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Entomology’s Jun Zhu named American Statistical Association fellow
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Entomology’s Jun Zhu named American Statistical Association fellow

Jun Zhu, a professor with appointments in entomology and statistics, has been selected to be an American Statistical Association fellow. The honor was granted based on her outstanding […]

Apr
10th
Microbiology student wins Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student award
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Microbiology student wins Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student award

Microbiology undergraduate Patrick Dunn will receive a 2015 Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student award presented by UW-Madison Adult Career and Special Student Services. The award honors two […]

Apr
10th
CALS labs field three Cool Science Image Contest winners
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CALS labs field three Cool Science Image Contest winners

From among a record setting number of entries, three winners of the 2015 Cool Science Image Contest came from CALS laboratories. For information about the 11 winning images, […]

Apr
10th
Registration open for annual UW Teaching and Learning Symposium
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Registration open for annual UW Teaching and Learning Symposium

Registration is open for the 2015 Teaching and Learning Symposium, an annual UW event designed to help facilitate the sharing of educational innovations across campus. This year’s symposium, which […]

Apr
9th
Bucky Badger visits Hittinger lab to meet his namesake yeast
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Bucky Badger visits Hittinger lab to meet his namesake yeast

Buckingham Badger stopped by Chris Hittinger’s genetics lab last week to meet Blastobotrys buckinghamii, a newly discovered strain of wild yeast that was named after him. […]

Apr
9th
Teaching Academy Summer Institute call for applications
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Teaching Academy Summer Institute call for applications

Interested in teaching and learning? Need time to reflect on your teaching? Need time to develop or restructure a course or program sequence? Want to […]

Apr
8th
Great horned owls raising two owlets along lakeshore path
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Great horned owls raising two owlets along lakeshore path

About two weeks ago, people started reporting sightings of a great horned owl hanging out on a tree along the lakeshore path. The UWMadScience blog speculated […]

Apr
8th
Four students receive Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowships
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Four students receive Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowships

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) has awarded the 2015-16 Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowships (WDGF). The College congratulates all of these fellowship recipients. […]

Apr
6th
CALS APC agenda for April 17, 2015
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CALS APC agenda for April 17, 2015

CALS ACADEMIC PLANNING COUNCIL April 17, 2015 2:00-3:30 354 Agricultural Hall Action and Discussion Items Review minutes, March 17, 2014 Forest and Wildlife Ecology Program review […]

Apr
6th
CALS CASI agenda for April 8, 2015
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CALS CASI agenda for April 8, 2015

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC STAFF ISSUES April 8, 2015 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. 250 Agricultural Hall Approval of minutes from March […]

Apr
6th