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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]