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Connect with CALS colleagues and alumni at Wisconsin Farm Tech Days
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Connect with CALS colleagues and alumni at Wisconsin Farm Tech Days

If you plan to attend Wisconsin Farm Tech Days, set for July 19-21 in Walworth County this year, be sure to stop by and say hello to […]

Jun
30th
Collisions during DNA replication and transcription contribute to mutagenesis
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Collisions during DNA replication and transcription contribute to mutagenesis

When a cell makes copies of DNA and translates its genetic code into proteins at the same time, the molecular machinery that carries on replication […]

Jun
30th
Grad students and post docs: WARF to host Discovery Challenge networking hour June 30
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Grad students and post docs: WARF to host Discovery Challenge networking hour June 30

WARF is hosting a summer networking happy hour on Thursday, June 30 for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. The event is one of two remaining chances to qualify […]

Jun
27th
WPT’s Inga Witscher visits Spooner Ag Research Station
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WPT’s Inga Witscher visits Spooner Ag Research Station

Earlier this month, Inga Witscher from Wisconsin Public Television’s Around The Farm Table show stopped by to visit Spooner Agricultural Research Station. She spoke with station superintendent […]

Jun
27th
APL report highlights status of Hmong in the Badger State
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APL report highlights status of Hmong in the Badger State

The population of Hmong in Wisconsin is still growing, but more slowly than in the 1990s—and, as of 2010, most Hmong living in Wisconsin were […]

Jun
27th
Kimble serves on Rescuing Biomedical Research steering committee
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Kimble serves on Rescuing Biomedical Research steering committee

Judith Kimble, a Vilas Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is working as a member of the […]

Jun
27th
UW Outstanding Women of Color Awards due July 13
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UW Outstanding Women of Color Awards due July 13

The UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color Awards acknowledge and honor women of color among UW-Madison faculty, staff, students (undergraduate or post-baccalaureate) and in the Greater […]

Jun
27th
Doug Weibel’s research points to new ways to combat bacterial infections
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Doug Weibel’s research points to new ways to combat bacterial infections

An exhaustive look at how bacteria hold their ground and avoid getting pushed around by their environment shows how dozens of genes aid the essential […]

Jun
23rd
Award-winning essay by CALS’ Kitt Healy available online
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Award-winning essay by CALS’ Kitt Healy available online

This past spring, CALS agroecology graduate student Kitt Healy won second place in the Water Sustainability and Climate Project’s Our Waters, Our Future writing contest, […]

Jun
23rd
Summer orientation sessions for UW’s Advisor Notes System (ANS)
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Summer orientation sessions for UW’s Advisor Notes System (ANS)

The following is a message from Jeffrey E. Shokler, assistant director for advising technology and assessment in the UW-Madison Office of Undergraduate Advising: To the […]

Jun
23rd