Jasmine Childress joined the UW–Madison faculty in June 2025 as an assistant professor in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology.  What is your hometown? […]

This summer, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is celebrating two major milestones for its Snapshot Wisconsin project: the endeavor’s 10-year anniversary and the collection […]

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) has awarded 11 postdoctoral trainees UW Distinguished Research Fellowships (UW DRF), designed to support interdisciplinary research […]

Illegal fishing is a global problem that threatens the health of ocean ecosystems and the economic viability of the fishing industry. Marine protected areas (MPAs)—zones […]

Here’s a list of CALS academic department chairs for the 2025-2026 year. Departments with new chairs this year are in bold. Agricultural and Applied Economics: Paul MitchellAnimal and […]

The summer 2025 issue of Grow magazine is online! Feature stories include: Whither the Children?, Leopold’s ‘Magic’ Words Enchant a Wider Audience and A Century of Research Partnerships.

The campus-wide Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence Initiative (RISE) program funds new faculty hires through central resources as a match to hires funded by […]

Forty years ago, in 1985, the Wisconsin Idea Seminar emerged out of the commitment to introduce new faculty and staff to the people and places […]

Three project teams that include CALS scientists have been awarded funding in the latest round of Research Forward. The Office of the Vice Chancellor for […]