Category: Highlights
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Posted on July 2, 2012
Five things everybody should know about quinoa (including how it’s pronounced)
1. This “supergrain” is not a grain. Quinoa (KEEN-wah) is not even in the grass family, unlike such grains as wheat, rye, oat and corn. […]
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Posted on June 25, 2012
Who, what and when? Help us i.d. this photo.
Here’s another CALS-related photos from UW Archives that could use some caption info. The where seems clear—inside the UW Stock Pavilion (for comparison, see this […]
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Internships still needed for PEOPLE students
We are still looking for about 6-7 internship opportunities for students involved in the PEOPLE Program who will be spending time this summer learning about […]
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Posted on June 22, 2012
How CALS is proceeding on the Critical Compensation Fund
By now I am sure you are aware that the campus announced a Critical Compensation Fund last week. In the guidelines provided by Paul DeLuca […]
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Posted on June 18, 2012
Gridlock alert: Starting Wednesday, Linden Dr. westbound-only for 3 weeks
Starting Wednesday, June 20, Linden Drive between Charter Street and Babcock Drive will be closed to eastbound traffic for approximately three weeks for concrete street […]
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Good luck to UW food teams. They’re off to Las Vegas for product contest finals.
Good luck to 18 CALS food science students who will be packing for a trip to Las Vegas this week. They’ll be including some tasty […]
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Chronicle of Higher Ed: Ag colleges are popular and needed more than ever, but they’re hurting for resources
An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education takes a look at the history and current situation for land grant agricultural colleges: “As land-grant-university officials […]
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Posted on June 8, 2012
This week’s UW mission to China includes new dairy partnership for CALS
Dean VandenBosch and several others from CALS are among the participants in Chancellor Ward’s mission to China this week. On June 12, Chancellor Ward and […]
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65 miles in a cow suit: Pix from the 9th annual Ride to Farm
The Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers sends its thanks to everyone who helped support the 9th annual Ride to Farm event on […]
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Green Bay TV spends a day at CALS
Mike Austin, who covers agriculture for Green Bay TV station WFRV, spent a day here last week interviewing seven CALS researchers: Dan Schaefer and Mark […]