Category: Highlights
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Posted on January 20, 2015
Connect with the CALS community on LinkedIn
If you haven’t already, please consider joining the CALS LinkedIn Group. It’s a place for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the college to connect […]
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Chris Todd Hittinger: From dinosaurs to yeast evolution
Chris Todd Hittinger, a CALS assistant professor of genetics and GLBRC researcher, is the subject of a nice profile story and corresponding video (above) that were […]
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Posted on January 11, 2015
Loew’s new book profiles Native American sustainability leaders
Life sciences communication professor Patty Loew published her third book, titled Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, in the fall of 2014. Here’s a description, provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society […]
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CALS students at home in UW’s new BioHouse
Campus’ new residential learning community, known as BioHouse, is a place where CALS undergrads can feel right at home. As described in this recent UW news story, BioHouse is the […]
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Soils in the spotlight: Alfred Hartemink on the International Year of Soils
Have you heard? 2015 is the International Year of Soils. Soil science professor Alfred Hartemink was kind enough to answers some questions for eCALS about […]
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Posted on January 5, 2015
Walk in her shoes: Student blogs her Uganda study abroad experiences
This winter break, a group of UW students is once again traveling through Uganda as part of the Uganda Agriculture, Health and Nutrition study abroad […]
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Dean VandenBosch celebrates “sense of wonder” in recent op-ed
Near the end of last month, Dean Kate shared some of her year-end reflections in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel op-ed. The piece, titled “Cultivating curiosity, and embracing […]
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Fox news update: Handful of recent campus fox sightings
If you felt a bit discouraged after reading the Dec. 8 eCALS post titled “Fox news: What’s up with the campus canids,” things are looking brighter. […]
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Posted on December 22, 2014
Remembering Neal First: Pioneer in cattle cloning
Emeritus Professor Neal First, a pioneer in cattle reproduction and cloning who studied animal physiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 45 years, died Nov. […]
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Looking back at 2014 and ahead to 2015: A recap of the all-CALS meeting
Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf and Dean Kate VandenBosch talked to CALS faculty and staff about accomplishments in 2014 and where the future may take the college […]