Category: Around CALS
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Posted on March 30, 2012
‘Loving the Land’ concert to benefit agroecology program – Apr. 13
The UW-Madison Agroecology Program will hold a benefit concert on Friday, April 13 to support graduate student research in sustainable agriculture and food systems. The […]
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Posted on March 26, 2012
Wildlife students ‘tweet’ from the field to let classmates know what they’ve seen
Now that migratory birds are back in Wisconsin and twittering in the treetops, a group of UW-Madison wildlife ecology students are paying close attention and […]
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Posted on March 19, 2012
Milestone on the road to champion cheese: 10,000th dairy short course student
If you appreciate a fine Wisconsin dairy product, then it’s likely that you have enjoyed the work of a UW-Madison dairy short course student. In […]
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Posted on March 9, 2012
Gouda news: Gary Grossen earns silver at world cheese contest
Babcock dairy plant cheese meister Gary Grossen helped Wisconsin win big by taking home a silver medal in the Gouda category at the World Championship […]
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Posted on March 5, 2012
Reading Green teaches grade-schoolers three Rs with an S—for science
With all the demands for better STEM education (science-technology-engineering-mathematics), you’d think that getting more science into elementary schools would be a top priority. But you’d […]
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Posted on February 27, 2012
Preparing for an ice cream social — a century ago
Last week’s we asked for help about a photo of old-time CALS ice cream making. We have an answer, provided by Franco Milani, assistant professor […]
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Posted on February 20, 2012
Helping beginning farmers grow
The spring 2012 issue of Grow magazine is in the mail. The cover story, “Growing Future Farmers” looks at a variety of ways in which […]
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Posted on February 13, 2012
A life in transition: Q and A with incoming Dean Kate VandenBosch
“Time is moving very fast” as she wraps up at the U of Minnesota and gears up for CALS
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Posted on February 6, 2012
Darwin Day: What bizarre biology can teach about evolution
Toxic newts capable of poisoning humans, and the snakes that eat them. Delicate beauties and nightmarish monsters from the ocean depths. Plants that make a […]
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Posted on January 27, 2012
Take a virtual tour of the new old biochemistry buildings
Okay, lets try to keep this straight. The newest part of the biochemistry complex is the oldest. The oldest is called the addition. It seems […]