Category: Awards and honors
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Posted on April 11, 2016
Phil Pellitteri, Ray Guries and Gene Smalley honored by Wisconsin Urban Forestry Council
Three CALS scientists were recently recognized for their contributions to urban forestry by the Wisconsin Urban Forestry Council. Ray Guries, emeritus professor of forest and wildlife […]
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Posted on April 10, 2016
UW Weed Experts honored for Wisconsin Farm Tech Days display
Identifying weeds and using the best management practices to control them is important to both farmers and homeowners; reaching both these audiences was a goal […]
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UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative to support four projects with CALS ties
Fourteen highly innovative research projects have been chosen for the first round of funding by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for […]
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Posted on April 4, 2016
Dick Cates named Master Agriculturalist by the Wisconsin Agriculturalist
Dick Cates, director of the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers and lecturer in the Department of Soil Science, was recently honored with […]
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Plant pathology’s Doug Maxwell wins award for collaborative research on grain legumes
Douglas P. Maxwell, an emeritus professor of plant pathology, recently received a Meritorious Achievement Award from the USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on […]
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CALS’ Lynne Dalka wins University Staff Recognition Award
CALS’ Lynne Dalka is among five employees selected to receive this year’s University Staff Recognition Awards. Lynne is a custodian at the Kemp Natural Resources […]
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Three CALS projects receive Global Health Institute awards
The Global Health Institute recently awarded eight Graduate Student Research Awards, one Faculty-Staff Travel Award and three Visiting Scholar Awards in amounts from $2,500 to […]
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Posted on March 28, 2016
CALS ranked 5th in ag and forestry in QS World University Rankings
UW-Madison has been ranked 5th in the world in the area of Agriculture and Forestry by QS World University Rankings, tied with ParisTech. Ranking above us […]
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Bret Payseur receives Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award
Associate Professor of Genetics Bret Payseur, who has appointments in CALS and the School of Medicine and Public Health, was recently awarded a Vilas Faculty […]
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Brossard named to NAS panel on science literacy
What does it mean to be science literate? How science literate is the American public? How do we stack up against other countries? What are […]