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Blue Sky Science video: Joe Lauer answers boy’s GMO question
When a youngster posed the question “How long does it take a GMO product to grow?,” the Blue Sky Science team turned to CALS agronomy […]
Call for proposals to develop cultivars or other plant germplasm
This funding opportunity is for faculty in the departments of agronomy, horticulture and plant pathology: The 2016 call for proposals to develop cultivars or other plant […]
CALS In the News for the Week of July 8 – July 15
News about cheese making Mastering the art of making cheese at Sartori Green Bay Press-Gazette, 7/12 Mentioned: UW-Madison Center for Dairy Research Mastering the art of […]
Wolfgang Hoffmann, long-time filmmaker and photographer for CALS, dies at 68
Wolfgang Hoffmann, who chronicled CALS on film for 45 years, passed away in his home on Tuesday, July 12, 2016. He was 68 years old. […]
Teen workshop participants turn their camera on northern Wisconsin flooding
Life sciences communication professor Patty Loew and instructor Don Stanley went into this summer’s Tribal Youth Media Workshop at the Bad River Ojibwe Reservation with […]
New biochemistry faculty members to focus on microbes, proteins
A car mechanic would have a hard time building a car if he or she didn’t know anything about the car’s parts. The same holds […]
New UW-Madison policy on minimum qualifications for instructors
This spring, the University Academic Planning Council approved a new Policy on Minimum Qualifications for Instructional Staff that will become effective Fall 2016. The policy […]
Register for the WALSAA Farm Technology Days Picnic
Members of the CALS community are invited to attend the annual Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association (WALSAA) Farm Technology Days Picnic, in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. […]
Upcoming benefits seminars for graduate assistants and short-term academic staff
A number of benefits seminars will be held in August and September for new graduate assistants and short-term academic staff. Please view this PDF flyer for […]
Memorial service for Mara McDonald set for July 14
Mara McDonald, who started working on the UW-Madison campus in 1992 and joined the Laboratory of Genetics Administrative Office in 2000, passed away on Sunday, July 3 […]