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Undergrads hope Popular Science contest will crowd-fund their bio lightbulb project
A team of UW–Madison students, including a CALS biochem major, has entered a crowd-funding contest sponsored by Popular Science magazine to get support for their […]
Coming soon: Collection boxes for UW state fair day school supply drive
If you’re planning to attend UW–Madison Day at the State Fair on Wednesday, August 7, remember to bring new, unopened school supplies from the list […]
The food industry celebrates Owen Fennema’s legacy
Many leaders in the food industry were in attendance at a July 15 celebration of the life and career of CALS professor emeritus Owen Fennema, who passed […]
Video: A day in the life of a food science student
A team of food science grad students, including Wan Mei Leong, Kendra Hendrickson, Tuba Karaarslan, Emily Daw, and Mustafa Ozturk, assembled this video for student […]
Juan Zalapa receives national award for efforts to help underrepresented students succeed
Juan Zalapa has been selected to receive the Council for Opportunity in Education‘s 2013 National TRIO Achievers award. Zalapa is an assistant professor in the […]
Non-Federal Funding Opportunities July 15-19
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!) […]
Genetics department leads the charge on recycling packaging waste
About 30 percent of what goes into our landfills is packaging waste, and as a research university, we’re contributing our share, points out a post […]
Federal Funding Opportunities July 15-19
DOD DoD Gulf War Illness Clinical Trial Award with Multiple-PI Option Historic Preservation and Architectural Conservation work at MCBCP Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency (DFBA) […]
Radatz and Cooley to lead Discovery Farms
After 31 years with University of Wisconsin-Extension as a county extension agriculture agent and founder and director of Discovery Farms for the last 13 years, […]
CALS approves filling two more faculty positions
Based on recommendations from the CALS Academic Planning Council, the CALS administrative team has given the go-ahead for two additional faculty searches. These are in […]