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Art exhibit features paintings by genetics emeritus professor
Members of the CALS community are invited to a reception on Friday, June 5 for an art exhibition featuring paintings by Ching Kung, an emeritus professor of genetics, […]
$1M gift establishes professorship in biological systems engineering
The biological systems engineering department recently announced the establishment of its first endowed professorship. Emeritus professor and former BSE Department Chair Patrick Walsh and his wife, Noreen Warren, […]
Aurelie Rakotondrafara: Assistant professor turns the tables on plant viruses
Aurelie Rakotondrafara had packed for the tropics. So when a clerk at the Fulbright fellowship office asked if she was ready for winter, her face […]
Animal sciences’ recent award winners
Animal sciences shared this nice photo of department members who recently won awards. They are (left to right): Dan Gianola – Hilldale Award in the […]
2016 benefits changes to state employee health insurance program
The Department of Employee Trust Funds Group Insurance Board met on May 19, 2015 and approved changes to the state employee health insurance program. The […]
Distinguished prefix applications due to CALS HR by July 3
Although the campus deadline for Distinguished Prefix title applications for academic staff is August 1, applications needs to reach the CALS Human Resources office by July 3 […]
Recap: Last week’s All-College Meeting focused on the budget
Last Tuesday, Dean Kate VandenBosch provided an overview on the latest budget information pertaining to the college. She outlined the overall state funding process, which […]
Nominations open for the 2015 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
The $10,000 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, recognizes exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production […]
AAE alumnus establishes $1M Henry C. Taylor Professorship
Agricultural & Applied Economics alum Dr. Robert H. Miller of Alexandria, Virginia (MS ’59, PhD ’67) visited Madison for the inaugural AAE Scholars & Sponsors Lunch […]
P.J. Liesch: New federal pollinator plan seeks to aid monarch butterflies
In a recent post on his What’s Crawling in the Lab blog, CALS/UW-Extension entomologist P.J. Liesch described some of the challenges facing North America’s monarch butterflies, […]