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Ag Hall’s adorable trick-or-treaters
A Halloween tradition in Ag Hall is to invite our neighbors from the UW Preschool Lab in Nancy Nicholas Hall to come trick or treat […]
Thanks to a dairy challenge, UW’s #SweetScientists advance to second half of The Amazing Race
A dairy-related challenge helped save UW-Madison food science graduate students Amy DeJong and Maya Warren – a.k.a. the #SweetScientists – from being sent home on last Friday’s […]
Institute for Biology Education expands to become WISCIENCE
The UW Institute for Biology Education is expanding to become Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement —or WISCIENCE. The new mission extends across […]
Hasan Khatib publishes animal genetics textbook
Animal sciences professor Hasan Khatib’s new textbook, titled Molecular and Quantitative Animal Genetics, was just published by Wiley-Blackwell. In addition to Khatib, several CALS faculty […]
Save the date: Michael Culbertson’s retirement celebration on Dec. 12
Retirement Celebration for
Laboratory of Genetics Chair Michael Culbertson
Friday, December 12, 2014
2 – 4 PM in lobby
425 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706
2 PM – Start of event with photos of Mike on TVs in lobby. Treats and refreshments served.
3 PM – Presentations:
1. Laboratory of Genetics Chair ’71 – ’75 & ’77 – ’86 Millard Susman: Welcome and remarks on Mike’s 37-year career with Genetics.
2. UW-Madison Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs ’09 – ’14 Paul M. DeLuca Jr.: Remarks and present Mike the UW-Madison certificate.
3. SMPH Dean Robert N. Golden: Remarks and presentation.
4. CALS Dean Kate Vandenbosch: Remarks and presentation.
5. Laboratory of Genetics Chair elect John Doebley: Remarks and present Mike the State of WI certificate.
Does daylight saving time actually save energy?
Daylight saving time was originally conceived as an energy-saving idea. In 1784 Benjamin Franklin observed that during summer months, people slept during the daylight hours […]
CALS in the News for the Week of October 25-31
In the News: State milk production breaks record for fifth straight month Wisconsin State Journal 10/27/14 Quoted: Brian Gould, Agricultural and Applied Economics Wisconsin milk […]
UW to close Madison Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory and consolidate services at Marshfield
The college recently announced plans to close its Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory on the west side of Madison and consolidate services at the Soil […]
Less time for science: Added duties offset researchers’ gains in productivity
Today’s land grant faculty are getting significantly more research done in less time, but they are finding significantly less time to do it. As a […]
Natural beauty: Plant geneticist creates colorful veggie earrings
If you’ve ever gaped at the interior of a purple carrot or a beauty heart radish while preparing dinner, you have a sense of what inspired plant […]