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Reminder: Share your workplace improvements and innovations at Showcase 2020
Showcase is a free event that provides an opportunity for colleagues from across the UW–Madison campus to share best practices, learn from each other’s successes, […]
Reminder: CALS Award nominations due Feb. 14
It’s that time of year again when you can nominate your outstanding colleagues for recognition via the annual CALS Awards program. Please see the below […]
Reminder: Nominations for CALS Academic Staff Excellence Awards due Feb. 14
Do you know a member of the CALS academic staff who should be recognized for their exceptional work? Maybe you think that someone is you […]
TTC Updates: February forums and drop-in sessions with an HR Manager
For employees, upcoming forums in February will discuss the appeals process, benefits valuation analysis results, and the TTC Timeline shift to an implementation date of July 1, 2020 (previously […]
NIFA Director announces waiver of SCRI match requirement in “Angles Update”
NIFA informed Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) applicants that for FY 2020, NIFA will be waiving the match requirement for recipients of grants under SCRI.
CALS in the News for the Week of January 11-17
In the News Wildfire-hit countries in need of new strategies to tame burning threat Reuters via Daily Mail, 1/16/2020 Quoted: Volker Radeloff, Forest and Wildlife […]
Tax law changes for parking fees, van pool, and bus passes
On December 20, 2019, H.R. 1865 The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 was signed into law by the Federal Government. As a result, parking, vanpool, […]
Genetics faculty candidate presentation: Jake Brunkard on TORning over a new leaf – Jan. 23
The CALS community is invited to attend a genetics faculty candidate presentation by Jake Brunkard, Group Leader/Assistant Researcher, UC Berkeley, Plant and Microbial Biology, and USDA […]
Genetics faculty candidate presentation: Brad Nelms on reconstructing the developmental program into meiosis with single-cell RNA-seq – Jan. 27
The CALS community is invited to attend a genetics faculty candidate presentation by Brad Nelms, postdoctoral fellow in the Biology Department at Stanford University. Nelms […]
International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture (ICASA) Issues Call for Research Concepts
Maintaining the efficacy of antibiotics affects both human and animal health and is a priority for livestock producers. The International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in […]