Tag College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Babcock Hall Dairy Store serves up a sweet job
Imagine receiving your undergraduate degree and then immediately being put in charge of an ice cream shop that serves more than 400 customers every day and employs two dozen workers during the peak season. Read More
Late blight pathogen spreads to state’s potato crop
The plant pathogen best known for causing the Irish potato famine - Phytophthora infestans - was just discovered in two commercial potato fields in two separate Wisconsin counties. Before this, the outbreak of late blight, as the disease is known, had been confined to tomato plants. Read More
Mass communications students and faculty reap bumper crop of awards
Graduate students and faculty in the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Joint Program in Mass Communications landed several awards - the most in recent memory - at a national conference for journalism educators this week. Read More
Irrigation system manages stormwater
This summer, Doug Soldat is saving for a not-so-rainy day. The UW–Madison soil scientist is banking rainwater, up to 8,000 gallons of it, enough to keep the lawn at UW–Madison's O.J. Noer Turfgrass Research and Education Facility lush through the driest weeks of summer. Read More
Curiosities: Why do onions make us cry when we cut them?
Chopping onions unleashes a “chemical defense that onion plants have to protect themselves against insects and microbes,” says UW–Madison horticulture professor Irwin Goldman. We’re… Read More
Curiosities: Are there more geese in Wisconsin than there used to be?
The number of Canada geese in Wisconsin is very much on the rise, increasing exponentially since standardized bird counts began in 1966, according to… Read More
UW-Madison symposium addresses science’s holiest grail: building life from scratch
While at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, biochemist Har Gobind Khorana helped crack the genetic code, completing a set of experiments that garnered him a Nobel Prize in 1968. Read More
Keeping it local: UW–Madison diners get ‘homegrown’ veggies
A new local food initiative on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus is starting very close to home. Read More
Carb synthesis sheds light on promising tuberculosis drug target
A fundamental question about how sugar units are strung together into long carbohydrate chains has also pinpointed a promising way to target new medicines against tuberculosis. Read More
Scientists and public differ on views about nanotechnology regulation
When it comes to regulating nanotechnology - a burgeoning global industry with wide-ranging potential applications - a new study led by professors Dietram Scheufele at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Elizabeth Corley at Arizona State University (ASU) reveals that the views of U.S. nanoscientists differ from those of the general public. Read More
Nutritious, mouse-eared waffle carries UW–Madison team to food contest finals
It's a challenge that parents face every day: Make healthy food taste good so their kids will actually eat it. A University of Wisconsin–Madison food development team has done just that, and on Monday, June 8, they'll head to Disneyland to showcase their creation before a panel of industry judges. Read More
Composting project takes a bite out of campus food waste
At restaurants and cafeterias, consumers have grown accustomed to seeing a line of waste containers for recycling glass, plastic and paper items. Important as those bins are for reducing the burden on landfills, they overlook a major source of waste: the food left on diners' plates. Read More
Cyclists pedal for pledges to support UW School for Beginning Farmers
Friends of the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers (WSBDF) will be pedaling for pledges when they wheel out of Dane County's Lake Farm Park on Friday, June 12, for the sixth annual Ride to Farm. Read More
Songs raise awareness about aquatic invasive species
A new initiative at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is using music to raise public awareness about aquatic invasive species in the state. Read More
WAA honors food science professor with Outreach Excellence Award
The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) has selected University of Wisconsin–Madison food science professor Richard Hartel as the 2009 recipient of the Ken and Linda Ciriacks Alumni Outreach Excellence Award. Read More
As ticks expand, new areas may become prone to Lyme disease
Last summer, after returning home from a walk in Madison's Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood, Susan Paskewitz was astonished to find a deer tick crawling up her dog's hind leg. It was the first time Paskewitz, a University of Wisconsin–Madison entomologist, had collected a tick in the city. Within the month, she learned of two other such cases. Read More
Ideology, religion trump other factors when it comes to supporting gay marriage
During the past few weeks, several states have shifted their policies in favor of civil unions and gay marriage. These policy changes are to some degree shaped by shifts in public attitudes toward gay marriage. Where do these opinion shifts come from? Read More
Find local food with the 2009 Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas
Whether you are cooking at home or enjoying a meal out on the town, the 2009 Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas can steer you to local, sustainably grown food. The 2009 edition will be available for free in Madison and across southern Wisconsin beginning April 18. Read More
Survey shows high interest in biofuels
Most Americans want to know more about biofuels, according to a new survey fielded by researchers in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Study reveals new options for people with PKU
For people with the genetic condition known as phenylketonuria (PKU), diet is a constant struggle. They can eat virtually no protein, and instead get their daily dose of this key macronutrient by drinking a bitter-tasting formula of amino acids. Yet drink it they must; deviating from this strict dietary regimen puts them at risk of developing permanent neurological damage. Read More