Category: Highlights
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Posted on July 19, 2013
Undergrads hope Popular Science contest will crowd-fund their bio lightbulb project
A team of UW–Madison students, including a CALS biochem major, has entered a crowd-funding contest sponsored by Popular Science magazine to get support for their […]
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Posted on July 12, 2013
Dairy farms are converging into “cow islands”
The nation’s dairy cows are moving closer together. Cows and milk production have shifted north and west, farther from cities, to converge in what economist […]
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New Aldo Leopold Residence Hall to house Greenhouse learning community
The UW System Board of Regents today approved the naming of Aldo Leopold Residence Hall, the newest UW-Madison University Housing building, which will become home […]
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Posted on July 10, 2013
CALS Ice Cream Social – Friday, July 26
Join your CALS colleagues for a scoop of Babcock ice cream! The CALS Ice Cream Social will be held on Friday, July 26 from 1:00pm […]
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Posted on July 1, 2013
Gov’s veto means CALS capital projects will move ahead
There was good news for CALS in Governor Walker’s veto message — the accounting of what provisions he chose to veto from the 2013-2015 biennial […]
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Report from Africa: Age-old farming practice combats hunger
As he spells out in this Huffington Post article, CALS agroecology grad Carl Wahl has his dream job: Conservation agriculture coordinator for the aid group […]
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Looking for CALS Extension staff next week? Try Farm Technology Days.
You’ll probably get an “out of office” message if you try to get hold of CALS ag Extension specialists next week. They will be in […]
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Posted on June 25, 2013
Wanted: Volunteers for UW-Madison Day at the State Fair
Calling all Badger volunteers. Sign up for a shift as a volunteer for UW-Madison Day at the Wisconsin State Fair on Wednesday, August 7th. You […]
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Posted on June 24, 2013
Needed: Stories that show the impact of gifts to CALS
The campus Share the Wonderful steering committee wants to assemble a collection of good stories about the impacts of contributions from our supporters. There are […]
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Madison Audubon Society tips a hat to CALS illustrator Byron Jorns and UW’s environmental legacy
Byron Jorns, who worked for the UW College of Agriculture as an illustrator and designer from the early 1930s until the late ‘50s, sketched the […]