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DOE Sustainable Cities: Urban Energy Planning for Smart Growth in China and India http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=169533 DOI Landscape Conservation Cooperatives http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=177354 NIH Clinically Relevant Genetic Variants Resource […]
Drought puts CALS experts in the spotlight
If the latest CALS in the News list seems a little longer than usual, thank the drought, which brought inquiries from media ranging from the […]
CALS welcomes a new National Guard team for Ag 101 training
You may be seeing groups of people in camo in the days to come. From July 23–27, CALS is once again providing a week of […]
Either data are plural or it isn’t. Or both.
Data aren’t always plural. Sometime it’s singular. A number of people who generate data have taken this more relaxed stance on usage, and now, as […]
CALS in the News for the Week of July 16-20
In the News Grass Roots: Keep off the grass to save your drought-damaged lawn The Cap Times 7/17/2012 Quoted: Tom Schwab, O. J. Noer Turfgrass […]
Hot time in Tent City: Farm Tech Days this week
Everybody’s feeling the heat, but some of our colleagues feel it more than others. Those of us who work in air conditioning take our hats […]
Video: CALS Disney food contest champs talk about inventing Peanut Butter Jamsicles
This short video features the CALS food product team that developed Peanut Butter Jamsicles, the healthy kids snack that won this year’s Disney food product […]
Energy secretary Chu visits GLBRC
Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s visited the Great Lakes Bioenergy Center last Thursday. Secretary Chu (center) toured the leafcutter ant exhibit on the UW-Madison campus, where […]
Video: 2012 Forestry Summer Camp
Here’s a nice video on this year’s Forestry Summer Camp, prepared by Sevie Kenyon and Nicole Miller from CALS External Relations.
Farm Bill update
Cornerstone’s 2012 Farm Bill Report No. 4 – July 12, 2012 The House Agriculture Committee reported its version of the 2012 Farm Bill H.R. 6083 […]