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Save the date: Kung & Vierstra Retirement Celebration – Sept. 3
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Save the date: Kung & Vierstra Retirement Celebration – Sept. 3

Members of the CALS community are invited to join the Department of Genetics as they celebrate Ching Kung’s 41 years of service and Richard Vierstra’s 35 years of […]

Aug
3rd
Principles of Supervision and Management courses begin in September
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Principles of Supervision and Management courses begin in September

Registration is now open for the fall series of Principles of Supervision and Management (PSM 11 and PSM 5.5) courses for new managers and supervisors.  Sessions […]

Aug
3rd
UW 2020: New program to support early stage research
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UW 2020: New program to support early stage research

In an effort to create a dynamic new funding mechanism for bold research ideas, ideas with potential to drive significant discoveries, the Office of the […]

Aug
3rd
Candy school: Sweet media coverage for a sweet short course
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Candy school: Sweet media coverage for a sweet short course

Last week, food science professor Rich Hartel had quite a few special guests drop by for a visit during the 53th annual Resident Course in Confectionery Technology, […]

Aug
3rd
Eyes on the green: CALS scientists help Whistling Straits golf course get ready for the PGA Championship
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Eyes on the green: CALS scientists help Whistling Straits golf course get ready for the PGA Championship

Traveling around the windswept golf course called The Straits, with its massive greens of bentgrass and rumpled, horizon-bound fairways of fescue, it’s easy to see […]

Aug
3rd
Federal Funding Opportunities
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Federal Funding Opportunities

Federal funding opportunities from the week of July 27th – July 31st DOD Improvement Plan Facility Implementation Plan (Stream Restoration) Modification 1 Cedar Point Shoreline […]

Aug
3rd
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!). Pulling […]

Aug
3rd
UW study shows how a kernel got naked and corn became king
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UW study shows how a kernel got naked and corn became king

Ten thousand years ago, a golden grain got naked, brought people together and grew to become one of the top agricultural commodities on the planet. […]

Jul
31st
CALS in the News for the Week of July 27 – 31, 2015
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CALS in the News for the Week of July 27 – 31, 2015

News Scientists find the single letter in corn’s DNA that spurred its evolution The Washington Post, 7/28/2015 Quoted: John Doebley, Genetics A Renaissance painting reveals […]

Jul
31st
CALS seeks Thanksgiving-themed art made of bacteria
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CALS seeks Thanksgiving-themed art made of bacteria

Do you have access to safe, colorful bacteria in your lab? Do you and your lab mates like to get creative? Then consider putting together a […]

Jul
30th