The Impact of Gifts - College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

The Department of Horticulture has received a donation from UW alumni Steve and Christa Slinger to establish an endowed graduate fellowship in vegetable crops in the department.

Wisconsin’s potato industry has had a strong, decades-long partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s potato researchers, one that has helped place Wisconsin among the top three potato-producing states in the nation.

The biological systems engineering department recently announced the establishment of its first endowed professorship.

Agricultural & Applied Economics alum Dr. Robert H. Miller of Alexandria, Virginia (MS ’59, PhD ’67) visited Madison for the inaugural AAE Scholars & Sponsors Lunch to announce his gift of $500,000 to establish the Henry C. Taylor Professorship.

Srinivasan Damodaran, professor of food science, has been appointed to the Owen R. Fennema Professorship in Food Chemistry and was honored at a reception on Friday, Oct. 14.

UW–Madison students Katie Piel and Natalie Hogan both find a way to bring the Wisconsin Idea to life and move the UW forward.

The Food Research Institute has received a generous donation to establish two endowed graduate fellowships.

Mark Cook, University of Wisconsin – Madison Animal Sciences – Robert G. F. and Hazel T. Spitze Land Grant Faculty Award for Excellence