Category: Highlights
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Posted on August 6, 2021
Help UW hemp program locate feral hemp populations
The following is a message to the CALS/UW community from UW’s hemp research team: We are researchers at the University of Wisconsin studying feral hemp […]
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Posted on August 2, 2021
Changes to CALS Global
This year Sundaram “Guna” Gunasekaran will be in Washington, D.C. serving as a prestigious Jefferson Science Fellow at the U.S. State Department focusing on Afghanistan. […]
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Posted on July 30, 2021
Positive budget developments for Division of Extension result in approved Extension-funded faculty positions in CALS
Due to better than expected state revenues and the inclusion of $1M in new, ongoing base funding for agricultural extension positions in the state biennial […]
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Register now for CALS Native Nations workshop
CALS Native Nations Workshop Date & time: Monday, August 23, 8:30am-4:00pm Location: Dejope – Lake Mendota Room The CALS Native Nations workshop is intended for […]
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Posted on July 26, 2021
Counties with state prisons had 11% more first-wave COVID-19 cases
The presence of a state prison in a county was associated with 11% more COVID-19 cases through July 1, 2020, according to a new study […]
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Population-specific diversity within fungi species could enable improved drug discovery
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Wisconsin–Madison have discovered that genetically distinct populations within the same species of fungi can produce […]
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Posted on July 23, 2021
UW partners with Purposity app to support students in need
If you knew a UW student who had a simple need – say they were struggling to have enough healthy food to eat or needed […]
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Posted on July 19, 2021
UW–Madison a partner in Net Zero Initiative to cut U.S. dairy industry emissions
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a partner in a new multi-state, multi-institution project to help cut greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. dairy industry. The […]
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WARF/UW–Madison among top 10 universities granted U.S. utility patents in 2020
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), which manages intellectual property for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has just been ranked seventh for U.S. utility patents granted […]
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Posted on July 16, 2021
Two CALS-affiliated projects receive funding through Promoting Industry Collaboration Initiative
These projects were among 32 proposals submitted from across campus. The $1.3M initiative is funded by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and […]