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CALS in the News for the Week of August 24 – 30
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CALS in the News for the Week of August 24 – 30

In the News While Cutting Expenses, Wisconsin Farmers Look To Digital Apps To Help Weather Challenges Wisconsin Public Radio, 8/29/2019 Quoted: Damon Smith, Plant Pathology […]

Sep
3rd
Call for course proposals to satisfy CALS International Studies requirement
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Call for course proposals to satisfy CALS International Studies requirement

The CALS curriculum committee invites applications for courses to be considered for the approved course-list that fulfills the CALS International Studies requirement (to be effective […]

Sep
3rd
Still time to get tickets: Seed to Kitchen Collaborative’s Farm to Flavor dinner – Sept. 12
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Still time to get tickets: Seed to Kitchen Collaborative’s Farm to Flavor dinner – Sept. 12

Food lovers interested in how great seeds turn into great meals are invited to join the Seed to Kitchen Collaborative at their fifth annual “Farm […]

Sep
3rd
Campus Farmers Market returns Sept. 5 to Union South
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Campus Farmers Market returns Sept. 5 to Union South

The Campus Farmers Market at Union South opens this week. It will be held on Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. from Sept. 5 […]

Sep
3rd
Biochemistry’s Dave Pagliarini wins ASBMB Young Scholar Award 2020
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Biochemistry’s Dave Pagliarini wins ASBMB Young Scholar Award 2020

Dave Pagliarini, director of the Metabolism Theme at the Morgridge Institute and  associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, won the Earl and Thressa Stadtman Young Scholar […]

Sep
3rd
Planning for a new major in global health approved
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Planning for a new major in global health approved

Last year a committee led by entomology professor and chair Susan Paskewitz developed a notice of intent (NOI) to plan for a new global health […]

Sep
3rd
WEI and CALS scientists apply biofuels knowledge to the dairy industry
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WEI and CALS scientists apply biofuels knowledge to the dairy industry

Wisconsin’s dairy industry churns out huge quantities of valuable consumer products like milk, yogurt and cheese, but it also generates large volumes of coproducts that […]

Sep
3rd
Aaron Hoskins earns grant to study splicing inhibitors, connection to cancer
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Aaron Hoskins earns grant to study splicing inhibitors, connection to cancer

With a grant from the Edward P. Evans Foundation, biochemistry associate professor Aaron Hoskins is searching for new treatments for myelodysplastic syndromes — a type of blood […]

Sep
3rd
Effort to boost tomato’s resistance to plant pathogens seeks to curb foodborne illnesses
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Effort to boost tomato’s resistance to plant pathogens seeks to curb foodborne illnesses

At some point in your life, you’ve probably gone to class knowing you left an assignment unfinished. The knot in your stomach grew as homework […]

Sep
3rd
Podcast: Geoff Siemering on managing mine-scarred lands
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Podcast: Geoff Siemering on managing mine-scarred lands

Geoff Siemering Extension Soil Science Outreach Specialist Department of Soil Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences 608-262-9969 geoff.siemering@wisc.edu Total Time: 7:05 0:14 – Wisconsin’s […]

Sep
3rd