Stories indexed under: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

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• Watching the birds: Agri-tourism could help save colorful prairie chicken April 7, 2008 In terms of entertaining courtship rituals, few animals can hold a candle to Tympanuchus cupido -- the drummer of love, commonly known as the greater prairie chicken.
• Study: Religion colors Americans’ views of nanotechnology Feb. 15, 2008 Addressing scientists in Boston Feb. 15 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dietram Scheufele, a professor of life sciences communication, presented new survey results that show religion exerts far more influence on public views of technology in the United States than in Europe.
• Unique whey protein is promising supplement for strict PKU diet Feb. 1, 2008 Individuals with a rare genetic condition known as phenylketonuria, or PKU, receive a difficult-to-follow prescription. They must severely limit their consumption of protein, completely avoiding mealtime staples such as meat, cheese and even bread. Not surprisingly, for many, diet is a constant struggle.
• Green retreat from winter white Jan. 29, 2008 Anyone feeling weathered of Old Man Winter or that Jack Frost has nipped enough at their likely now-parched skin should consider a retreat to a publicly accessible campus greenhouse. (Slide show included.)
• Students sell steaks to get a taste of the meat industry Jan. 23, 2008 So it's Saturday, and you've just learned that an RV full of Badgers fans is on its way to your place for a post-basketball game victory party. You need meat, and fast. But where around campus can you find good, fresh steaks?
• Greener pastures: Dairy science reverses history with enrollment surge Dec. 12, 2007 Since enrolling 189 undergraduate students in 1982, dairy science has seen a steady decline in popularity. But the program is gorwing again now after retooling its cirriculum and its approach to student recruitment.
• DuPont fellowship funds address plant breeder shortage Dec. 5, 2007 In 2008, DuPont’s Pioneer Hi-Bred seed business will provide the plant breeding and plant genetics program with a $60,000 grant, renewable annually for five years, to support two new graduate fellowships.
• Recent sightings: Christmas Tree Sale Dec. 1, 2007
• Forestry Club will sell Christmas trees at Stock Pavilion this weekend Nov. 27, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Forestry Club will be selling Fraser fir, balsam fir, and white pine Christmas trees and Fraser fir wreaths in the university's Stock Pavilion from Friday through Sunday, Nov. 30-Dec. 2.
• Questions remain on what makes a perfect rain garden Oct. 31, 2007 Since their public introduction more than 10 years ago, rain gardens — small garden plots that are designed to collect and filter storm water — have created quite a storm among environmentally minded homeowners. But as their popularity has grown, so have opinions about what makes the perfect rain garden.
• UW center will lead efforts to expand farm-to-school programs in Midwest Oct. 22, 2007 The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been named as lead agency in a six-state area for a new national program to encourage schools to serve more locally grown food.
• Professor’s film on Native American soldiers to air on PBS Oct. 18, 2007 Patty Loew, a veteran television journalist and an associate professor of life sciences communication, has long wondered what motivated Native American veterans — including her grandfather — to fight for a country that considered them outsiders. Now, she has produced “Way of the Warrior,” a one-hour documentary that will air nationally on the PBS network in November, to explore these motivations.
• Two to receive CALS distinguished service awards Oct. 17, 2007 Biochemist Hector DeLuca and former dean Leo Walsh will receive Distinguished Service Awards from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at an awards banquet on Thursday, Oct. 25.
• Second place is sweet for food development team Aug. 2, 2007 Thanks to the innovation of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Food Science Club, consumers may one day follow a course of sushi not with sake, but with espresso or a latte.
• Building green for less green: Design team plans lower-cost, energy-efficient housing Aug. 2, 2007 A team of faculty, students and community organizations is out to construct a new reality: green housing that can also be affordable.
• UW organic field day slated for Aug. 30 at Arlington Station July 30, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Arlington Agricultural Research Station will hold its first field day devoted to organic agricultural production on Aug. 30 from 3 - 7 p.m.
• West Madison urban horticulture field day set for Aug. 18 July 27, 2007 Want to make your green thumb even greener? Stop by the Urban Horticulture Field Day at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's West Madison Agricultural Research Station, on Saturday, August 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Phosphorus management system balances farms, water quality July 18, 2007 At any given spot in Wisconsin, chances are that you're not far from a lake or a farm, or both - but the combination is not always a harmonious one. The future of both may hinge on proper management of an essential element: phosphorus.
• UW-Madison plays host to international turfgrass industry groups July 13, 2007 During the week of July 23, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will play host to upwards of 1,100 visitors who will spend much of their time looking down at the ground.
• Catching the insect bug: Insect Ambassadors spread their fascination with the six-legged world July 11, 2007 When he was in seventh grade, Mike Hillstrom was happiest when he was playing with bugs. A dozen years later, it's still true. But now the bugs are a lot bigger and more exotic. And technically, he's not just playing.

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