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  • Posted on October 23, 2024
    The (Re)definition of Home

      In her recently published book, Who We Are Is Where We Are (Columbia University Press, 2024), Amanda McMillan Lequieu MS’13, PhD’19 takes readers on […]

  • Posted on March 9, 2023
    “The 608” Has Outgrown Itself

      The region represented by the 608 area code encompasses the south central and southwest parts of Wisconsin and is home to cities such as […]

  • Posted on November 8, 2021
    The Podcasters of CALS

      In the car, at the gym, while folding laundry — people are tuning in to podcasts more than ever before. Since this portable form […]

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    Farms as Ecosystems

      Have you ever wondered whether organic food is really worth the cost? Or pondered swapping out meat protein for plant protein, hoping it might […]

  • Posted on February 25, 2021
    Agriculture as Resilience, Resistance, and Liberation

      When Monica White joined the UW faculty in 2012, she was already hard at work on the project that would become Freedom Farmers, a […]

  • Posted on October 1, 2020
    Class Act | A Voice for Students and the Marginalized on the County Board

      When Elena Haasl BSx’22 came to UW–Madison in fall 2018, she never thought she would end up running her own political campaign. But she […]

  • Posted on June 11, 2020
    ‘COVID Crush’ Shows Disease Spread Is No Game

      They wanted a way to help people understand how a disease like COVID-19 can transmit through a population. So Malia Jones and Caitlin Bourbeau […]

  • Posted on June 19, 2019
    Catch up with … Lucas Rapisarda BS’15 Community and Environmental Sociology and Wildlife Ecology

    Lucas Rapisarda spent his early years in Illinois before his family moved to Bristol, Wisconsin, a village in Kenosha County. Along the way, he went […]

  • Posted on February 25, 2019
    Knowledge Applied

    Should a school district close an elementary school with shrinking enrollment, or will student numbers rebound in the coming years? What’s the outlook for a […]

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    Class Act | Chloe Green

    Chloe Green BSx’19 came to UW–Madison from Culver City, California, with a desire to study sports nutrition. She was motivated by her high school involvement […]

  • Posted on October 17, 2018
    In the Field | Alumni Making Their Marks as Entrepreneurs

    Enterprising Alumni Many CALS graduates go on to launch small businesses, patent new products, and found successful companies, among other entrepreneurial endeavors. This special “In […]

  • Posted on July 1, 2016
    A growing appetite for food systems

    Anyone looking to see exciting growth of a new field should talk with the Department of Community and Environmental Sociology. Since changing its name from […]