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UW Undergraduate Symposium application deadline March 1
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UW Undergraduate Symposium application deadline March 1

The Annual Undergraduate Symposium is a forum designed to showcase undergraduate students’ creativity, achievement, and talent across all disciplines through oral presentations, poster sessions, exhibitions, […]

Feb
13th
CALS In the News for the Week of Feb 3 – Feb 10
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CALS In the News for the Week of Feb 3 – Feb 10

Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center Middleton plant laboratory turned into crop research center The Washington Times, 2/4/2017 Quoted: Kate VandenBosch, Dean, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences […]

Feb
10th
Badger Meat Science Club hosts “whole hog break down” fundraiser
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Badger Meat Science Club hosts “whole hog break down” fundraiser

The Badger Meat Science Club is hosting  a “Whole Hog Break Down” fundraising event on Thursday, Feb. 23 from 6-8:30 p.m. Participants in the workshop begin […]

Feb
10th
Crazylegs 2017- CALS Wellness Team
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Crazylegs 2017- CALS Wellness Team

Have you ever participated or would be interested in participating in the Crazylegs Classic 8k run or 2 mile walk?  If so, the CALS Wellness […]

Feb
9th
‘Magic’ plus UW science equals world-champ cheese
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‘Magic’ plus UW science equals world-champ cheese

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cLnn4H3I74] Wisconsin cheese is at least as old as the state. The University of Wisconsin–Madison has one of the world’s great institutions of dairy […]

Feb
9th
Registration for 38th Steenbock Symposum is now open
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Registration for 38th Steenbock Symposum is now open

The Department of Biochemistry and the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry are pleased to invite you to register for the 38th Steenbock Symposium on June 22-June […]

Feb
9th
Reminder: Academic Staff Professional Development Grants due March 17
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Reminder: Academic Staff Professional Development Grants due March 17

This is a friendly reminder that Spring 2017 Academic Staff Professional Development Grant applications for Fall 2017 activities are due to CALS Human Resources by March […]

Feb
9th
Beyond eating: Indirectly, deer change the landscape
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Beyond eating: Indirectly, deer change the landscape

It is widely known that the white-tailed deer is a nonstop eater. Unless it is sleeping or fleeing from a predator, the keystone North American […]

Feb
9th
Celebrating the CALS ag educator who penned the FFA creed
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Celebrating the CALS ag educator who penned the FFA creed

One hundred years ago, two men introduced a piece of legislation to the U.S. Congress that would forever change the future of agricultural education. Senator […]

Feb
8th
Forest ‘islands’ offer refuge to wintering birds
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Forest ‘islands’ offer refuge to wintering birds

The polar vortex of 2013 and 2014 brought the coldest winter many parts of the Midwest had experienced in decades. In Dane County, Wisconsin, it […]

Feb
8th