GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
� Friday, Oct. 12 is deadline to sign up for Honorary Recognition banquet
� Smithies� work at UW-Madison underpinned Nobel Prize in Medicine
� UW-Madison was No. 2 in federal R & D funding in FY �06
� 2008 Partners in Giving: Help CALS build on last year�s great performance
� Materials from CALS Forum available online
� Latest UW-Madison Administrative News is available online
� Reserve your spot for the lawnmower, snow blower and roto-tiller clinic Nov. 3
� Grad school offers seminars and workshops on policies for research and grad education
� New Voices Contest Seeks Innovative Vision for Sustainable Agriculture
� CALS in the News � Week of October 1-5 and October 8-12

EVENTS
� Campus Administrative Process Redesign update Oct. 15 at Microbial Science Building
� CALS Social Hour � Tuesday, Oct. 12
� How social background and academic ability influences college aspirations � Oct. 16
� Seminar: Bioenergy, Specialty Crops and More � Oct. 24
� Another town hall session on Institutes for Discovery will be held Oct. 25
� Northcentral home energy conservation workshop coming on Oct. 27
� The Science of Halloween Candy � Oct. 31
� Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium aims to match investors, companies entreprenuers � Nov. 14-15
� Save the date: Next CALS Communicators meeting � Jan. 29

LIBRARIES
� Research protocols available online

RESEARCH
� NIH updates
� NSF updates
� Current Award information
� Funding opportunities
� Info on training for Effort Coordinators
� Current multistate proposals inviting participation
� Research protocols available online
� USDA/CSREES NRI updates

GRAD STUDENTS
� Peace Corps info sessions every Wednesday this fall
� Forging an Alternative Academic Career After Grad School � Oct. 18
� Vilas Travel Grant workshop for grad students � Oct. 17
� MFAs and Dissertators: Apply for Vilas Travel Fellowship by Oct. 31
� Grad Student Professional Development Symposium � Oct. 13

HUMAN RESOURCES
� Dual-Choice Enrollment period is October 8�26
� Classified Staff Child Care Grants � apply by Nov. 1

CALLS TO NOMINATE
� Annual UW-Madison Teaching Assistant Awards