Category: Around CALS
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Posted on June 11, 2012
National Guard members bone up on beekeeping
It was gloves-on training when members of the Wisconsin National Guard’s 97th Agricultural Development Team came to the Arlington Research Station to learn about beekeeping […]
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Posted on June 1, 2012
CALS “candy school” aims to make its 2nd 50 years as sweet as the first
Joe von Elbe was a new CALS food science professor in the fall of 1962 when he drove down to Herb Knechtel’s research and development […]
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Posted on May 29, 2012
Forest and wildlife students go to class in the woods
A group of 27 CALS forest and wildlife ecology undergrads are having an unusual classroom experience this summer. As enrollees in Forest and Wildlife Ecology […]
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Posted on May 21, 2012
A heart-healthier oat
There are already some pretty healthy choices in the cereal aisle, and they soon may be even more so, thanks to a new oat variety […]
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Posted on May 14, 2012
Students’ frozen dessert idea gets the Babcock test
Visitors to Babcock Hall’s Sensory Evaluation Lab had a rare opportunity earlier this month: a chance to taste a student-designed frozen dessert before it’s judged […]
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Posted on May 7, 2012
Guide to a greener lawn
CALS turf experts are getting a lot questions about how to grow a healthy lawn with minimal risk to the environment and human health. The […]
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Posted on April 30, 2012
Communicating science in the age of denial
Last week’s Science Writing in the Age of Denial conference drew a number of CALS faculty, staff and students. The two-day event held in Union […]
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Posted on April 23, 2012
UW seed varieties are “perfect” for Union South time capsule
Seeds are perfect things to put in a time capsule, because they’re time capsules in and of themselves. So when the UW-Madison’s new Union South […]
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Posted on April 16, 2012
The pitfalls of using public meetings to set science policy
Town hall meetings may be a good way to hear a range of strong opinions, but as measure of overall community opinion on an issue, […]
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Posted on April 5, 2012
Biochemistry building beautified by new six-story artwork
Last week, Seattle-area artist Norie Sato and her team installed a six-story tall sculpture in the atrium of the Biochemical Sciences Building, 440 Henry Mall. […]