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Agriculture 4 Health: Impacts of agricultural development on human health and nutrition in Ethiopia

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Henok Kurabachew Mulat, associate professor of plant pathology and director of the School of Nutrition, Food Science, and Technology at Hawassa University, promotes multidisciplinary academic and research programs to improve nutrition in Ethiopia. He is working with UW-Madison on an orange-fleshed sweet potato nutrition and health project in collaboration with the International Potato Center. He …

Urban Horticulture Day

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  Want some fresh ideas for your home garden? Stop by Urban Horticulture Day at UW-Madison’s West Madison Agricultural Research Station on Saturday, Aug. 15 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. At this family-friendly field day, visitors can tour the station’s vineyard, vegetable garden and extensive …

CDC’s Selected Zoonotic Diseases Conference Call

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The CDC’s Selected Zoonotic Diseases Conference Call will cover several topics:   Management of Potential Bat Exposures within a Healthcare Facility Increase in Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Case Detection–Georgia, 2014 Rabies Variant in a Fox, New Mexico UW-Madison alumnus Ryan Wallace, a veterinary medical officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be a …

Northern Lights Tour: Wisconsin Science Hits the Road July 27-31

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Science will light up the night in northern Wisconsin this summer as scientists and educators from UW-Madison and UW-Extension hit the road for the first Northern Lights Tour, a five-stop exposition of research with local and regional impact. The tour, an extension of UW-Madison’s Wednesday Nite@the Lab, produced in conjunction with UW-Extension and Wisconsin Public …