Hub news

    • Share your Hub-funded research at the Dairy Symposium, May 18

      Proposals are due by Friday, March 10, 2023. The Dairy Innovation Hub is hosting the 2nd annual Dairy Symposium event on Thursday, May 18 at the Pyle Center on the UW–Madison campus. This day-long event brings together academic colleagues, students, and trainees from UW–Madison, UW–Platteville and UW–River Falls to share data from the Hub’s most…

    • Dairy Innovation Hub seminar: Xia Zhu-Barker studies sustainability of agroecosystems – Feb. 15

      The Dairy Innovation Hub continues our faculty seminar series for the Spring semester! The goal is to showcase current work, introduce potential collaborators (from across CALS and our partner universities), and foster discussion around common research interests. Don’t miss our next seminar of the academic year! DETAILS:Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 11:00 a.m.270 Soil Science, 1525…

    • Six UW–Madison postdoctoral fellowships funded by state sponsored Dairy Innovation Hub

      The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently announced a second cohort of six, two-year postdoctoral fellowships to help increase dairy-related research capacity through the Dairy Innovation Hub initiative. The selected postdoctoral fellows will tackle research projects in the Hub’s four priority areas: stewarding land and water resources; enriching human health…

    • The Hub’s 2022 Year in Review

      This past year has been a busy one for the Dairy Innovation Hub. The Hub would like to thank everyone who helped make 2022 a great year! Highlighted below are the various activities, updates and more that happened over the past year. Seven faculty hired Throughout the year, the Hub has helped fund seven faculty…

    • UW–Platteville’s Pioneer Sweets creates ice cream advent calendars for the holiday season

      Pioneer Sweets is a student-managed ice cream business at UW–Platteville and this holiday season, they decided to sweeten things up by creating their own ice cream advent calendars. These 25-day advent calendars contained 25 different flavors — with each flavor sporting a unique holiday-themed name. Some of the flavors are Pioneer Sweets staples re-named, such…

    • Dairy Innovation Hub successes highlighted at Board of Regents meeting

      Earlier today, industry representatives joined students and faculty to highlight the accomplishments of the UW System’s Dairy Innovation Hub at the December Board of Regents meeting. The Hub, which is supported by a $7.8M investment from the State of Wisconsin, launched in 2019 to harness research and learning at UW–Madison, UW–Platteville and UW–River Falls to…