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Answer the call: Create – or update – your profile in the UW–Madison Experts Database
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Answer the call: Create – or update – your profile in the UW–Madison Experts Database

Whether it’s commenting on today’s politics or something a bit more obscure, University Communications can get some pretty interesting media requests. Fortunately, there are more […]

May
28th
Canada firm expands in Wisconsin to hire more farm-raised engineers
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Canada firm expands in Wisconsin to hire more farm-raised engineers

MacDon Enterprises, Inc., a Canadian maker of harvesting equipment, broke ground on a research and development facility in Sun Prairie March 27. The building will […]

May
28th
Updated/enhanced precollege program policies
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Updated/enhanced precollege program policies

The following is a recent message from Rebecca Blank, Chancellor; Sarah Mangelsdorf, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; and Laurent Heller, Vice Chancellor for Finance and […]

May
28th
Podcast: Timely tips from a grilling pro
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Podcast: Timely tips from a grilling pro

It is the time of the year, it is the season to fire up those grills and get them ready for a long, beautiful, wonderful […]

May
28th
WALSAA Summer Picnic moved to Tuesday of Farm Tech Days – July 23
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WALSAA Summer Picnic moved to Tuesday of Farm Tech Days – July 23

This year, the annual WALSAA Summer Picnic will be held on the Tuesday of Wisconsin Farm Technology Days instead of the Wednesday. WALSAA shifted the day […]

May
24th
CALS in the News for the Week of May 18 – 24
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CALS in the News for the Week of May 18 – 24

In the News ‘Struggling to Tread Water’: Dairy Farmers Are Caught in an Economic System With No Winning Formula Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5/18/2019 Quoted: Mark […]

May
24th
Mark Rickenbach named senior associate dean
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Mark Rickenbach named senior associate dean

Mark Rickenbach, professor and chair in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, has been named senior associate dean of the College of Agricultural and […]

May
20th
Bascom Hall construction to impact Observatory Drive traffic, lot access
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Bascom Hall construction to impact Observatory Drive traffic, lot access

As part of the major utilities project on Bascom Hill, eastbound Observatory Drive will be closed between Charter Street and Lot 11 (Bascom Hall) starting […]

May
20th
NOFO – USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Borlaug Fellow Program
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NOFO – USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Borlaug Fellow Program

CALS Global is sharing this announcement on behalf of the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Borlaug Fellow Program. The following funding opportunities have just been […]

May
20th
Free “garden swap” bins for sharing excess produce with your colleagues
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Free “garden swap” bins for sharing excess produce with your colleagues

Have you ever heard of a garden swap? The CALS Wellness Committee is offering to purchase bins, label them, and deliver them to our CALS […]

May
20th