Category: Highlights
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Posted on August 18, 2025
CALS partners with Nourish the Future to offer professional development workshop for science teachers
UW–Madison CALS recently partnered with Nourish the Future, a national education initiative, to host a two-day workshop for middle and high school science teachers from […]
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UW–Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve offers valuable campus resource
The Lakeshore Nature Preserve contributes significantly to the beauty, sustainability and identity of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is also a valuable campus resource for […]
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Posted on August 11, 2025
Greener pastures: Francisco Peñagaricano is helping breed more energy-efficient and resilient cows
When Francisco Peñagaricano MS’14, PhD’14 reflects on what first drew him to the study of genetics, he thinks of Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance. He remembers being fascinated […]
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Posted on August 4, 2025
CALS climate survey report available
In the fall of 2024, the college embarked on a climate survey to follow an earlier survey from 2020. Survey data were collected and maintained […]
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UW Spooner Ag Research Station hosts Twilight Garden Tour Aug. 21
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Spooner Agricultural Research Station will host its annual Twilight Garden Tour on Thursday, August 21, from 4:00 p.m. to dusk. The […]
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UW Applied Population Lab and City of Madison provide new data for Neighborhood Indicators Project
New data on housing, health and more in the City of Madison are now available as part of the latest update to the Neighborhood Indicators Project. […]
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Posted on July 28, 2025
Cool your cows: Jimena Laporta is keeping cows cool, healthy and productive
Folks familiar with the dairy industry may know that recent years have seen record highs in milk production in Wisconsin. In fact, today’s dairy cow […]
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Campus communities of practice offer sustained learning
Communities of practice (CoPs) are peer-organized learning communities that bring together people from across an organization to teach one another, share resources, and find inspiration […]
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Photos: Allen Centennial Garden hosts Shakespeare and music events
Shakespeare and modern jazz have bloomed in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Allen Centennial Garden this summer along with the lilies, asters and hydrangea. During several […]
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Posted on July 21, 2025
CALS department chairs for 2025-26
Here’s a list of CALS academic department chairs for the 2025-2026 year. Departments with new chairs this year are in bold. Agricultural and Applied Economics: Paul MitchellAnimal and […]