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UW System Travel Office hosting Fall Open Houses – Oct. 3 & 5
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UW System Travel Office hosting Fall Open Houses – Oct. 3 & 5

The UW System Travel Office invites you to participate in their virtual Fall Open House. The session will include: Register online. Tuesday, October 310:00 – […]

Sep
18th
Meet the CALS Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team
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Meet the CALS Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team

The college’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has undergone significant growth since it was founded in Jan. 2022. The ODEI team – which now […]

Sep
18th
Register to donate at the CALS fall blood drive on Oct. 25
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Register to donate at the CALS fall blood drive on Oct. 25

The American Red Cross is experiencing a national blood shortage. Back-to-school season, summer travel and an already active hurricane season have hindered blood donations, resulting […]

Sep
18th
Grant awarded: Liza Chang and Diana Frantz Anderson receive microgrant for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
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Grant awarded: Liza Chang and Diana Frantz Anderson receive microgrant for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Liza Chang and Diana Frantz Anderson from CALS Academic Affairs were recently awarded a Data Empowered Educational Practices Microgrant for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. […]

Sep
15th
Grant awarded: Francisco Peñagaricano receives $2.3 million from multi-partner international consortium Greener Cattle Initiative
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Grant awarded: Francisco Peñagaricano receives $2.3 million from multi-partner international consortium Greener Cattle Initiative

Francisco Peñagaricano, assistant professor in the Animal and Dairy Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, received $2,301,499 to conduct research combining interventions that address selective breeding, […]

Sep
15th
Native Mass Spectrometry & Single Molecule Imaging workshop to be held Oct. 2-5
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Native Mass Spectrometry & Single Molecule Imaging workshop to be held Oct. 2-5

A workshop held Oct 2-5 at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery will bring together scientists from the mass spectrometry and cryo-electron microscopy communities to explore […]

Sep
15th
Genetics’ Ryan Martinez and Jake Brunkard receive Gilliam Fellowship from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Genetics’ Ryan Martinez and Jake Brunkard receive Gilliam Fellowship from Howard Hughes Medical Institute

PhD student Ryan Martinez and Assistant Professor Jake Brunkard have received the prestigious Gilliam Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). The HHMI Gilliam […]

Sep
15th
CALS in the News for the week of September 9-15
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CALS in the News for the week of September 9-15

September 15, 2023 In the News Environmental groups recruit people of color into overwhelmingly white conservation worldAssociated Press, 8/26/23Quoted: Arianna Barajas, Student, Forest and Wildlife EcologyMentioned: […]

Sep
15th
Cap Times Idea Fest to take place Sept. 17-23
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Cap Times Idea Fest to take place Sept. 17-23

Tickets are on sale for Cap Times Idea Fest 2023, and the full schedule is now available. Get tickets to see in-person sessions with guests including Vermont Sen. […]

Sep
13th
Genetics Colloquium: Xin Gao on the role of the bone marrow niche in regulating hematopoietic stem cells – Sept. 20
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Genetics Colloquium: Xin Gao on the role of the bone marrow niche in regulating hematopoietic stem cells – Sept. 20

The Genetics Colloquium is held Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. in-person in Genetics/Biotech 1111 and online via Zoom. This week’s speaker is Xin Gao from the […]

Sep
13th