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Annual benefits enrollment ends a week from Friday
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Annual benefits enrollment ends a week from Friday

The Annual Benefit Enrollment (ABE) period is October 7 – November 1, 2013 for all participating plans. Detailed benefit information about the ABE period will be […]

Oct
21st
Final flu clinics this week and next
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Final flu clinics this week and next

There are three more flu clinics on campus for faculty and staff. Full details are available on the UHS website. Eagle Heights | 611 Eagle […]

Oct
21st
CALS profs speak at Slow Food Week events
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CALS profs speak at Slow Food Week events

CALS faculty, staff and students are playing a big part in campus activities for Real Food Week, which runs today through Oct 25. CALS faculty members […]

Oct
21st
Chancellor Blank: “…it’s not a real university if it doesn’t have an ag school…”
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Chancellor Blank: “…it’s not a real university if it doesn’t have an ag school…”

From Chancellor Blank’s Oct. 10 address to the UW Board of Visitors: “Both of my parents worked as extension agents, so I grew up around […]

Oct
21st
Ingenuity update: John Mochon and 5 CALS grad students get WARF innovation awards
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Ingenuity update: John Mochon and 5 CALS grad students get WARF innovation awards

When it comes to innovation, CALS does not take a backseat. This year WARF gave an Innovation Award to John Monchon for developing the BetaGene oat, […]

Oct
21st
Several from CALS on ballot for new campus Classified Staff Executive Committee
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Several from CALS on ballot for new campus Classified Staff Executive Committee

Voting for seats on UW-Madison’s  brand-new Classified Staff Advisory Committee is underway, and several people from CALS are on the ballot. They include Eric Ellefsen (Bacteriology), Sandy Fowler (CALS […]

Oct
21st
Dean Vandenbosch’s op-ed on World Food Prize: Biotech pioneers deserve their recognition
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Dean Vandenbosch’s op-ed on World Food Prize: Biotech pioneers deserve their recognition

CALS Dean Kate VandenBosch was the lead author on the following letter, which was published on Oct. 16, 2013 in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: This week, leaders […]

Oct
21st
In memoriam: Don Johnson
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In memoriam: Don Johnson

Don Johnson, Professor Emeritus, Community and Environmental Sociology, died on Oct. 17 at the age of 83. In his 35 years as a faculty member, […]

Oct
21st
Federal Funding Opportunities
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Federal Funding Opportunities

Federal funding opportunities from the week of October 14th — 18th DOE William Wiley Postdoctoral Fellowship NIH Planning for a National Center for Particle Beam […]

Oct
21st
Non-Federal Funding Opportunities
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Non-Federal Funding Opportunities

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

Oct
21st