From CALS Interim Dean William F. Tracy

CELEBRATE “Peace Corps and Africa: Fifty Years,” to be held on the UW-Madison campus March 24-26. The event brings together former volunteers, musicians, artists, storytellers, […]

Moms on the Go is a CALS fund that covers some travel and childcare expenses for researchers on the field

Nothing perks up a classroom like the presence of a Madagascar hissing cockroach.

Native to Sumatra, the towering Titan Arum plant rarely flowers indoors, but when it does, it draws a crowd.  That was the case this fall, […]

VISIT Agricultural Hall to see the newest works from the Wisconsin Regional Art Program. It’s the Year of the Arts on UW-Madison’s campus, and CALS […]

Like a lot of graduate students, Sarah Jacquart took time this summer to focus on her research. But in her case, that meant spending five […]

Long neglected, plant roots are sprouting new interest among scientists.

On a pleasant evening in August, some 40 firefighters and emergency medical technicians converged at the Nehls Brothers Dairy in Juneau, Wisconsin. But it wasn’t […]

Bill Tracy knew it was coming. But the burst of sweetness from the ear of corn he’d just bitten into was so swift that he […]

Student-led project inspires a Milwaukee neighborhood.

Do you know which cucurbita species make the best pumpkin pie?