Category: Around CALS
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Posted on October 28, 2013
Ice cream scoop: Babcock rolls out new lactose-free flavors
It’s tough being lactose intolerant in America’s Dairyland, especially on the UW-Madison campus. The Babcock Hall Dairy Plant churns out two dozen flavors of iconic ice […]
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Posted on October 21, 2013
A huge improvement in CALS computer security
Computer systems throughout CALS are more secure than they were three years ago, and CALS users are more clued in to security risks. Over the […]
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Posted on October 14, 2013
This Friday: The haunted Horse Barn
Time to get scared for a great cause. Saddle & Sirloin invites all ghosts and goblins to an evening of chills and thrills at our […]
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Posted on October 7, 2013
UW launches $100,000 ag innovation prize
On Oct. 3, the UW-Madison launched a competition for teams of undergraduate and graduate students across the country to submit proposals and business ideas that […]
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Posted on September 25, 2013
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Reseach by CALS faculty members carried weight in a decision by Popular Science magazine to shut off comments to its online articles. “It wasn’t a decision […]
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Posted on September 23, 2013
Video: Humble research, huge results
This online video tells about work by CALS professor emeritus Tom Brock and other scientists on three research teams that received this year’s Golden Goose […]
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Posted on September 16, 2013
47 years later: Brock’s “wacky” research is a paragon of basic science
Over time, the esoteric and sometimes downright strange quests of science have proven easy targets for politicians and others looking for perceived examples of waste […]
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Posted on September 9, 2013
A visit to the Lancaster Ag Research Station
If you’re partial to the rolling hills of Wisconsin’s Driftless Area, you’ll enjoy a visit to the CALS Lancaster Agricultural Research Station. Located in Grant […]
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Posted on September 2, 2013
Back to School: CALS welcomes largest incoming class on record
Last Friday, CALS welcomed approximately 600 new students to the college during CALS New Student Orientation. Due to the size of the incoming class–the largest […]
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Posted on August 25, 2013
Tasty Solution: Better beverages for people who have trouble swallowing
After having a stroke in 2008, Jan Blume lost the ability to swallow for two full years. As she slowly regained that vital function, she […]