Meet Alexandra Branscombe, a CALS Life Sciences Communication student who is excited and grateful to be the recipient of the J.W. Watt Agricultural Journalism Memorial Scholarship and Douglas D. Sorenson Scholarship.
Tag: college of agricultural and life sciences
Carbohydrates Influence Stem Cells, Tuberculosis
By manipulating specific carbohydrates, Professor Laura Kiessling has discovered a better way to grow stem cells and new approaches for treating diseases such as tuberculosis, which affects a third of the world’s population.
Changing Lives One Treatment, One Student at a Time
After earning his master’s and doctoral degrees from the UW-Madison, retired biochemist James Chieh-Hsia Mao, who fled Chinese Communism, wants to help students and better the world.
Donald Radcliffe- Scholarships Lead to Growth, Service
A big reason I am able to pursue these incredible experiences is that I have had financial assistance in the form of scholarships.
Pay It Forward
Jennifer Holle brought work ethic from the farm to CALS, where she’s majoring in dairy science. Besides hard work, another key to Holle’s success has been crucial financial assistance. Holle is a two-time recipient of a Wisconsin Rural Youth Scholarship, a program that CALS set up in 2009 specifically for young people like her.