Vitamin A was discovered
In 1913, Elmer McCollum and Marguerite Davis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison discovered a ‘fat-soluble’ accessory food substance,…
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University of Wisconsin President declared ‘the beneficent influence of the university [be] available to every home in the state’
In 1904, Charles Van Hise, president of the University of Wisconsin, declared that ‘the beneficent influence of the…
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University of Wisconsin Regents defended a UW professor
In 1894, the Regents defended UW professor Richard T. Ely by adopting the sifting and winnowing statement: ﾓWhatever…
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U.S. Congress passed The Margarine Act of 1886
On Aug. 2. 1886, the U.S. Congress passed the Oleomargarine Act which among other things, directed the Secretary…
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The Legislature designated the University of Wisconsin as the Wisconsin land-grant institution
In 1866, the Legislature designated the University of Wisconsin as the Wisconsin land-grant institution.
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The first women students were admitted to the University of Wisconsin
In 1863, the first women students were admitted to the University of Wisconsin in the Normal Department.
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The state territorial legislature passed a bill to establish a University of Wisconsin ‘at or near Madison, the seat of government’
In 1838, The state territorial legislature passed a bill to establish a University of Wisconsin ‘at or near…
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