Category: Highlights
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Posted on May 21, 2018
Organic Valley establishes new CALS award in honor of Louise Hemstead
On May 4, Organic Valley announced the creation of a new college award named in honor of alumna Louise Hemstead, Meat and Animal Science BS’82, […]
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Plant breeders balance shared innovation, revenue
Have you thanked a crop breeder today? Public-sector plant breeders (for example, at public universities) have developed crops for better productivity. As a result, more […]
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Posted on May 14, 2018
Karen Wassarman named CALS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Karen Wassarman has been appointed associate dean for academic affairs in the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS). In this role, […]
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CALS Redesign: Departmental five-year plans and schedule
Dean Kate VandenBosch released early drafts of a planning template and guidance document that departments will use to outline priorities and activities for the next […]
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Combating ticks and mosquitoes in the Midwest
Between 2004 and 2016, the number of people who acquired diseases from mosquitoes, ticks and flea bites tripled in the United States. These include Lyme […]
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Posted on May 7, 2018
Five CALS-affiliated research initiatives receive UW2020 awards
Five research proposals with CALS faculty as principal investigators or co-investigators are among the 17 recipients recently selected for Round 4 of UW2020: WARF Discovery […]
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15th annual Ride to Farm welcomes cyclists, pledges for UW beginning farmer school
Cyclists will ride through the rolling hills of Dane and Green Counties on Saturday, June 2 to support the next generation of dairy and livestock […]
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Posted on April 30, 2018
This Wednesday: Celebrate your outstanding colleagues at the CALS Awards ceremony
The CALS community is invited to help celebrate the college’s staff and faculty honorees, including 2018 CALS faculty and staff award winners and 2017 recipients […]
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Jennifer Blazek named FISC director
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) has named Jennifer Blazek as the new director of the college’s Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC), […]