Category: Around CALS
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Posted on October 26, 2012
Beyond the chainsaw: A new look at Wisconsin’s loggers
Wisconsin logging firms are following the same trend as many other industries: Fewer, larger, and more mechanized. That’s according to a survey of owners of […]
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Posted on October 21, 2012
CALS biochemist will play a role in new archaeological excavation of Troy
When a cross-disciplinary UW-Madison team begins excavating ancient Troy next year, a CALS faculty member will be a part of it. Mike Sussman, biochemistry professor […]
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Posted on October 15, 2012
CALS undergrad enrollment is the highest since 1970
You likely saw the news: The UW-Madison welcomed its largest freshman class ever this fall. It was a big year for CALS as well. We […]
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Posted on October 8, 2012
What automatic federal budget cuts mean for CALS research
Let’s hope that Congress buckles down after the election. If not—if automatic across-the-board cutbacks in national spending go into effect at the beginning of 2013—the […]
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Posted on October 1, 2012
People paddling pumpkins? Not this year.
Squash will not be sailing on Lake Mendota this year. The Giant Pumpkin Regatta, which has been held every October since 2004, has been called […]
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Posted on September 24, 2012
Many CALS presenters in this week’s Wisconsin Science Fest
From chocolate to cranberries, insects to organic crops, soils to storytelling to conserving the Curry Murals, the Wisconsin Science Festival, September 27-30, includes many exciting presentations involving […]
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Posted on September 17, 2012
Dean appoints committee to lead strategic planning
Dean VandenBosch has appointed a committee with representatives from the college’s faculty, staff, students and board of visitors to lead the effort to develop a […]
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Posted on September 10, 2012
Seeing bees? High-rise campus hives could shed light on colony collapse
If you spot a honeybee in the Allen Centennial Gardens and are wondering where it came from, look up. There’s a good chance it lives […]
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Posted on August 29, 2012
Looking back to see ahead: How a CALS demographer predicts the state’s 30-year population trends
When David Egan-Robertson was asked to project Wisconsin’s population trends 30 years into the future, he went 30 years into the past. Egan-Robertson, a demographer in […]
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Posted on August 27, 2012
CALS plans new facilities for dairy and livestock product innovation
Plans are is moving ahead with a $75-million initiative to upgrade research and teaching facilities to support the industries that make some of the state’s […]