Category: Highlights
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Posted on January 23, 2017
Daughters of Demeter celebrate 100
In Greek mythology, Demeter is the goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over the fertility of the earth. And in that spirit, members of […]
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Cancelled: Lunch and Learn talk on microaggressions
Update (Jan. 26): Unfortunately, due to our speaker having to cancel, the first talk of the CALS Equity and Diversity Committee’s Lunch and Learn series […]
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Successful Partners in Giving campaign, and still time to donate
While the 2016 Partners in Giving campaign dates officially ended on November 30, 2015, contributions have still been coming in, raising the contribution from the […]
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Posted on January 17, 2017
Former UW geneticist, Nobel laureate Oliver Smithies dies
Oliver Smithies, who shared the 2007 Nobel Prize for his work enabling scientists to manipulate DNA in a way that allowed the addition or subtraction […]
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Nick Parker talks to BBC about unexpected impacts of U.S. conflict minerals legislation
Just before the winter holidays, Dominic (Nick) Parker, assistant professor of agricultural and applied economics, was interviewed not once, but twice on BBC World News’ […]
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Help promote the UW-Madison Undergraduate Symposium
Please encourage your students to apply for the UW-Madison’s annual Undergraduate Symposium, a forum designed to showcase undergraduate students’ creativity, achievement and talent across all disciplines. […]
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Posted on January 9, 2017
CALS websites migrating to the “cloud”
CALS IT provides websites for CALS administration, including www.cals.wisc.edu and all its subdomains, and numerous CALS departments and researchers as well, totaling about 200 websites. […]
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Share your thoughts: CALS Wellness Committee seeks input, ideas
Hello CALS community, The CALS Wellness Committee has developed an online survey to find out more about your specific needs and programming interests! We invite […]
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Posted on January 3, 2017
Uganda program inspires students to pursue health and service careers
For the fifteenth year, CALS’ James Ntambi and John Ferrick are spending part of their winter break in Uganda with UW students looking to learn about the health […]
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Posted on December 28, 2016
Status of state’s ag sector topic of Jan. 19 Wisconsin Ag Outlook Forum
Terms such as “treading water” and “getting by” and “eating equity” are being used by agricultural economists to sum up 2016. When those same economists […]