Category: Highlights
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Posted on October 1, 2018
UW helps communities create cleaner, greener wastewater
A process invented at UW–Madison is now removing phosphorus at Madison’s regional sewage treatment plant. Like many other advances from the colleges of agriculture and […]
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Ag Hall hosts Wisconsin Regional Art Program exhibition
It’s that time of year again: There’s a new selection of art from the Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) on display in Ag Hall’s main […]
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Vaccine opt-outs dropped — barely — when California added more hurdles
In response to spiking rates of parents opting their children out of vaccinations that are required to enroll in school — and just before a […]
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Posted on September 24, 2018
UW–Madison, apple growers bring data to the orchard
The robot weather station stands sentinel above the deer fence of an apple orchard in the hills near Hell Hollow Road in Richland County. The […]
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UW–Madison Working for Wisconsin: In-state affordability at UW
Did you know? For Wisconsin students, attending UW-Madison costs less than half of what it would cost them to attend any other Big Ten university. […]
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Posted on September 17, 2018
This Friday: CALS Coffee to celebrate new and newly-promoted faculty
Please join your CALS colleagues at the first CALS Coffee of the 2018-2019 academic year this coming Friday, September 21. The event runs from 8:30 to […]
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Position opportunity: CALS seeks new Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) director
9/21/2018 Update: This post has been updated to include the names of the search committee members and to reflect the fact that the application deadline […]
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$2.2M grant will help researchers define best practices for no-till organic grain production
Organic farmers are in a tough spot when it comes to controlling weeds. Since conventional herbicides aren’t an option, many choose to use tillage — […]
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Posted on September 9, 2018
Fall semester welcome and college updates from Kate VandenBosch
The following message was sent from Dean Kate VandenBosch to CALS faculty, staff and graduate students on Sept. 7: Greetings, With the start of the […]
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Posted on September 7, 2018
Celebration marks launch of Babcock Hall construction project, honors partners
On Friday, Sept. 7, the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences hosted a celebration to mark the launch of a major construction […]