Category: Highlights
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Posted on January 2, 2024
Rising Sparks: Odette Herrand breaks down complex questions with the simple, yet powerful fruit fly
Entering tiny Knox College as a freshman, Odette Herrand thought of biology in terms of medical school. That’s understandable because their mother and father practiced medicine in […]
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Multitasking microbes: UW–Madison scientists engineer bacteria to make two valuable products from plant fiber
We often look to the smallest lifeforms for help solving the biggest problems: Microbes help make foods and beverages, cure diseases, treat waste and even […]
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Posted on December 18, 2023
eCALS newsletter on hiatus next week, back on Jan. 2
eCALS and CALS in the News (CITN) will take a winter break next week. The next e-newsletter will go out on Jan. 2 and will […]
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Cooking up Cranniverscherry
Cranniverscherry cheese was created as the official cheese of the University of Wisconsin’s 175th anniversary celebration by mixing in ingredients from across Wisconsin: Door County […]
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Dining Farm: Students help grow food for dining halls
In May, a plot of land in the Eagle Heights neighborhood on the west side of the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus was repurposed in the […]
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Posted on December 11, 2023
Research on beer fermentation yeast reveals unexpected evolutionary process
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison made an unexpected discovery while studying a strain of yeast closely related to the kind used to ferment beer […]
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CALS commencement site hosts event info, celebrates winter 2023 grads
On Sunday, December 17, 2023, a new group of UW-Madison students will officially graduate and join the Badger alumni community. Join us to celebrate CALS […]
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Posted on December 4, 2023
Registration open for 2024 Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum
The 2024 Wisconsin Agricultural Outlook Forum, which has the theme “Rural Livability in Wisconsin,” is set for Tuesday, Jan. 23 on the University of Wisconsin–Madison […]
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Posted on November 29, 2023
Upcoming LifeMatters wellness webinars to cover winter blues and mental fitness
Your CALS Community of Wellness is happy to have partnered with LifeMatters to bring our community some timely lunch and learn sessions in December and […]
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Posted on November 27, 2023
UW–Madison offers new FISC Ag Forward short course, with dairy production and management as inaugural course’s focus
FISC Ag Forward, a new short course offered by University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Farm and Industry Short Course program, will be offered Jan. 16-19 on the […]