Tag: COVID-19
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Posted on June 16, 2021
Students Take on Dairy Dilemmas
Cold milk has long been offered alongside lunches and snacks in elementary schools, traditionally served in paper cartons. But those cartons require refrigeration, and […]
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Estate Gift Offers Boon to Graduate Students
A former Food Research Institute (FRI) scientist and his family have bestowed CALS with a gift that will offer long-lasting support for graduate students […]
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Thank You to Our 2020 Winter Graduates
We are so proud to call you our alumni. Last year, we saw firsthand how you take on a challenge. You face it head-on. […]
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Posted on February 25, 2021
Vigilant Eyes on COVID-19
In late March 2020, COVID-19 struck Wisconsin’s Brown County. The virus hit workers in the area’s meat industry especially hard. But Salm Partners, a […]
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How to Neutralize a Virus
In the fight against COVID-19, public attention has largely focused on vaccines. But researchers around the world have been racing to find treatments, too. […]
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Posted on October 1, 2020
Toward a Truly Anti-Racist Place
This spring and summer delivered difficulties unlike any we have ever seen. But take a moment. Take a breath. And take solace in the fact […]
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Five things everyone should know about . . . The Economic Impacts of COVID-19
1. In a single month, the COVID-19 pandemic erased more than a decade’s-worth of new jobs. During the Great Recession (2007-09), Wisconsin’s employment level […]
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In the Field | At the Center of the COVID-19 Response
While most of us have been doing our best to avoid contact with the novel coronavirus, Christina Carlson MS’08, PhD’13 has been in the […]
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Meat Science Program, Vita Plus Partner to Feed Those in Need
When the coronavirus pandemic started disrupting the nation’s meat supply chains in spring, UW–Madison’s swine program soon found itself among the affected operations. With […]
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Posted on June 11, 2020
A Coalition of Scientists Takes on COVID-19 — with Data
It began with a question from a yoga instructor, sent to the inbox of horticulture professor Brian Yandell. Now it’s a major collaborative effort, […]
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There’s No Use in Wasting Spilt Milk
Imagine the hard work of running a dairy farm — the relentless hours, the uncertainty over everything from the weather to prices, the worries […]
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When Challenging Things Happen, Look for the Innovators
I have no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered your lives, just as it has transformed the way CALS operates (at least for […]