News about or of interest to CALS faculty and staff.

School is back in session, and so are the monthly Ag Hall morning breaks (a.k.a. coffee hours), beginning on Sept. 9 from 8:30–9:30 a.m. in […]

WiscAlerts-Text, UW-Madison’s new emergency text-messaging service, reached the 10,000-subscriber mark on Aug. 5. The service, which launched in early May, has attracted steady interest from […]

Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy’s Environmental and Economic Research and Development Program announced nearly $1.5 million in grants for 13 research projects that will help assess […]

The Madison-based Iota chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho, a social and professional fraternity geared to the agricultural and life sciences, was named the Outstanding AGR […]

If you missed the UW-Madison Day at the State Fair, you can still get a taste. Slideshows are available at www.statefair.wisc.edu/slide-show-2008.html and www.cals.wisc.edu/slideshows/2008_WSF/. There’s also […]

The sources of excess nutrients and sediments that enter the Yahara Lakes are widely known and well understood.  But practical and effective ways to halt […]

The UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center (SCRMC), along with WiCell Research Institute and the Genetics Policy Institute are co-sponsoring the 2008 World Stem […]

On July 31 Congress passed all provisions of the Higher Education Sustainability Act (HESA) as part of the new Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 […]

The UW-Madison’s Office of Corporate Relations recently published its quarterly Director’s Update, offering a summary of recent OCR activities. Download a copy at the OCR […]