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Field days focus on vegetable flavor
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Field days focus on vegetable flavor

This year at West Madison, we have planted trials of several species of vegetables with a particular focus on flavor, with varieties selected by plant […]

Aug
11th
UW-Madison Scholarly Publishing Symposium – Oct. 30
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UW-Madison Scholarly Publishing Symposium – Oct. 30

The inaugural Scholarly Publishing Symposium, being held at the Pyle Center on Oct. 30, will create a space for campus-wide conversation about today’s publishing landscape, […]

Aug
11th
Wisconsin Symposium on Feminist Biology – Oct. 10-11
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Wisconsin Symposium on Feminist Biology – Oct. 10-11

The Center for Research on Gender and Women at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to announce the Wisconsin Symposium on Feminist Biology to deliberately […]

Aug
11th
Images: A great day at the State Fair
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Images: A great day at the State Fair

CALS was well represented at last Wednesday’s UW-Madison Day at the Wisconsin State Fair. Here are a few of our favorite images that capture the […]

Aug
11th
Photo album: CALS students through the years
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Photo album: CALS students through the years

From through the decades and from around the world, images are coming in for the MyCALS photo album project. To help celebrate CALS’ 125th anniversary this […]

Aug
11th
Campus landscapes good enough to eat
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Campus landscapes good enough to eat

Edible plants are beautiful, and beautiful plantings can be edible. That’s the idea behind a new student project called Edible Landscapes. Several student groups are […]

Aug
11th
Non-Federal Funding Opportunities
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Non-Federal Funding Opportunities

Selected opportunities from CALS’ listing of non-federal funding opportunities in agriculture, life sciences and related fields. View and search the entire list (updated weekly!). Postdoctoral […]

Aug
11th
Federal Funding Opportunities
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Federal Funding Opportunities

Federal funding opportunities from the week of August 4th – August 8th DOD Compact High-Density Tactical Energy Storage Modification 2 Computational Methods for Decision Making […]

Aug
11th
CALS in the News for the Week of August 2-8
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CALS in the News for the Week of August 2-8

Cranberries In the News: Ocean Spray bogged down with legal challenges The Cap Times 8/03/14 Quoted: Kyle Stiegert, Agricultural and Applied Economics Ocean Spray bogged […]

Aug
8th
New faculty profile: Dhanu Shanmuganayagam develops genetic swine models of human diseases
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New faculty profile: Dhanu Shanmuganayagam develops genetic swine models of human diseases

Dhanansayan “Dhanu” Shanmuganayagam joined the faculty in the Department of Animal Sciences in July. eCALS asked him a few questions: Briefly describe your career path—up […]

Aug
5th