Science & Technology
One-minute data from UW helps NASA detect wildfires faster
Researchers at UW–Madison's Space Science and Engineering Center are delivering up-to-the minute satellite data to NASA to assist efforts tracking and monitoring wildfires.
20 years after founding, MS in Biotech drives Wisconsin’s biosciences economy
Twenty years on, UW–Madison's MS in Biotechnology continues to prepare students to take leadership roles in the burgeoning biotech economy. About two-thirds of graduates remain in Wisconsin.
Avian influenza persists as migration peaks
The persistence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild and domestic birds through the summer months points to a likely rise in cases this fall, according to Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Director Keith Poulsen.
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Science & Technology Events
October
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Arboretum Wingra Oak Savanna9:00 am, Meet at Arbor Dr parking lot (off Monroe St), UW–Madison Arboretum
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1:00 pm, Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
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Mattison Flakus & Antonia Wuschner, UW–Madison Graduate Students
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Plant diversity, spectral biology and giving back to a planet in crisis5:00 pm, 145 Birge Hall
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"Vertical Farming" Johanna Oosterwyk, Horticulture, UW Extension
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Ascent of the oaks: Legacies of the past and concerns for the future of North America’s dominant tree lineage3:30 pm, B302 Birge Hall
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Arboretum Core Area and Curtis Prairie9:00 am, Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum