The Impact of Gifts

Mehdi Kabbage, assistant professor of plant pathology, has been selected to receive an Elton D. and Carrie R. Aberle Faculty Fellow Award.

Using real-world commodity-trading software and armed with simulated trading experience in agricultural markets, a number of CALS students are finding paths to jobs after graduation.

Meet Tom Crenshaw, winner of the Arthur J. Maurer Extra Mile Award, professor in the University of Wisconsin – Madison Animal Sciences department and advisor for Alpha Gamma Rho – Iota.

Genetics assistant professor Xuehua Zhong and plant pathology assistant professor Erin Silva have been selected to receive Alfred Toepfer Faculty Fellow Awards.

Samuel Butcher won the 2016 Spitzer Excellence in Teaching Award and professor in the University Of Wisconsin-Madison Department Of Biochemistry.

Exploring Microbiome Opportunities in Life Sciences in Agriculture was funding from private gifts and brought experts from NSF, DOE, NIH, the University of Aberdeen and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, as well as speakers from here on campus, to discuss opportunities in microbiome research.

Mike and Mary Sue Shannon talk about the nationwide reputation of UW graduates as hardworking and reliable, and they explain why they’ve selected the university as their primary place to give.

The reach of the University of Wisconsin–Madison stretches far beyond the bounds of campus. Fran Taylor ’68 explains how the university’s ideas, enthusiasm, and funding affect communities and businesses in every corner of Wisconsin.