New stories from the past two weeks that feature (or will interest) CALS faculty and staff:

Featuring people and programs connected to CALS:

• Make sure your fair trade coffee really is, researcher says – The Vancouver Sun (features Ag. and Applied Econ grad student Jeremy Weber)
• Training grants a boon to research, scientists – News@UW (features Biotechnology Training Grant program directed by Tim Donohue)
• Snowstorm Collapses Landmark Tree – WISC-TV
• A passion for science — The Capital Times (includes profile of Sam Butcher, biochemistry)
  
• Stemina hopes ‘biomarkers’ blaze a profitable trail — WisBusiness.com (features Gabriela Cezar)
  
• Old Dairy Barn Recognized As National Historic Landmark — WISC-TV
  
• Daluge to Retire from UW-Madison — Wisconsin Agriculturalist
  
• Milk Prices On Rise In Wisconsin — Channel 3000 (cites Ed Jesse, Ag & Applied Econ)
• East High students get hands-on experience in horticulture — The Capital Times (features Mary Klecker, recipient of last year’s Honorary Recognition Award)

Featuring topics of interest to CALS:

• Doyle creates office to promote renewable fuel — Wisconsin State Journal
• Editorial: It’s patently obvious — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  
• Is Wisconsin’s stem cell standing diminished? — Wisconsin Technology Network
  
• UW can and must continue to lead — Wisconsin State Journal
  
• Geron opposes patent decision — San Francisco Examiner
  
• UW patents jeopardized — Wisconsin State Journal
  
• Stem-cell patents tossed — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  
• 3 Patents on Stem Cells Are Revoked in Initial Review — New York Times
  
• States Take Lead in Funding Stem-Cell Research — NPR
  
• Money search gets in the way of research — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  
• A change in climate: Global warming in Wisconsin — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• UW holds steady in graduate school rankings — The Capital Times