Category: Highlights
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Posted on March 2, 2015
Cows can now text their farmers. What are they saying?
In this past Friday’s podCALS episode, CALS reporter Sevie Kenyon interviewed Biological Systems Engineering professor Doug Reinemann about a technology showing up on more and […]
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Spring issue of Grow magazine features yeast, diabetes findings and more
The spring issue of Grow magazine up online and will be arriving in mailboxes this week. Feature stories include: * Yeasts help us develop products ranging […]
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Posted on February 23, 2015
Rebecca Larson helps bring anaerobic digester systems to Uganda, Bolivia
As described in this recent Wisconsin Energy Institute story, Rebecca Larson, an assistant professor in the biological systems engineering department, has spent some time designing, installing […]
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ARS student intern inspired by summer of hands-on fieldwork
Before last summer, Vera Swanson’s only exposure to plant sciences had been through classes in introductory biology. That changed big-time when Swanson, a junior majoring […]
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New UWMadScience blog highlights CALS people, projects
Have you heard? Science writers at UW-Madison University Communications created a blog—called UWMadScience—a few months ago and have been populating it with around three posts per week. The blog gives […]
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Posted on February 16, 2015
Dean Kate to CALS alumni: Help forge the best way forward
Dean Kate VandenBosch will share the following communication with CALS alumni in the In Vivo section of the upcoming issue of Grow magazine: Each issue […]
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Moving biofuel cropping systems toward long-term sustainability
By now most of us are accustomed to filling our cars with fuels that are part ethanol, and we know that corn is not only […]
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Posted on February 13, 2015
Trying to eat better? Baby steps can lead to a healthier diet
Eating healthier is a goal many Americans put at the top of their list of New Year’s resolutions. But as the year goes on, are […]
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Posted on February 9, 2015
Learn more about the 2015-2017 budget
The biennial state budget process began last week with the release of Gov. Walker’s proposed budget. The proposal is now in the hands of the […]
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You’re invited: Get ideas for telling the history of CALS and your department
Please join members of the CALS History Work Group on Monday, February 23 for coffee, conversation and a look at how the group is working […]