Check out the latest news and articles.
Gale VandeBerg, long-time Extension administrator, dies at 100
Gale L. VandeBerg, age 100, a Univ. of Wis. Professor Emeritus and long-time UW administrator, died on November 16, 2020.
USDA-NIFA Sustainable Agricultural Systems request for applications
Applications to the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Sustainable Agricultural Systems (SAS) Request for Applications (RFA) must focus on approaches that promote transformational changes […]
USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative seeks pre-proposals
The purpose of the SCRI program is to address the critical needs of the specialty crop industry by awarding grants to support research and extension […]
Instructional Continuity Small Grant opportunity: Enhancing student-to-student learning
The following is a recent message from Steven Cramer, UW–Madison Vice Provost for Instructional Continuity and Academic Affairs: Dear faculty and academic staff instructors, The […]
UW-Madison COVID-19 response: Week of 11/14-11/20
Plant Pathology grad student Shane Hansen named FFAR Fellow
The FFAR Fellows Program was established to provide professional development and career guidance to the next generation of food and agriculture scientists across the Foundation […]
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics honors outstanding TAs
The Graduate Committee of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics recently announced the department’s Graduate and Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Prizes for academic year 2019-2020. […]
CALS budget reduction targets for FY21 and FY22
This message from Dean Kate VandenBosch was e-mailed to all CALS faculty and staff on Nov. 16, 2020. Dear Colleagues, We recognize and appreciate all […]
CALS climate survey: Response rate and next steps
On November 6, the window to respond to the CALS climate survey of employees and graduate students closed. We are pleased to report that 924 […]
Of mutant wranglers and slime whisperers
It’s a decades-long story — the quest to understand how certain plants form a fertilization partnership with bacteria. If harnessed correctly in cereal crops, this […]