Category: Highlights
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Posted on May 11, 2020
Class of 2020 celebrates virtual commencement
The CALS Class of 2020 celebrated their commencement virtually on Saturday. While it wasn’t how anyone expected to celebrate, graduates found ways to have memorable […]
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Posted on May 8, 2020
Five CALS-affiliated research initiatives receive UW2020 awards
Five research proposals with CALS faculty as principal investigators, co-PIs, or co-investigators are among the 12 recipients recently selected for Round 6 of UW2020: WARF Discovery […]
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Combining mouse and human data uncovers new gene regulating cholesterol
Precision medicine has the potential to tailor treatments to a patient’s unique genetic sequence. But achieving this precision — or developing new drugs — requires […]
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Posted on May 4, 2020
VandenBosch: Furlough information for CALS employees
This e-mail was sent to all CALS faculty, staff and graduate students on 4/29/20. Following Chancellor’s Blank’s message earlier today about furlough, work-share programs, reassignments […]
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Researchers create hybrids of six yeast species to combine useful traits
Researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a method to combine traits from up to six different […]
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APL debuts COVID Crush virus transmission simulation game
The Applied Population Lab recently debuted a “toy model” of disease transmission that serves as an educational game. COVID Crush, developed by Caitlin Bourbeau and […]
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Posted on April 27, 2020
Dean VandenBosch announces 2020 CALS Awards winners and professorship recipients
Last week at the All College virtual meeting, Dean Kate VandenBosch announced the recipients of the 2020 CALS Awards as well as recently named professorships. […]
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Posted on April 23, 2020
Rick Kempf, community and environmental sociology student, receives UW returning adult award
Rick Kempf committed to learning later in life. After leaving UW–Madison 30 credits short of his degree, Kempf went on to a career in sales […]
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In case you missed it: All-college meeting video
On Tuesday, April 21, CALS deans provided updates on the college’s mission areas of outreach, research and teaching with regard to the impact of and […]
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Posted on April 16, 2020
Jori Skalitzky: My life as a college student during a pandemic
It has been a weird time for all of us at UW–Madison. I honestly never expected to be in a situation like this! I don’t […]