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Employee Benefits & Resource Fair – Oct. 9
The UW–Madison Employee Benefits and Resource Fair is a free event for UW–Madison employees. 2018 UW–Madison Employee Benefits and Resource Fair Tuesday, October 9, 2018 […]
CIAS receives grant to explore feasibility of regional food terminal in Madison
As demand for local food has grown, local food marketing has increased in volume and sophistication. Once the domain of direct-marketing channels, such as farmers […]
One-hour training opportunity on export control processes for CALS faculty/staff – Oct. 30
The UW-Madison’s Export Control Office will be giving a presentation for CALS on the export control regulations and their impact on university research, including foreign […]
CANCELLED: Giant Pumpkin Regatta set for Oct. 13
UPDATE 10/10/2018: Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. With all of the recent rains, fields are soaked, and there isn’t a way to get a […]
Celebrate curiosity at Wisconsin Science Festival – Oct. 11-14
This year’s Wisconsin Science Festival, a four-day, statewide celebration featuring events for all ages, will be held Oct. 11-14. Numerous CALS faculty, staff, and students […]
Biochem’s Vatsan Raman earns prestigious NIH award to fund research on protein function
Biochemistry assistant professor Srivatsan “Vatsan” Raman has received a Director’s New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The $2.2 million-grants fund high-risk, high-reward research performed by early stage […]
Set in amber, fossil ants help reconstruct evolution of fungus farming
Some 50 million years before humans figured it out, agriculture arrived in the world in a seemingly unlikely place: an ant hill. Eschewing wheat or […]
National Academy reports seen as beacons for civil public discourse
In dangerous fungal family’s befriending of plants, a story of loss
If Lewis Carroll had described in detail the mushroom Alice nibbles in Wonderland to shrink and grow to her rightful size, he might have noted […]
43rd annual WALSAA Football Fire-Up raises more than $29,000 to support CALS students
More than 400 University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) alumni, friends, and family came together to network and raise funds as […]