Category: People and Departments
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Posted on February 28, 2012
The frontlines of fighting hunger: Bettina Luescher, UN food program offical and former CNN reporter, visits campus March 8-9
CALS International Programs is co-sponsoring a campus visit by Bettina Luescher, World Food Programme Chief Spokesperson for North America, on March 8 and 9. Since joining […]
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Posted on February 27, 2012
Matt Repking named interim superintendent at Hancock Ag Research Station
Matt Repking, assistant superintendent at the Arlington Agricultural Research, will serve as interim superintendent at the Hancock Station while a search for a new superintendent is underway. […]
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Posted on February 23, 2012
Needed: New members for CALS Committee on Academic Staff Issues
The CALS Committee on Academic Staff Issues (CASI) is currently looking for a few new members for the committee. In 1997, the Academic Staff Executive […]
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Posted on February 20, 2012
Help us write the caption for this vintage photo of ice cream making
Can you tell us anything about the photo at left—who, what, when or where? It’s in the collection of UW Archives, but there’s no caption […]
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Nominate a colleague for the first-ever Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
Nominations are sought for the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation. The new $10,000 annual award, administered by […]
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After eight years as arboretum director, Kevin McSweeney returns to teaching and research
CALS soil scientist Kevin McSweeney, who has directed the university’s internationally famous Arboretum since 2004, announced this week that he is relinquishing that administrative post […]
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Posted on February 13, 2012
Help former students stay in touch: Latest CALS alumni newsletter is online
The February edition of CALS Connection, the college’s alumni newsletter, has been emailed and is available online. Make sure that your former students and stakeholders […]
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Posted on February 10, 2012
Online forum—Sustainable smallholder agriculture: Feeding the world, protecting the planet
On Feb. 22-23, The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will this provide a forum discussing what needs to be done to enable smallholder farmers […]
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Mike Bertram named superintendent of the Arlington research station
The UW-Madison’s largest agricultural research facility is under new management. Mike Bertram, who for the past three years has overseen operations at the Marshfield Agricultural […]
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Posted on February 7, 2012
CALS communicators Feb. 21: Free and fee-based campus sources of video, digital media, creative services and social media
The agenda has been set for the upcoming meeting of the CALS Communicators group, Feb. 21 from 9 – 10:30 a.m. in Union South (check TITU). […]