Month: July 2015
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Posted on July 6, 2015
The U.S. Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative (USWBSI) is soliciting FY16-17 pre-proposals
The U.S. Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative (USWBSI) is now soliciting research pre-proposals for fiscal years 2016-17. The FY16-17 Request for Project Pre-Proposals (RFP) application […]
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Federal Funding Opportunities
Federal funding opportunities from the week of June 29th – July 3rd CNCS AmeriCorps State and National FY 2015 Partnership Challenge DOC Climate Program Office […]
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Non-Federal Funding Opportunities
Selected opportunities from CALS’ listing of non-federal funding opportunities in agriculture, life sciences and related fields. View and search the entire list (updated weekly!). Musculoskeletal […]
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Five things everyone should know about unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) in agriculture
1. Agriculture is poised to become the biggest market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Up to 80 percent of the commercial market for UAVs will […]
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Recent retirements
Best wishes to colleagues who retired from CALS in the past three months. Dates indicate their CALS service. They include: Charles Schobert, Department of Bacteriology […]
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Posted on July 3, 2015
CALS in the News for the Week of June 27-July 3
In The News: Time to review Wisconsin’s reciprocity agreements Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 6/27/15 Author: Michael Flaherty, Life Sciences Communication Social media helps wildlife researchers track […]
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Posted on July 2, 2015
Xuejun Pan: New biomass sugar process could be a game changer
A vial of white sugar sits on Xuejun Pan’s desk beside a box of wood chips. “It’s pretty pure and sweet,” he says, pointing to […]
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Seven Innovation Grants awarded by WALSAA
The Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association (WALSAA) awarded Innovation Grants to student organizations in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) to […]
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Posted on July 1, 2015
PNAS article by Dietram Scheufele wins communication award
A 2014 paper written by life sciences communication professor Dietram Scheufele, titled “Science communication as political communication,” has been selected to receive the Communication of Science, Health […]
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Reminder on UW travel policies
Martha Kerner, Assistant Vice Chancellor for the UW-Madison Division of Business Services, sent the following email communication about UW-Madison travel policies to members of the UW-Madison […]