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Jean Petersen retirement reception—June 19, 3:30 p.m.
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Jean Petersen retirement reception—June 19, 3:30 p.m.

Please join the Laboratory of Genetics as we celebrate Jean Petersen’s 31 years of service with a retirement reception on Thursday, June 19 at 3:30 […]

Jun
16th
Report from Iceland: A “smoke” of midges
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Report from Iceland: A “smoke” of midges

It looks like smoke. But the above photo shows the “‘smoke monster’ (for you Lost fans) effect of a massive midge emergence from the central (and probably […]

Jun
16th
Celebrate National Pollinators Week with the Wisconsin Wild Bee Guide
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Celebrate National Pollinators Week with the Wisconsin Wild Bee Guide

Happy National Pollinators Week. It’s well worth celebrating here in Wisconsin, where more than 500 native wild bee species play an essential role in pollinating […]

Jun
16th
Highly cited researchers: Richard Amasino, Jiming Jiang, John Ralph and Richard Vierstra
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Highly cited researchers: Richard Amasino, Jiming Jiang, John Ralph and Richard Vierstra

Four CALS researchers were included in a list of most highly cited. Richard Amasino, Jiming Jiang, John Ralph and Richard Vierstra ranked “among the top 1 […]

Jun
16th
Allen gardens pond is new and improved (i.e. it has water again)
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Allen gardens pond is new and improved (i.e. it has water again)

If you’ve been around the Allen Centennial Gardens recently you’ve likely noticed piles of rocks, machinery noise. And  and—if that didn’t deter you from taking a tour, you […]

Jun
16th
The right stuff: Phil Townsend shares remote-sensing expertise with NASA astronauts
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The right stuff: Phil Townsend shares remote-sensing expertise with NASA astronauts

Forest and wildlife ecology professor Phil Townsend is in Houston this month to train astronaut candidates at the Johnson Space Flight Center. eCALS caught up […]

Jun
16th
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!). Education […]

Jun
16th
Federal Funding Opportunities
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Federal Funding Opportunities

Federal funding opportunities from the week of June 9th – June 13th DOD Direct On-chip Digital Optical Synthesizer (DODOS) Modification 3 Transport Injured, Ill, and […]

Jun
16th
CALS in the News for the week of June 9 – 13
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CALS in the News for the week of June 9 – 13

News Kenosha County barn dance to celebrate 125th anniversary of CALS Country Today 6/9/2014 Mentioned: UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Mentioned: Farm and […]

Jun
13th
Biochemist Aaron Hoskins receives Shaw Award
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Biochemist Aaron Hoskins receives Shaw Award

Aaron Hoskins, a CALS assistant professor of biochemistry, was one of two UW-Madison researchers selected to receive a $200,000 grant through the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s […]

Jun
12th