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CALS in the News for the Week of October 5 – 11
In the News These State Birds May Be Forced Out of Their States as the World Warms New York Times, 10/10/2019 Quoted: Benjamin Zuckerberg, Forest […]
Sundaram Gunasekaran honored with IAEF Lifetime Achievement Award
Sundaram Gunasekaran, professor of biological systems engineering, has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association for Engineering and Food (IAEF). He […]
Investigating links between multiple sclerosis and slice of UV spectrum
It’s been a long and winding road in the lab of Emeritus Professor Hector F. DeLuca when it comes to the effects of vitamin D […]
2019-2020 Morgridge Ethics Cartooning Competition now open for entries
Do you talk with colleagues about the possible social impacts of your research? Do you wonder how society should balance people’s privacy interests against the […]
New faculty profile: Claudia Solis-Lemus develops statistical models to answer biological questions
Claudia Solis-Lemus joined the Department of Plant Pathology as an assistant professor in August 2019. What is your hometown? Where did you grow up? I […]
Recent retirements
Best wishes to colleagues who retired from CALS in the third quarter of 2019: Ken Albrecht, Agronomy Johanne Brunet, Entomology Teresa Busby, Soil Science Stuart […]
WEI Forward in Energy Forum with Gregg Sanford, Thea Whitman: Can plants fix our carbon problems? – Oct. 9
While the burning of fossil fuels for energy is the leading contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, land-use impacts such as agriculture and deforestation are […]
Reminder: CALS portrait session set for Oct. 11
CALS External Relations will hold its next studio portrait session on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. in Room 38 (lower level) of Agricultural Hall. […]
Go Big Read keynote event: Deborah Blum to discuss The Poison Squad – Oct. 15
Join Go Big Read for a special keynote event with Deborah Blum, the author of the 2019-2020 selection, The Poison Squad. Author talk will be […]
USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue toured CALS plant breeding facilities
On Oct. 1, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue visited campus to tour the CALS plant breeding facilities and visit the USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit. Joined […]