Irwin Goldman, vice dean and associate dean for research in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, has been named the college’s interim dean by Chancellor Biddy Martin.

When Kathy Glass isn’t lacing pepperoni with E. coli, she’s making contaminated cheeses and other deli meats, all in the name of protecting human health

Molly Jahn, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS), has been appointed to a senior position in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), university officials announced today (Oct. 12).

On Oct. 20 the UW-Madison’s Spooner Agricultural Research Station will celebrate its 100th birthday and commemorate a milestone in the history of Wisconsin agriculture.

A recent outbreak of illness tied to the consumption of raw (unpasteurized) milk sickened at least 35 people in Wisconsin, most of them children and teens. This has prompted food safety specialists with the University of Wisconsin-Extension to urge consumers to avoid consuming raw milk.

Although almost two-thirds of Wisconsinites support the use and production of biofuels, less than half think the government should subsidize their development, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.

CALS engineering students’ senior design project was an attachment that turns a skid loader into a mobile crane with a 40-foot reach

Historically, crop rotation hasIn the past, crop rotation helped keep the western corn rootworm in check in Wisconsin. But that’s no longer the case since a unique strain of western corn rootworm figured out how to buck the system.

Scientists are forecasting significantly warmer winters, altered patterns of precipitation and more severe weather events for the Badger state.

Last year CALS partnered with the Athletic Department on a carbon-neutral football game. This year CALS faculty and staff are helping extend the effort to the entire football season.