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CALS celebrates graduates during commencement weekend
This past weekend, the college celebrated its spring and summer 2026 graduates at commencement and the CALS graduation celebration. Families, friends, students and staff from […]
UW–Madison NAMA team earns first place in National Agri-Marketing Association Student Marketing Competition
UW–Madison’s National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) team recently won top prize in the National Agri-Marketing Association Student Marketing Competition. The championship-winning project centered on a soybean […]
Instructors: Follow end-of-semester best practice and download Canvas content
Instructors are encouraged to download and back up Canvas course content. This is considered best practice in any semester, as it can protect not only […]
Deadline to submit grades extended to May 14
As a result of the earlier Canvas outage, the Office of the Provost has extended the deadline for instructors to submit final semester grades. The […]
Alums Laura Duesterbeck Johnson and Ben Johnson create a thriving, sustainable agribusiness
Laura Duesterbeck Johnson BS’03 always felt the pressure of succession when she was growing up on a farm in Walworth County. The property had been with […]
TEO offers workshop From Research to Action: Understanding Your Market – May 13
Six CALS faculty honored with Vilas awards
Six CALS faculty members, listed below, were among 48 UW–Madison faculty selected to receive Vilas professorships and awards this year. The awards are supported by […]
CALS Awards: Academic Staff Excellence Award recipients
Two weeks ago, we celebrated this year’s CALS Award recipients, and this week, we begin to share more information about individual winners, starting with the Academic […]
CALS in the News for the week of May 2–8
In the News CSA boxes get people buying fresh from farms, but will customer convenience hurt the mission?Harvest Public Media, 5/4/26Quoted: John Hendrickson, Center for […]
New faculty profile: Chaoqun Lu studies global change ecology, ecosystem modeling and ag sustainability
Chaoqun Lu joined the UW–Madison faculty in January 2026 as a professor in the Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences. What is your hometown? Where […]