Stories indexed under: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

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• Recent sightings: Christmas Tree Sale Dec. 1, 2007
• Forestry Club will sell Christmas trees at Stock Pavilion this weekend Nov. 27, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Forestry Club will be selling Fraser fir, balsam fir, and white pine Christmas trees and Fraser fir wreaths in the university's Stock Pavilion from Friday through Sunday, Nov. 30-Dec. 2.
• Questions remain on what makes a perfect rain garden Oct. 31, 2007 Since their public introduction more than 10 years ago, rain gardens — small garden plots that are designed to collect and filter storm water — have created quite a storm among environmentally minded homeowners. But as their popularity has grown, so have opinions about what makes the perfect rain garden.
• UW center will lead efforts to expand farm-to-school programs in Midwest Oct. 22, 2007 The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been named as lead agency in a six-state area for a new national program to encourage schools to serve more locally grown food.
• Professor’s film on Native American soldiers to air on PBS Oct. 18, 2007 Patty Loew, a veteran television journalist and an associate professor of life sciences communication, has long wondered what motivated Native American veterans — including her grandfather — to fight for a country that considered them outsiders. Now, she has produced “Way of the Warrior,” a one-hour documentary that will air nationally on the PBS network in November, to explore these motivations.
• Two to receive CALS distinguished service awards Oct. 17, 2007 Biochemist Hector DeLuca and former dean Leo Walsh will receive Distinguished Service Awards from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at an awards banquet on Thursday, Oct. 25.
• Second place is sweet for food development team Aug. 2, 2007 Thanks to the innovation of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Food Science Club, consumers may one day follow a course of sushi not with sake, but with espresso or a latte.
• Building green for less green: Design team plans lower-cost, energy-efficient housing Aug. 2, 2007 A team of faculty, students and community organizations is out to construct a new reality: green housing that can also be affordable.
• UW organic field day slated for Aug. 30 at Arlington Station July 30, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Arlington Agricultural Research Station will hold its first field day devoted to organic agricultural production on Aug. 30 from 3 - 7 p.m.
• West Madison urban horticulture field day set for Aug. 18 July 27, 2007 Want to make your green thumb even greener? Stop by the Urban Horticulture Field Day at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's West Madison Agricultural Research Station, on Saturday, August 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Phosphorus management system balances farms, water quality July 18, 2007 At any given spot in Wisconsin, chances are that you're not far from a lake or a farm, or both - but the combination is not always a harmonious one. The future of both may hinge on proper management of an essential element: phosphorus.
• UW-Madison plays host to international turfgrass industry groups July 13, 2007 During the week of July 23, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will play host to upwards of 1,100 visitors who will spend much of their time looking down at the ground.
• Catching the insect bug: Insect Ambassadors spread their fascination with the six-legged world July 11, 2007 When he was in seventh grade, Mike Hillstrom was happiest when he was playing with bugs. A dozen years later, it's still true. But now the bugs are a lot bigger and more exotic. And technically, he's not just playing.
• Bacteriologist tabbed for prestigious NIH research award July 5, 2007 Richard L. Gourse, a professor of bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert on the critical early steps of gene expression, has received a prestigious MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health, which provides research funding for up to 10 years.
• Merger forms new department of forest and wildlife ecology June 29, 2007 The departments of wildlife ecology and forestry ecology and management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are merging to become the department of forest and wildlife ecology.
• Major bioenergy initiative takes flight in Midwest June 26, 2007 A consortium of universities, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories and businesses led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison to explore the vast potential of bioenergy was awarded one of three major new DOE bioenergy research centers, it was announced today (June 26).
• Research aims to make it easier to serve local produce as classroom snacks May 21, 2007 Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch, a partnership between a UW-Madison center and a local nonprofit organization, is working to introduce locally grown products into elementary schools around the area.
• Bike ride will raise funds to educate dairy, livestock farmers May 16, 2007 On Sunday, June 10, a couple of dozen intrepid bicyclists will pump up their tires and roll out of the driveway of a farm northwest of Antigo to begin the fourth annual Ride to Farm.
• State seeds stem-cell company based on UW-Madison research May 14, 2007 Governor Jim Doyle today (May 14) gave a $1 million boost to a University of Wisconsin-Madison spin-off company during a visit to the campus lab that gave birth to its technology.
• CALS to celebrate National Landmark Status of old dairy barn March 5, 2007 The public is invited to a program on March 28, 2007 at 7:15 p.m. to celebrate the designation of the UW-Madison’s 109-year-old dairy barn as a National Historic Landmark.