Month: September 2017
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Posted on September 11, 2017
Popular science: Can Bill Nye, the famed Science Guy of the ‘90s, really save the world?
Can Bill Nye, the famed Science Guy of the ’90s, really save the world? UW researchers posed that question in jest in an online column […]
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Fall semester welcome message from Kate VandenBosch and Tom Browne
The following message was sent to CALS faculty, staff and students on Sept. 8: Greetings- As this first week of the fall semester wraps up, […]
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CALS reception at World Dairy Expo – Oct. 4
CALS faculty and staff are invited to attend the CALS Reception at World Dairy Expo, which runs 4 – 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The […]
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How moldy hay and sick cows led to a lifesaving drug
On a wintry day in the mid-1930s, a concerned farmer appeared at the door of a lab at UW-Madison. In his hand was a can […]
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UW–Madison ranked in top 5 for federal support for graduate students
A recent survey released by the National Science Foundation (NSF) ranks the University of Wisconsin–Madison fifth among universities and colleges receiving federal fellowship support. According […]
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Mark Cook, noted educator, scientist and entrepreneur, dies at 61
Mark Cook, a professor of animal sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison whose research yielded advances in human health and food production, died from complications […]
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Annual Student Learning Assessment Reports due Nov. 1
Please see below for information about the Annual Student Learning Assessment Reports from Provost Sarah C. Mangelsdorf and Associate Vice Provost and Director of Assessment, […]
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Posted on September 8, 2017
Travel support available for agricultural data integration workshop Oct. 26-28
Travel support is available for any UW-Madison faculty/staff planning on attending “Agricultural Data Integration: From Genomics to Unmanned Systems,” a workshop hosted by the University […]
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New faculty profile: Sebastian I Arriola Apelo studies dairy cattle metabolism
Sebastian I Arriola Apelo joined the faculty in the Department of Dairy Science as an assistant professor in July 2017. What is your educational/professional background? […]
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CALS In the News for the week of Sept. 1 – Sept. 8
News Why Did Life on Earth Evolve So Rapidly At First? The Atlantic, 9/05/2017 Mentioned: Kalin Vetsigian, Bacteriology Irma could touch U.S. food prices WMTV – […]