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USDA offers two webinars on anaerobic digesters March 14
The USDA has scheduled two seminars on anaerobic digesters for Wednesday, March 14. One will examine how to finance a digester. The other will examine […]
In memoriam: Jerry McGee, former CALS news service manager
Jerry McGee, ardent baseball fan and former teacher who headed the CALS news service in the department formerly known as agricultural journalism, passed away on […]
Cranberry creation earns UW students trip to national food contest finals
Nine CALS students will head to Las Vegas toward the end of June as finalists in food development competition sponsored by the Institute of Food […]
Reading Green teaches grade-schoolers three Rs with an S—for science
With all the demands for better STEM education (science-technology-engineering-mathematics), you’d think that getting more science into elementary schools would be a top priority. But you’d […]
Monsanto Emerging Leaders in Science Program
Monsanto’s Emerging Leaders in Science PhD rotational program is seeking top scientific talent who are at the PhD or Post-Doctoral level to join the Technology […]
USDA AFRI Stakeholder Meetings/ Webinars and Comment Opportunity
NIFA will host a series of seven webinars during March and April. These program-specific webinars will focus on the AFRI Challenge Areas, Fellows Grant, and […]
CALS-based WSUM radio nets 13 awards and is honored by city leaders
It’s been a big week for WSUM, the UW-Madison’s student radio station, which is based in the Department of Life Sciences Communication. The station is […]
CALS On Campus: Good Clean Fair (and slow) Food
“Good Clean Fair Food,” is the motto for the very successful UW-Madison student organization, Slow Food UW, that urges UW students to get in on […]
Meet the Dean ice cream social: A 27-gallon affair
No one counted noses at last week’s Meet the Dean Ice Cream Social. But 27 gallons were consumed, servings were somewhere between 8 and 16 […]
Hygiene lab webcast: Microbial source tracking
In a presentation at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, WSLH Water Microbiology Director and UW Soil Sciences Professor Sharon Long, Ph.D. outlines the latest […]