Tag: Working Life
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Posted on October 11, 2019
Catch up with . . . Kristin Kohlmann BS’13 Genetics and Global Health Certificate
Kristin Kohlmann has a passion for keeping children healthy and well-fed. And to make it happen, she found the perfect partner with Project Peanut Butter, […]
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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 […]
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Posted on February 25, 2019
Catch Up with … Lynne Maquat PhD’79 Biochemistry
It might seem like Lynne Maquat had the deck stacked — or maybe the test tubes racked — against her. The first-generation college student was […]
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Posted on July 4, 2016
In the Field: Master Meat Crafters
Matthew Bayer Class of 2012 Matthew Bayer is the co-owner of Country Fresh Meats in Weston, Wisconsin, a family-owned and -operated meat processing plant that’s […]
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Posted on July 1, 2016
Catch up with … Andrea Garber BS’92 PhD’99 Nutritional Sciences
As a professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, Andrea Garber BS’92 PhD’99 conducted a groundbreaking study concerning a very vulnerable group: […]
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Posted on March 9, 2016
In the Field: Improving the world through Community and Environmental Sociology (CES) formerly Rural Sociology
Kweku Brewoo BS’14 Kweku Brewoo was drawn to pursue CES and International Studies degrees by his desire to someday work for the United Nations. At […]
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Posted on November 3, 2015
In the Field: Alumni who serve the state through UW-Extension Cooperative Extension
Aerica Bjurstrom BS’00 “My programming changes depending on what farmers are asking for—or if I see a need for something new before they ask,” says […]
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Posted on June 12, 2015
In the Field: Meet some Master Cheesemakers
Sid Cook (first certified in 2002) Having won 569 national and international awards within the past 14 years, Sid Cook’s Carr Valley Cheese probably ranks […]
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Posted on June 9, 2015
Catch Up With … Luxme Hariharan BS’04 Biology
As a pediatric ophthalmologist, clinical researcher and child advocate, Luxme Hariharan has set herself a challenging goal: To prevent childhood blindness globally and help those […]
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Posted on March 2, 2015
In the Field: Alumni who have made a difference via the Peace Corps
Nikita Brabbit BS’08 Forest Science (Recreation Resource Management) Paraguay ’08–’10 Brabbit served as a Peace Corps volunteer specializing in agro-forestry in rural southeastern Paraguay, an […]
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Posted on November 2, 2014
In the Field: Alumni from Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics
Roger Freeman PhD’82 Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics Roger Freeman, based in Brooks, Oregon, is the senior carrot breeder for Bayer Crop Science Vegetable Seeds. […]
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Posted on June 19, 2014
In the Field: Alumni from Agricultural and Applied Economics
Chris Barret PhD’94 Agricultural and Applied Economics In January Chris Barrett began a new position as the David J. Nolan Director of Cornell University’s Charles […]