At the 2020 Council Meeting of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), Alfred Hartemink, professor and chair of soil science, was elected an Honorary […]

Congratulations to Francisco Arriaga (Associate Professor) on being named to the Scientific Advisory Committee of The Soil Health Institute (SHI).  Also named to the Committee […]

Congratulations to Carrie Laboski et al. whose paper “Strengths and Limitations of Nitrogen Rate Recommendations for Corn and Opportunities for Improvement”* has won the 2020 […]

Message from the Department Chair (Vol. 11, No. 2 of “Profiles”) — These are strange times. We left our offices mid-March and have not been […]

Congratulations to Yakun Zhang on being selected as the recipient of the Soil Science Society of America 2020 Truog Soil Science Outstanding Dissertation Award! The […]

On June 1, the Department of Soil Science welcomed Zac Freedman as its newest Assistant Professor. Dr. Freedman came to UW-Madison from West Virginia University […]

The estate of Elsa Thomsen established the Louis and Elsa Thomsen Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowships to support graduate students who demonstrate excellence in research. Four […]

Congratulations to Alfred Hartemink on being elected chair of the Pedology Division of the Soil Science Society of America. In addition, he has been appointed […]

Message from the Department Chair {Photo 2019-2020 Soil Science Graduate Students} We just graduated our 500th PhD student – exactly 101 years after our first […]

Message from the Department Chair Every morning when I come in (and I try to come in with the birds as Champ Tanner and Emil […]