Category: Around CALS
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Posted on August 4, 2014
CALS forest science grads fighting Washington State wildfires
Three recent forest science graduates from CALS are participating in the massive effort to fight Washington State’s wildfires, which are the largest in the state’s […]
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Posted on July 25, 2014
Enticing new doctors into a rural practice
If you want an example of the success of a new effort to get more physicians into rural communities, look at CALS biochemistry grad Gena […]
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Posted on July 15, 2014
Report from Sturgeon Bay: Hail, rain, shredded crops
“If I took all the hail storms I’ve seen in my life and put them into one storm, that’s what we had.” The night of […]
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Posted on July 14, 2014
Making a film on the roots of corn
Millions of high school and college biology students could soon get a look at geneticist John Doebley’s research related to the domestication of corn. A film crew from the Howard Hughes […]
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Posted on July 7, 2014
As seen on TV: Biochem alum Jeff Vinokur – a.k.a. the Dancing Scientist – performs on national shows
After taking some time to get his graduate research project up and running at UCLA, CALS biochemistry alumnus Jeffrey Vinokur – a.k.a. The Dancing Scientist […]
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Posted on June 26, 2014
An environmental history of the Babcock Hall Dairy Store
Most people who visit the Babcock Hall dairy store for the first time come out with a generous serving of ice cream and a hankering for […]
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Posted on June 23, 2014
New life for a grand old campus tree
The Goff family invites you to sit on a branch of their family tree. They were on campus last Thursday to present the horticulture department with […]
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Posted on June 16, 2014
The right stuff: Phil Townsend shares remote-sensing expertise with NASA astronauts
Forest and wildlife ecology professor Phil Townsend is in Houston this month to train astronaut candidates at the Johnson Space Flight Center. eCALS caught up […]
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Posted on June 9, 2014
Facing reality: Food science grad students compete in The Amazing Race TV show
UW-Madison food science graduate students Amy DeJong and Maya Warren are among the cast of the 25th edition of The Amazing Race, a CBS television […]
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Posted on May 30, 2014
Science on Tap tackles the issue of Northwoods mining
Mining in the Penokee Range is the third rail of Wisconsin environmental politics. So you might wonder why the directors of the UW’s northernmost research stations decided […]