Category: Around CALS
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Posted on April 13, 2020
How new data can make ecological forecasts as good as weather forecasts
When El Nino approaches, driven by warm Pacific Ocean waters, we’ve come to expect both drenching seasonal rains in the southern U.S. and drought in […]
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Posted on April 3, 2020
Allen Centennial Garden donates plants to UW hospital
On Thursday, Allen Centennial Garden staff cleared out the greenhouse and donated hundreds of indoor plants to the UW Hospital Department of Anesthesiology and operating […]
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Posted on March 30, 2020
CALS research labs gather surplus PPE for frontline health care workers
As the COVID-19 pandemic drains Wisconsin hospitals and health care facilities of their personal protective equipment (PPE) stockpiles, research units in UW–Madison’s College of Agricultural […]
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Posted on March 20, 2020
Our Shared Future: A Q&A with journalism executive Karen Lincoln Michel
On Wednesday, March 25, from 12-1 p.m., Karen Lincoln Michel will present “Media Landscape – Views from a Ho-Chunk Journalist,” a virtual spring colloquium hosted […]
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Posted on March 15, 2020
Wassarman: Support for CALS instructors regarding teaching remotely
This e-mail was sent to CALS instructors and department chairs on 3/14/20 and updated on 3/17/20. Dear Faculty and Instructors, As you prepare for alternative […]
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Posted on March 9, 2020
‘The Sweeping Landscape of Her Work’
It took a hard-fought battle, but in 1919, after decades of petitions, demonstrations, and arrests, women finally won the right to vote. The passage and ratification of the […]
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Posted on March 2, 2020
Dietetics undergrad Chris Bwar studies corn processing and Vitamin A
CALS researchers are looking for clues in maize that could help combat Vitamin A deficiency. Wai Hlaing “Chris” Bwar, a dietetics major from Yangon, Myanmar, […]
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Posted on February 24, 2020
CALS scientists part of $12.8 million effort to improve cranberries and blueberries
Horticulture’s Amaya Atucha and Juan Zalapa are part of a team that recently received $12.8 million to improve the fruit quality of cranberries and blueberries. […]
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Posted on February 17, 2020
Interstellar biological experiments could aid human space travel
On Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, a rocket and spacecraft were launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia carrying tubes of bacteria and bacteriophage, the […]
- Posted on February 10, 2020