Category: People and Departments
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Posted on October 21, 2013
Ingenuity update: John Mochon and 5 CALS grad students get WARF innovation awards
When it comes to innovation, CALS does not take a backseat. This year WARF gave an Innovation Award to John Monchon for developing the BetaGene oat, […]
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Several from CALS on ballot for new campus Classified Staff Executive Committee
Voting for seats on UW-Madison’s brand-new Classified Staff Advisory Committee is underway, and several people from CALS are on the ballot. They include Eric Ellefsen (Bacteriology), Sandy Fowler (CALS […]
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In memoriam: Don Johnson
Don Johnson, Professor Emeritus, Community and Environmental Sociology, died on Oct. 17 at the age of 83. In his 35 years as a faculty member, […]
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Animal rights target talks about the ethics of animal research – Oct 24
Any research that includes animals presents ethical questions, but they are questions Dario Ringach believes we rarely address together. “There is a moral dilemma everyone […]
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Posted on October 14, 2013
Here’s the agenda for the Oct. 15 CALS APC meeting
The CALS Academic Planning Council meets on Oct. 15 from 1–3:30 a.m. in 6201 Microbial Sciences. Once again, part of the meeting will be held […]
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The quick red fox on Observatory Hill
Wildlife spottings continue around the buildings on Observatory Hill. A few weeks ago it was a red-tailed hawk lunching on a windowsill. Last week brought […]
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Weds. World Food Day seminar looks at crop breeding, seed sovreignty and food security
October 16 is World Food Day. Join Dr. Eva Weltzien from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Mali, West Africa working […]
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Posted on October 10, 2013
Dairy “Showcase” set for Oct. 29
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Dairy Science will host its first-annual Dairy Science Showcase on Tuesday, Oct. 29, from 1–6:30 p.m. Dairy science alumni […]
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Posted on September 30, 2013
Campus Diversity Forum Oct. 21–22
I’d like to invite you to attend our annual 2013 Fall Diversity Forum, “Diversity and Educational Achievement: A Wisconsin Agenda” on Monday, Oct. 21, and Tuesday, Oct. […]
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Agenda: CALS and L&S APC Oct. 1 joint meeting
Joint CALS/L&S Meeting Introductions/Overview/Operating Guidelines — Elaine Klein, Sarah Pfatteicher Plant Sciences Option in undergraduate Biology major being proposed by Horticulture, Agronomy, et. al. Neurobiology […]