Catch Up With … Gary Brown BS’84 Landscape Architecture

As director of Campus Planning & Landscape Architecture at UW–Madison, Gary Brown BS’84 is in charge of places that hold cherished memories for just about […]

Bees and Beyond

CALS researchers Claudio Gratton and Christina Locke are providing science-based information and structure to the process as a broad group of stakeholders and citizens create Wisconsin’s first Pollinator Protection Plan.

A New Tool to Fight Cancer?

Biochemist Ron Raines and colleagues are developing an enzyme that identifies and destroys cancer cells

Addressing Our Food Future

In December, I was invited to attend a meeting hosted by the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy focused on “Raising the Profile […]

Final Exam

In the Field: Alumni who serve the state through UW-Extension Cooperative Extension

Aerica Bjurstrom BS’00 “My programming changes depending on what farmers are asking for—or if I see a need for something new before they ask,” says […]

The Future, Unzipped

Biochemist John Ralph and his colleagues have pioneered a technology that could revolutionize how industry produces biofuels and other value-added goods

Stay Longer in the Kickapoo

CALS researchers help extend the tourist season in Wisconsin’s scenic west

The New Old Forest

Clear-cutting in past centuries left Wisconsin with very few old-growth forests—and fewer of the environmental benefits they provide. CALS has partnered with the DNR and other institutions on a long-term project to learn how such forests can be reestablished and sustainably used.

Recruiting and Retaining the Best

Few people inspire students as much as our professors. When I ask students about their most important experiences at CALS, almost invariably they talk about […]

Move Over, Beer

UW–Madison’s first enologist, based at CALS, will aid Wisconsin’s wine and cider industry

New Face in the Garden

Ben Futa has one of the most beautiful workplaces on campus. And, as the new director of the CALS-based Allen Centennial Gardens, he loves the […]