College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) carries out UW-Madison’s mission as a land-grant public university through excellence in teaching, research and public outreach across 19 academic fields, ranging from production agriculture to natural resources to social sciences to fundamental life sciences. By encouraging collaboration and innovation among these fields, the college helps address problems and create opportunities that affect our food, our environment, our health and our energy future.

At its core, the college fosters communities of expertise – among researchers, faculty and students in cooperation with business, industry and government. It has a rich history of finding practical answers to everyday challenges such as breeding hybrid crops, revitalizing the state’s agricultural markets, and identifying vitamins essential to human health.

Private support helps CALS build on its 125-year tradition to ensure a future of excellence, innovation, accountability and practicality. Working with the CALS development team, the College has identified five funding priorities as it tackles 21st century problems.

• CALS Fund
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  This fund allows the dean to flexibly respond to unanticipated opportunities, support the infrastructure that advances the college’s mission, assist students and retain world-class faculty.

• Student Experience Fund
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  The purpose of this fund is to support out-of-classroom experiences for undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. The college seeks to provide broad access to a variety of experiential learning opportunities, from research apprenticeships to hands-on internships to field study programs around the globe.

• Dean’s House
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  This fund will support the renovation and remodeling of the Agricultural Dean’s Residence into a modern student center and future home for CALS 40 student organizations, study abroad and career services.

• Meat and Muscle Biology Lab/Building
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  The UW-Madison’s meat science and muscle biology program has improved meat quality and safety for almost 70 years. A gift to the new Meat and Muscle Biology Lab is an investment in a new era of meat research, education and outreach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Great People Scholarship – Need-based Aid
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  The Great People Scholarship supports the undergraduate artists, scholars, educators and scientists who will lead our economy with new ideas and technology.

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