GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• UW-Madison chancellor search committee named
• Feel free to add friends of CALS to the eCALS mailing list
• CALS in the News – January 14-18 and January 7-11, 2008
• Hold on to your (hard) hat: The construction of Institutes for Discovery has begun
• Gary Roberts named as CALS Director of Undergraduate Biology Education
• New website highlights opportunities for current and prospective CALS grad students
• In memoriam: Biochemist Helmut Beinert

CONGRATULATIONS
• Ahna Skop profiled as “standout scholar”
• Landscape architecture student shares national design award from U.S. Green Building Council
• Student telefunders turn in top performances

EVENTS
• Art exhibit on climate change, cosponsored by Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Jan. 12–Feb. 8
• PBS producer will discuss chemist Percy Julian and “The Neglected Science” on Jan. 22
• See “Indestructible,” first-person account of life with ALS, and meet the filmmaker on Jan. 24
• CALS communicators to meet Jan. 29
• Workshop on stalking, Jan. 31
• Spring 2008 Campus Roundtable kicks off Feb. 15
• Obesity lecture series begins Feb. 21

EXTENSION AND OUTREACH
• Needed: Guest speakers for outreach course on food, health, agriculture and the environment
• Heart of the Farm-Women in Agriculture workshop set for Jan. 25 in Sparta

RESEARCH
• New Training Requirements for Human Subjects Researchers
• Funding Opportunities
• Annual AD-421 CRIS Reports Reminder
• NIH updates
• CALS WISPER Training
• Issues associated with Conversion to WISPER and PeopleSoft Grants
• Applications for DATCP-administered grazing grants now available

TEACHING AND ADVISING
• Feb. 7 Etiquette Dinner helps students prepare for job interviews
• Technology Enhanced Learning Grants Competition
• Resources to help students stay safe on campus
• Faculty and staff invited to CALS Careers Fair reception — Feb. 28

CALLS TO NOMINATE
• Time to nominate for 2008 Outstanding Senior Awards
• Nominate seniors for Herfurth-Kubly Awards for Initiative and Efficiency