GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
� Update on candidates for CALS Associate Dean/Extension Program Leader position
� Shinners, Karasov, Hitchon elected to CALS Academic Planning Council
� 2007 Honorary Recognition recipients named
� LSC teams with tribal college for youth science media camp
� NAS seeks committee members, case study farms for update of Alternative Agriculture report
� Despite ethanol industry�s voracious appetite, expect corn stocks to increase next year
� Good sources for following ag market trends
� Info on submitting bioenergy proposals to NCR-SARE
� CALS in the news � August 4�17

CONGRATULATIONS
� Biochemist Perry Frey honored for career leadership
� Leo Walsh, Hector DeLuca to receive CALS Distinguished Service Awards
� Scott Craven to receive UW-Extension Chancellor�s Career Award
� Dave Thomas Inducted into Targhee Hall of Fame
� Grad student Priya Kathirvel earns first place in IFT paper competition

EVENTS
� Forum: Can Wisconsin Meet the Challenge of Biofuels Leadership � Aug. 22
� Agronomy/Soils Field Day Will Cover Research And Current Ag Issues � August 29
� Conducting organic agriculture research � Aug. 30 workshop at Arlington
� UW organic field day slated for Aug. 30 at Arlington Station
� Molecular and Applied Nutrition Symposium � Oct. 11
� Conference looks at bio-fuel�s impact on Midwest landscape � Oct. 16

LIBRARIES
� Not too late to put books on reserve
� Biological Abstracts and Zoological Record Have Moved
� Steenbock Library welcomes expanded archives and new head of oral history program
� Hone your research skills at Steenbock library�s drop-in workshops

INTERNATIONAL
� World Vegetable Center offers postdoc fellowships for vegetable R and D
� Third World Academy of Sciences offers postdocs for scientists from developing countries
� Supplemental funding available for international components of new or continuing NSF projects
� Grants for Study in Scandinavia

RESEARCH
� $100,000 available for cultivar, germplasm development (proposals due Sept. 7)
� Funding opportunities with approaching deadlines
� Research Hot Topics and Frequently Asked Questions

TEACHING AND ADVISING
� Sarah Pfatteicher named Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Services
� Karen Knipschild is new Farm and Industry Short Course program manager