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Call for nominations: UW Teaching Academy seeks Fellows and Future Faculty Partners
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Call for nominations: UW Teaching Academy seeks Fellows and Future Faculty Partners

The UW-Madison Teaching Academy has just issued its 2015 Call for Nominations and the CALS Office of Academic Affairs encourages you to consider submitting your […]

Feb
2nd
Campuswide discussions to address systemic flaws in U.S. biomedical research
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Campuswide discussions to address systemic flaws in U.S. biomedical research

The UW-Madison community is invited to participate in a series of campus-wide discussions in late February and throughout March with the goal of finding solutions […]

Feb
2nd
CALS Coffee this Wednesday, Feb. 4 in Ag Engineering Building
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CALS Coffee this Wednesday, Feb. 4 in Ag Engineering Building

The Department of Biological Systems Engineering will be hosting February’s CALS Coffee break on Wednesday, Feb. 4 from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. in room B1 of […]

Feb
2nd
PBS show “Earth: A New Wild” features upcoming Leopold Lecture speaker
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PBS show “Earth: A New Wild” features upcoming Leopold Lecture speaker

M. Sanjayan, executive VP and senior scientist at Conservation International, will give the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology’s annual Leopold Lecture on May 8 […]

Feb
2nd
John Shutske back in CALS associate dean role
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John Shutske back in CALS associate dean role

John Shutske is back in his role as CALS associate dean for extension and outreach. He returned to this position on Feb. 1, after serving […]

Feb
2nd
Learning lessons by following Madison’s foxes and coyotes
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Learning lessons by following Madison’s foxes and coyotes

Photos and accompanying slideshow by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison. Last year, a family of foxes — complete with roly-poly kits — took up residence on the University […]

Feb
2nd
In memoriam: Soil scientist Arthur Peterson
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In memoriam: Soil scientist Arthur Peterson

The Department of Soil Science is saddened to announce that on Monday, January 26, 2015, Professor Emeritus Art Peterson passed away at the age of […]

Feb
2nd
BioCommons hub open for UW biosciences undergrads
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BioCommons hub open for UW biosciences undergrads

BioCommons, a new hub for undergraduates majoring in biological sciences, has officially opened. Located on the lower level of Steenbock Library, the newly-remodeled space provides areas to […]

Feb
2nd
Klassy, Nusbaum and Arndt honored at FISC reunion
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Klassy, Nusbaum and Arndt honored at FISC reunion

Three agricultural leaders were honored by an audience of more than one hundred alumni and friends at the UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) […]

Feb
2nd
Help #SweetScientists name celebratory ice cream
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Help #SweetScientists name celebratory ice cream

As candy and ice cream researchers, respectively, CALS food science PhD students Amy DeJong and Maya Warren are in a good position to develop a celebratory […]

Feb
2nd