Category: Highlights
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Posted on October 16, 2017
Why is the grass greener? Sports-field experiment to reveal results on Oct. 19 in Stoughton
The results of an unusual, real world experiment on four methods for managing sports fields will be shown to the public on Oct. 19. The […]
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Posted on October 9, 2017
Check out CALS offerings at the Wisconsin Science Festival – Nov. 2-5
Don’t forget: The Wisconsin Science Festival starts Nov. 2. If you plan to check it out, try to catch one of these CALS-hosted activities: D.C. Smith Greenhouse: […]
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Still time to register for Honorary Recognition
There is still time to register for the 2017 Honorary Recognition Banquet and Ceremony. This year’s honorees include Allan Herrman (Honorary Recognition Award), Robert Kauffman (Distinguished […]
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Five things everyone should know about…The Soils of Wisconsin
1. Wisconsin’s soils were first mapped more than a century ago. The first soil map of Wisconsin was also the first ever made in the […]
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Posted on October 2, 2017
Cooperative Extension nEXT Gen project updates, part II
In last week’s eCALS, you read about the new programmatic and geographic administrative structures in Cooperative Extension, and saw the new organizational chart. Now you […]
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“A Night on the Farm” at Rhinelander ARS helps fight hunger
Local residents turned out to combat hunger at the Rhinelander Ag Research Station on Sept. 22. Hosted in conjunction with the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable […]
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All-college meeting Oct. 24
Please join your colleagues on Tuesday, Oct. 24 for an all-college meeting. You will hear a report on the current state of the college, Chancellor […]
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Posted on September 25, 2017
Cooperative Extension nEXT Gen project updates, Part I
Much progress has been made on the nEXT Generation project, UW-Extension Cooperative Extension’s two-year effort to reimagine its structure and educational delivery to best […]
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Finding that piece of research equipment just got easier
Have you ever tried looking for a needle in a haystack? Probably not, but you still might know what that feels like. UW-Madison is an […]
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Pike Lab deciphers final pieces of Vitamin D regulatory pathway
Biochemists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have deciphered the molecular mechanisms that underpin how the synthesis of the active form of vitamin D is regulated […]