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UW-Madison ranked 12th best public college by U.S. News & World Report
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is tied for 12th among public institutions in U.S. News & World Report’s latest college rankings. Overall, UW–Madison ranks 46th in a […]
Nathan Chesmore, Ph.D. student in Shanmuganayagam lab, awarded Morgridge Biotechnology Fellowship
Nathan Chesmore, a Ph.D. student in Dhanu Shanmuganayagam’s laboratory, has been awarded the Morgridge Biotechnology Fellowship to work on a novel anti-microbial and anti-biofilm strategy. […]
WN@tL this week: Tom Zinnen on “Biotech and Food: Dilemmas in Communication and Culture”
New grocery products, label requirements and gene-editing technologies will be just a few topics of focus at this week’s Wednesday Nite @ the Lab talk. […]
CALS faculty contribute to WKOW climate change documentary set to air Sept. 14
Seven members of the CALS community were interviewed for an upcoming TV documentary titled “Our Wisconsin: The Climate Change Effect” that will air on WKOW-TV […]
CALS Org Redesign Committee shares ideas via preliminary report, Oct. 24 All-College Meeting
On Aug. 29, the CALS Organizational Redesign Committee presented its preliminary report at the annual Department Chairs’ Retreat. The chairs provided feedback and there was a […]
Please remember: CALS Coffee Sept. 21
Be sure to stop by and say hello to your colleagues at the next CALS Coffee gathering. The event is set for Thursday, Sept. 21 […]
Popular science: Can Bill Nye, the famed Science Guy of the ‘90s, really save the world?
Can Bill Nye, the famed Science Guy of the ’90s, really save the world? UW researchers posed that question in jest in an online column […]
Fall semester welcome message from Kate VandenBosch and Tom Browne
The following message was sent to CALS faculty, staff and students on Sept. 8: Greetings- As this first week of the fall semester wraps up, […]
CALS reception at World Dairy Expo – Oct. 4
CALS faculty and staff are invited to attend the CALS Reception at World Dairy Expo, which runs 4 – 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The […]
How moldy hay and sick cows led to a lifesaving drug
On a wintry day in the mid-1930s, a concerned farmer appeared at the door of a lab at UW-Madison. In his hand was a can […]