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  • Posted on July 15, 2025
    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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    Friday’s Philanthropy

      Charitable giving is a thread that runs through most of Fritz Friday’s life. As a young food science major at CALS in 1954, Friday […]

  • 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 […]

  • Posted on July 1, 2024
    Major Changes

      The world is changing rapidly. As it shifts, the challenges our stakeholders face — and what they require to tackle them — continue to […]

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    Lasting Delight

      There’s nothing quite like ice cream to cool you off on a hot summer day. It also puts you in a race to finish […]

  • Posted on November 2, 2023
    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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    How Waste Becomes a Resource

      Victor Ujor’s fascination with microorganisms — bacteria, fungi, viruses — began with an issue of Time magazine. What he encountered in the pages of […]

  • Posted on July 7, 2023
    Research Fellowship Aims to Diversify the Brewing Industry

      “There’s so much more that goes into brewing beer than just the ingredients,” says Tony Bugher, president of the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company. The […]

  • Posted on March 9, 2023
    The (New) House That Dairy Built

      When it was first constructed in 1951, Babcock Hall — UW’s beloved producer of ice cream, cheese, and other famous dairy goods — was […]

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    A Tasteful New Babcock Dairy Logo

      To make way for the Babcock Hall remodel, the dairy plant had to shut down production for more than three years. Fortunately, a large […]

  • Posted on October 18, 2022
    Six Facts about Antioxidants You Won’t Learn from Advertising

      It’s hard to walk through the grocery store without encountering at least one product that touts the health benefits of antioxidants. Marketed as the […]

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    Sweet Solution

      Greek yogurt is a relatively recent food fad in the U.S. But its unique taste and thick texture appeal to many, and it accounted […]