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Working Together for Healthier Harvests
Photo by Bryce Richter / UW–Madison
Andy Diercks, a fourth-generation potato farmer from the small village of Coloma in central Wisconsin, sat down with UW–Madison Extension specialist Amanda Gevens to discuss the ongoing partnership between his farm and the university. The close partnerships between UW–Madison researchers and growers across Wisconsin ensure quality crops and long-term viability for local farms.
From the article: “They’re not afraid to ask us to change, and we don’t have any problem asking why they’re trying to get us to make some of the changes,” Diercks says. “It’s a great relationship. It’s frankly one of the main reasons I’ve stayed in the farm."
UW for You
The people behind high-impact research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides support to early-career scientists who are the key building blocks that have helped make — and keep — the United States the world leader in science. Meet seven early-career scientists at UW–Madison who conduct high-impact research.
Related: Robert Golden discusses impacts of NIH funding reductions.
Wisconsin Partnership Program awards $3.5 million to communities
Nine projects across the state will receive funds from the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health to address community-identified needs from food insecurity to crisis intervention services for young adults.
Resources for rural Wisconsin
Bad weather in Wisconsin can take a toll on communities, particularly in rural areas. UW–Madison’s Division of Extension and other campus researchers are developing the data, tools and resources communities need to prepare.
The Cheat Sheet
How understanding life's origins could help improve crop yields. ● Bridging rural transportation gaps with autonomous vehicles. ● Making sense of mindless scrolling(🔒). ● A founder-focused approach to entrepreneurship. ● Unsealing ancient mysteries. ● Research on padded helmet covers for high school football players. ● Using AI in cancer diagnosis. ● Finding a new way to treat Sjögren’s disease. ● UW's hottest double majors. ● Work gets underway to combat opioid overdoses in Wisconsin.
Take a Look: Understanding Forest Carbon Storage
Why are forests in the Great Lakes region storing less carbon?
Brooke Propson, a PhD student in soil science at UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences explains what is happening with forests' carbon storage and why it matters.
Can't Stop a Badger
Through her story of loss and resilience, UW freshman Brooke Brennan hopes to help others ‘find their light in their darkness.'
Patrick Leigh, a science teacher at Sauk Prairie High School in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, is back to work and his favorite pastimes just three months after receiving a life-saving heart transplant at UW Health.
UW–Madison economics professor Kim Ruhl has been appointed one of three economists on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers.
Coming Up
Wisconsin KidWind Challenge
Madison, WI, and online | March 1 | 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
The KidWind Challenge is a hands-on renewable energy competition that engages students in STEM. Student teams bring small-scale wind turbines or solar devices to the Challenge where they will be tested for power output. The public is welcome to come spectate, cheer on the teams and engage in hands-on science activities.
Field Day 10-Year anniversary: Celebrating a successful WI collaboration
Madison, WI | March 4 | 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Join the UW School of Education, the Department of Public Instruction and state leaders in a celebration of the partnership that created Field Day, a learning games program based at UW–Madison's Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
Picture This
UW–Madison’s annual Winter Carnival on Feb. 6-9 drew big crowds to frozen Lake Mendota and its shoreline to skate, ice fish, sled, play broomball and hockey, and enjoy a freestyle snowboard and ski show. Others just came to walk on the ice together and marvel at the replica of the Statue of Liberty’s head and torch. Photo by Xiaomeng Shen / UW–Madison.
