Category: Highlights
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Posted on September 23, 2013
Are enough farmers willing to grow biomass on marginal lands?
Using marginal lands to grow cellulosic biomass crops could provide up to 215 gallons of ethanol per acre with substantial greenhouse gas mitigation, according to […]
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Posted on September 16, 2013
Reminder: CALS Academic Affairs Open House this Friday
You’re invited to stop by the CALS Academic Affairs Open House on September 20th to build more connections with our office and other colleagues from CALS […]
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Horticulture club’s fall plant sale begins Friday
The Horticulture Society of UW-Madison is holding its annual Fall Plant Sale Fundraiser Friday, September 20 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, September 21 […]
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“ABCs of CALS” poster features photos submitted by CALS community
The CALS Office of External Relations recently unveiled an “ABCs of CALS” poster, created from photo submissions to the CALS Photo Alphabet Project. The poster […]
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It’s harvest time, so let’s celebrate Wisconsin’s wonderful food heritage with cookbooks, food tastings, and a talk by culinary historian Traci Nathans-Kelly, who teaches at […]
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Posted on September 9, 2013
CALS Coffee: Tuesday, 8:30 a.m., Allen Centennial Gardens
The first coffee of the fall semester is being held this Tuesday, September 10th, at 8:30 a.m. in the Allen Centennial Gardens. We hope you […]
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CALS hosts sustainable vegetable workshop for Central American women’s co-ops
CALS horticulturists held a 9-day workshop on organic / sustainable vegetable production in Wisconsin last month (Aug 15-23). The whole workshop is done in Spanish and this year […]
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Posted on September 8, 2013
CALS shows how to Bucky at Football Fire-Up
The Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association’s (WALSAA) annual Football Fire-Up tailgate was held on Saturday prior to the Tennessee Tech game. CALS alumni […]
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Posted on September 3, 2013
PBS video features Claudio Gratton’s native bee research
PBS ran a video segment on Aug. 21 titled “Meet the Natives: Wild Bees” that features CALS entomologist Claudio Gratton. The video follows Gratton–in the […]
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Update from Dean VandenBosch on CALS strategic planning
With the beginning of a new semester comes the next phase of our strategic planning process – implementation. Last spring the Academic Planning Council approved […]