Category: Healthy Ecosystems
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Posted on April 22, 2022
Ride to Farm seeks cyclists, pledges to support UW beginning farmer school
Cyclists will ride through the rolling hills of Green County on Saturday, June 4th to support the next generation of dairy and livestock farmers. The […]
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Posted on April 21, 2022
Spring 2022 grad: Hannah Vanderscheuren explores fungi to understand forest health
When excess fertilizer leaches out from croplands and urban lawns, nitrogen and other elements pollute the environment. Extensive research shows the damage that nitrogen pollution […]
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Posted on April 19, 2022
Five UW–Madison CALS graduate students funded by state-sponsored Dairy Innovation Hub
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently awarded five, two-year graduate student assistantships to help increase dairy-related research capacity through […]
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Posted on April 16, 2022
Nationwide maps of bird species can help protect biodiversity
New, highly detailed and rigorous maps of bird biodiversity could help protect rare or threatened species. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison developed the maps […]
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Posted on April 1, 2022
Organically Grown at UW
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, like many in the agricultural community, was slow to warm to organics. Organic methods represented a stark departure […]
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Posted on March 24, 2022
Federal funding will support new plant research facility and other programs at CALS
Several programs in the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) will benefit from the $1.5T federal appropriations bill recently passed by […]
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Posted on March 21, 2022
Data science from a distance: Biological systems engineering offers introductory data science course during summer term
Situated just north of Bozeman, the rocky peaks of Montana’s Bangtail Mountains rise above nearby pine forests and scattered grasslands. Paige Sauer has never visited […]
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Posted on March 17, 2022
Virtual study abroad course emulates in-person experience in Japan
In a span of 20 minutes, a dozen students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison visited a Japanese pastry shop, a high-tech sushi restaurant, and got […]
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Posted on March 7, 2022
Bee-spying mission seeks operatives
On any given summer day in Wisconsin, if the sun is shining, bees abound in fields, prairies, and woodlands, hard at work collecting pollen and […]
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Posted on March 2, 2022
CALS announces changes to Farm and Industry Short Course program to better meet needs of Wisconsin agriculture
Beginning in 2023, the Farm and Industry Short Course program at UW–Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) will switch from a for-credit, on-campus […]