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Lunch and Learn event offers tips for packing a healthy lunch – Mar. 4
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Lunch and Learn event offers tips for packing a healthy lunch – Mar. 4

The CALS Wellness Committee and the students of the Dietetics and Nutrition Club present a Nutrition Lunch and Learn series for students, staff and faculty. […]

Feb
25th
Ahna Skop honored with UW Distinguished Teaching Award
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Ahna Skop honored with UW Distinguished Teaching Award

CALS geneticist Ahna Skop is among 12 UW-Madison faculty members selected to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize […]

Feb
25th
Soil science spin-off wins water entrepreneurship competition
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Soil science spin-off wins water entrepreneurship competition

Nutrient Recovery & Upcycling (NRU) LLC, co-founded by soil science professor Phil Barak, was one of three companies to win the inaugural “Pow! emPowering Opportunities in […]

Feb
25th
Scheufele joins NAS’ Division on Earth and Life Studies Advisory Committee
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Scheufele joins NAS’ Division on Earth and Life Studies Advisory Committee

The Division on Earth and Life Sciences Studies (DELS) recently welcomed life sciences communication professor Dietram Scheufele as a new member of its Advisory Committee. DELS is […]

Feb
25th
Gardeners of all levels invited to Art of Gardening Symposium on April 2
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Gardeners of all levels invited to Art of Gardening Symposium on April 2

Area gardeners are invited to explore the concept of the “Artful Garden” at the Art of Gardening Symposium on Saturday, April 2 in Madison. The […]

Feb
24th
Gunasekaran named faculty director of CALS International Programs
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Gunasekaran named faculty director of CALS International Programs

Dean Kate VandenBosch has named Sundaram “Guna” Gunasekaran to the position of faculty director of CALS International Programs. He will assume those duties on March […]

Feb
22nd
AWA packages 29,808 meals during #RallyToFightHunger event
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AWA packages 29,808 meals during #RallyToFightHunger event

On Saturday February 20th, members of the Association of Women in Agriculture partnered with Kids Against Hunger to package meals for starving children and families. […]

Feb
22nd
Pagliarini earns presidential recognition for research on mitochondria
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Pagliarini earns presidential recognition for research on mitochondria

Dave Pagliarini, director of metabolism at the Morgridge Institute for Research and associate professor of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received the U.S. […]

Feb
22nd
CALS Coffee this Friday, Feb. 26 in Horticulture Building
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CALS Coffee this Friday, Feb. 26 in Horticulture Building

There is a CALS Coffee happening this Friday, Feb. 26 from 8:30-9:30 am in room 473 of the Horticulture Building. The gathering is being hosted […]

Feb
22nd
Need help with a healthier lunch? CALS Wellness Committee shares ideas
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Need help with a healthier lunch? CALS Wellness Committee shares ideas

While we would all love to be able to bring a healthy homemade lunch to work every day, let’s be realistic—that’s not always going to […]

Feb
22nd