Science Outreach at UW–Madison
At the University of Wisconsin–Madison, we want to share science with our community and connect you to the people, places, and programs in science outreach at UW–Madison. Come experience science as you explore the unknown!
Our vibrant university campus serves as an engine of curiosity, actively bridging the gap between academic research and the surrounding community through dedicated science outreach. By hosting interactive public lectures, hands-on lab tours, and engaging science festivals, the campus opens its doors to local families, aspiring young students, and lifelong learners alike.
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At left, greenhouse manager Johanna Oosterwyk helps a child create a terrarium by adding rocks, soil, several small plants, and some water to a plastic container during a Science Expeditions activity in the D.C. Smith Greenhouse.
Kindergartener Kenyan Darley moves the cranberry content of a test tube through a sieve with the help of undergraduate Jordan Cargill from the cranberry genetics and genomics lab during a Science Expeditions activity.
Children try the Stroop Color and Word Test, which is reading the names of colors written in ink of a different color, at a station on “The Puzzles of Brains” run by the Department of Educational Psychology
At left, undergraduate student and Goldwater Scholar Samuel Neumann helps 8-year-old Maria Escalona (center) and 6-year-old Ignacio Escalona (right) feed and pipet mock cell samples in an activity center run by the Student Society for Stem Cell Research
Second from left, 9-year-old Damien Gumm holds a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach at an exhibit staffed by August Easton-Calabria from the Crawl Lab in entomology.
Science Events
November
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November 5Pathology Grand RoundsJane Dickerson, PhD, DABCC – Seattle Children’s “Stories and Strategies from the Stewardship Frontlines”12:00 PM, Online
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November 5Genomics Seminar Series: Luca Pinello, PhD, Harvard UniversityDissecting the Regulatory Genome by Destruction and Creation
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November 5Leveraging Element-omics Data to Establish Quantitative Inorganic Phenotypes in Microbiology and ImmunologThomas O’Halloran — Michigan State University | Host: Tim Donohue
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November 5Biology Colloquium: Aaron RagsdaleReconstructing the human past: insights into our evolutionary history and genome biology3:30 PM, B302 Birge Hall
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November 7Ecological Restoration Work PartyArboretum Grady Tract9:00 AM, Meet at Grady Tract parking lot (SE corner Seminole Hwy & W Beltline Frontage Rd), UW–Madison Arboretum
Badger Talks
November
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November 5“The Story of Ancient Lava Flows Beneath Lake Superior”: In-person Badger Talk in Rice Lake, WIPresenter: Esther Stewart12:30 PM, 1800 College Dr, Rice Lake, WI 54868
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November 5“The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: The Ship, the Storm, and the Song”: In-Person Badger Talk in Kenosha, WIPresenter: Steve Ackerman5:30 PM, 7979 38th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53142
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November 5“Dugout Canoes of Wisconsin”: In-Person Badger Talk in Oconto, WIPresenter: Sissel Schroeder6:30 PM, 915 Park Ave, Oconto, WI 54153-1641, United States
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November 6“Fantastic Fungi: Movers and Shapers of Forest Ecosystems”: Badger Talk in Sturgeon Bay, WIPresenter Glen Stanosz1:30 PM, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-3708, United States
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November 7“Fantastic Fungi: Movers and Shapers of Forest Ecosystems”: In-Person Badger Talk in Green Bay, WIPresenter: Glen Stanosz11:00 AM, 2253 Main St, Green Bay, WI 54302
