Category: Highlights
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Posted on February 8, 2017
Celebrating the CALS ag educator who penned the FFA creed
One hundred years ago, two men introduced a piece of legislation to the U.S. Congress that would forever change the future of agricultural education. Senator […]
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Forest ‘islands’ offer refuge to wintering birds
The polar vortex of 2013 and 2014 brought the coldest winter many parts of the Midwest had experienced in decades. In Dane County, Wisconsin, it […]
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Posted on February 6, 2017
CALS Organizational Redesign Committee begins work
Dean VandenBosch charged the CALS Organizational Redesign Committee to: evaluate trends, data and peer institutions (including identifying comparative advantages for CALS at UW-Madison); analyze key […]
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Posted on February 3, 2017
CALS Conference Services debuts improved, comprehensive system
In 2016, CALS Conference Services (CCS) purchased a new registration system software. They didn’t realize at the time that it was much more than a […]
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Posted on February 2, 2017
2017 UW-Madison Cool Science Image contest now open
Images are central to conducting and communicating science. Pictures from satellites, telescopes, cameras, microscopes and other imaging technologies open windows into new parts of our […]
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Posted on January 30, 2017
All-college forum on diversity and inclusion – Feb. 2
Update: The location for this event has been set. It will take place in Upper Carson Gulley, located at 1515 Tripp Circle. CALS is hosting an […]
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Posted on January 27, 2017
CDC awards $10 million for insect borne disease center
MADISON – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $10 million to a consortium of Midwestern universities to establish a new research […]
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Posted on January 26, 2017
Two CALS courses receive Educational Innovation funding
The EI Small Grant Program supported UW-Madison faculty and staff again this year, providing funding for a diverse array of educational innovations in blended and […]
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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 […]