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Recent retirements
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Recent retirements

Best wishes to colleagues who retired from CALS in the past three months. Dates indicate their CALS service. They include: Charles Schobert, Department of Bacteriology […]

Jul
6th
CALS in the News for the Week of June 27-July 3
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CALS in the News for the Week of June 27-July 3

In The News: Time to review Wisconsin’s reciprocity agreements Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 6/27/15 Author: Michael Flaherty, Life Sciences Communication Social media helps wildlife researchers track […]

Jul
3rd
Xuejun Pan: New biomass sugar process could be a game changer
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Xuejun Pan: New biomass sugar process could be a game changer

A vial of white sugar sits on Xuejun Pan’s desk beside a box of wood chips. “It’s pretty pure and sweet,” he says, pointing to […]

Jul
2nd
Seven Innovation Grants awarded by WALSAA
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Seven Innovation Grants awarded by WALSAA

The Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association (WALSAA) awarded Innovation Grants to student organizations in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) to […]

Jul
2nd
PNAS article by Dietram Scheufele wins communication award
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PNAS article by Dietram Scheufele wins communication award

A 2014 paper written by life sciences communication professor Dietram Scheufele, titled “Science communication as political communication,” has been selected to receive the Communication of Science, Health […]

Jul
1st
Reminder on UW travel policies
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Reminder on UW travel policies

Martha Kerner, Assistant Vice Chancellor for the UW-Madison Division of Business Services, sent the following email communication about UW-Madison travel policies to members of the UW-Madison […]

Jul
1st
FRI Summer Scholars explore food safety research
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FRI Summer Scholars explore food safety research

For the fifth summer in a row, the Food Research Institute (FRI) is providing UW-Madison undergraduate students with the opportunity to explore the field of […]

Jun
29th
CALS Academic Planning Council for 2015-16
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CALS Academic Planning Council for 2015-16

CALS Academic Planning Council elections have finished. Council members for 2015-16 are: David Eide, Faculty, Nutritional Sciences (2016) Paul Fricke, Faculty, Dairy Science (2017) Sundaram […]

Jun
29th
Non-Federal Funding Opportunities
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Non-Federal Funding Opportunities

Selected opportunities from CALS’ listing of non-federal funding opportunities in agriculture, life sciences and related fields. View and search the entire list (updated weekly!). Local […]

Jun
29th
Federal Funding Opportunities
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Federal Funding Opportunities

Federal funding opportunities from the week of June 22nd – June 26th DHS Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program – Region 10 […]

Jun
29th