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New CALS-PEOPLE program video highlights food systems diversity
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New CALS-PEOPLE program video highlights food systems diversity

This fall leaders in CALS, the PEOPLE program and the Community and Regional Food Systems project partnered to produce a video highlighting the diversity of careers—and the […]

Jan
11th
CALS in the News for the Week of January 3-9
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CALS in the News for the Week of January 3-9

In the News: Garden Talk: Resources for Growing Vegetables – Audio Wisconsin Public Radio 1/03/15 Quoted: Erin Silva, Plant Pathology Quoted: John Hendrickson, Center for […]

Jan
9th
CASI agenda for January 2015 meeting
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CASI agenda for January 2015 meeting

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC STAFF ISSUES January 14, 2015 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. 250 Agricultural Hall AGENDA 1. Approval of November […]

Jan
8th
Review January earnings statement for errors
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Review January earnings statement for errors

The Office of Human Resources-Benefits Services is asking that employees review their January earnings statement. With the new benefits vendors – such as TASC replacing […]

Jan
5th
Walk in her shoes: Student blogs her Uganda study abroad experiences
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Walk in her shoes: Student blogs her Uganda study abroad experiences

This winter break, a group of UW students is once again traveling through Uganda as part of the Uganda Agriculture, Health and Nutrition study abroad […]

Jan
5th
Dean VandenBosch celebrates “sense of wonder” in recent op-ed
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Dean VandenBosch celebrates “sense of wonder” in recent op-ed

Near the end of last month, Dean Kate shared some of her year-end reflections in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel op-ed. The piece, titled “Cultivating curiosity, and embracing […]

Jan
5th
Clearing the fog about the impacts of emissions trading
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Clearing the fog about the impacts of emissions trading

In March 2010, southern Wisconsin had the worst particulate air pollution in the nation, and many counties in the southern part of the state routinely […]

Jan
5th
Fox news update: Handful of recent campus fox sightings
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Fox news update: Handful of recent campus fox sightings

If you felt a bit discouraged after reading the Dec. 8 eCALS post titled “Fox news: What’s up with the campus canids,” things are looking brighter. […]

Jan
5th
Meet Amaya Atucha, campus’ new fruit crop specialist
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Meet Amaya Atucha, campus’ new fruit crop specialist

Amaya Atucha joined the UW this past November as a CALS assistant professor in the Department of Horticulture and a UW-Extension fruit crop specialist. Briefly describe […]

Jan
5th
Bill Tracy honored by national plant breeders group
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Bill Tracy honored by national plant breeders group

Bill Tracy, chair and professor of agronomy, was recently honored with the 2014 Public Plant Breeding Award from the National Council of Commercial Plant Breeders. Each year […]

Jan
5th