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  • Posted on March 31, 2014
    CALS Coffee this Wednesday – April 2

    Been hibernating in your office? Get out and interact with your CALS colleagues at the first CALS Coffee of spring! Hosted by the Department of […]

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    Two CALS entries among winners in Cool Science Images Contest

    Look how beautiful science at CALS can be! These two striking images, which were among 12 winning entries in The Why Files Cool Science Images […]

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    WALSAA Innovation Grants go to four CALS student orgs

    The Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association (WALSAA) recently selected four CALS student organizations to receive Innovation Grants this year. These grants, which are […]

  • Posted on March 24, 2014
    Two CALS projects are finalists for national Ag Innovation Prize. Vote your support!

    Two projects by CALS students are among the 30 that made it to the final round of the Agricultural Innovation Prize: Powered by 40 Chances […]

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    A look back: Biological Systems Engineering

    Last week’s Throwback Thursday on the CALS Facebook Page featured the UW-Madison Department of Biological Systems Engineering, which was established in 1904 as the Department of […]

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    Goodbye, Bug Guy

      For 30 years, Phil Pellitteri, an entomologist with CALS and UW-Extension, has provided patient counsel to a bug-plagued populace on everything from bedbugs to […]

  • Posted on March 17, 2014
    Weather to spread? CALS-built website helps farmers gauge runoff risk

    Wisconsin dairy farmers who are waiting for a safe time to spread manure are seeing red. That’s if they’re visiting www.manureadvisorysystem.wi.gov, a DNR website created […]

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    Tribal Youth Media Project yields movies that matter

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F77vChEFzEg]The Bad River Ojibwe have a test called seven generations. When tribal elders need to make an important decision, they ask what that decision […]

  • Posted on March 10, 2014
    Everyone around the table

    Monica White’s research engages communities of color and grassroots organizations that are involved in developing sustainable community food systems. One of her challenges is that […]

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    Video: A college is born

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc5FwdFIoRc&w=560&h=315]CALS is celebrating its “quasquicentennial” [kwos-kwi-sen-ten-ee-uh-l] in 2014. That’s 125 years of world-class research, education and outreach to the state of Wisconsin and the […]