wastewater treatment plant with an […]
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A Step Ahead of the Next Pandemic
In Virus Research Recast, (Grow, spring 2022), Catherine Steffel described how, in the wake of a global pandemic, CALS scientists had pivoted their research […]
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Target of Opportunity
In Jake Brunkard’s lab in the Genetics-Biotechnology Center, you’ll find plants everywhere. The space is filled with grow carts containing tomatoes and Arabidopsis thaliana, […]
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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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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 […]