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Ride to Farm seeks cyclists, pledges for UW beginning farmer school

May 20, 2014

Dozens of cyclists will be riding through the rolling hills of Iowa and Sauk counties on Saturday, May 31 to support the next generation of dairy and livestock farmers.

UW-Madison’s Gourse elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 23, 2014

University of Wisconsin–Madison bacteriologist Richard L. Gourse is among leaders from academia, business, public affairs and the arts and humanities elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, it was announced today (Wednesday, April 23).

Student teams from across the nation compete for Agricultural Innovation Prize

April 22, 2014

The University of Wisconsin–Madison will host 30 teams of undergraduate and graduate students from across the country this week for the national Agricultural Innovation Prize.

Foxes among Badgers: A family of foxes makes its home on campus

April 22, 2014

There are foxes on campus. Big ones and little ones, a new family that started this spring.

Novel Open Source Seed Pledge aims to keep new vegetable and grain varieties free for all

April 15, 2014

This week, scientists, farmers and sustainable food systems advocates will gather on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus to celebrate an unusual group of honored guests: 29 new varieties of broccoli, celery, kale, quinoa and other vegetables and grains that are being publicly released using a novel form of ownership agreement known as the Open Source Seed Pledge.

Scientists firm up origin of cold-adapted yeasts that make cold beer

April 9, 2014

As one of the most widely consumed and commercially important beverages on the planet, one would expect the experts to know everything there is to know about lager beer.

Six appointed to WARF professorships

March 27, 2014

Six members of the UW–Madison faculty have been appointed to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation named professorships in 2014.

In the lab, scientists coax E. coli to resist radiation damage

March 17, 2014

Capitalizing on the ability of an organism to evolve in response to punishment from a hostile environment, scientists have coaxed the model bacterium Escherichia coli to dramatically resist ionizing radiation and, in the process, reveal the genetic mechanisms that make the feat possible.

Excess nitrogen in water prompts March 28 summit

March 6, 2014

Concern about excess nitrogen getting into the state's waterways and drinking water is the impetus for a Nitrogen Science Summit March 28 on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

Experts for media: Facebook turns 10

January 29, 2014

Millions of people around the world use Facebook, which was first launched on Feb. 4, 2004. The University of Wisconsin–Madison has experts who can discuss the popular social networking site, how people use it and how it has affected the way we communicate. They include:

What’s with sloths’ dangerous bathroom breaks? Maybe hunger

January 24, 2014

For the three-toed sloth, a trip to the restroom is no rest at all. It's a long, slow descent into mortal danger from the safety of home among the upper branches of the forest.

CALS researchers developing novel treatment for septic shock

December 26, 2013

By the time doctors diagnose septic shock, patients often are on a knife’s edge. At that point, for every hour that treatment is delayed, a person’s risk of death rises an alarming six percent.

Dairy science in spotlight as field advances

November 20, 2013

Dairy science is no longer the field of straw hats and bib overalls. The UW’s future is as thoroughly milk-soaked as its past.