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June 21, 2024

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A UW-Madison study mapped millions of acres of abandoned U.S. farmland. Here’s why it matters.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A team of scientists from the UW-led Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center mapped millions of acres of abandoned farmland across the U.S. over several decades in a study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. Knowing where this abandoned land is could help people evaluate it for different uses, including climate solutions, the team theorized.

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Frank Emspak

Wisconsin State Journal

In 1991, he applied to work at the School for Workers in Madison, WI, and started another chapter of his life.

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Wisconsin’s 38 Most Influential Asian American Leaders for 2024, Part 5

Madison365

Dr. Kaiping Chen is an Assistant Professor in computational communication at University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communication.

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Chundou Her is a graduate student in Curriculum & Instruction at UW-Madison, researching the intersection of storytelling, youth activism, art, transformative justice, and participatory methods.