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Practical studies related to crop and livestock production and farm life gradually delved deeper as scientists strove to understand the underlying biological processes. Today the college generates new knowledge about agriculture, natural resources management and protection, human health and nutrition, community development and related topics. Faculty and staff in 19 academic departments and a number of interdisciplinary programs carry out these lines of study."
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The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences receives $ 78.7 million in research funding comprising thousands of individual research projects, whose scope range from the fundamental challenges of science to the immediate problems and opportunities facing Wisconsin farms and businesses. It operates
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from 1895 until 1907 and continues today as the Farm and Industry Short Course. In 1889 the university put all of their agricultural offerings under a new College of Agriculture, with W.A. Henry as dean. Professors listed in the 1896 Agricultural Short Course for the College of Agriculture at the
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until the fall of 1903 when the first classes were held in the brand new College of Agriculture and Life Sciences building, where it has since remained. "The college has evolved and grown over the decades to reflect changes in the fabric of society and in the areas of knowledge that it studies.
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University of Wisconsin Agronomy Department, the First 100 Years: A Brief History of Agronomy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1903 to 2002, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dept. of Agronomy, Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, 2003,
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CALS has an average undergraduate population of 3,300 students. It’s also home to over 800 graduate students pursuing masters and doctoral degrees. It offers majors in 25 areas, including Agriculture and Applied Economics, Biochemistry, Biology, Food Science,
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was the chair of the College. The school had a Rural Artists Program, including an Artist-in-Residence position which started when Brown was chair.
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In 1885 the university began offering a winter course for farmers, the Agriculture Short Course, which was greatly developed and enhanced by
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The building that housed the College of Agriculture was originally created in 1889 and was centered in South Hall on
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University of Wisconsin–Madison listed popular professors such the Dean of the College of Agriculture,
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was the first Artist-in-Residence. Current faculty members include lactation researcher
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Agricultural school of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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12 agricultural research stations across the state.
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
Science Communication
Agriculture Hall
Ransom Asa Moore
W.A. Henry
S.M. Babcock
F.H. King
E.S. Goff
H.L. Russell
R.A. Moore
Bascom Hill
John Rector Brown
John Steuart Curry
Laura Hernandez
Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC)
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station


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