Sharing Science With Wisconsin
Explore the Unknown! For October 7, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Well, it’s been quite a year since last Tuesday. With a lot of stuff heading south (like the height of the noontime sun), I hope the return of WN@TL is a happy example of something bearing …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater 5 October 2020 Hi Everyone, Well, that was a memorable year that went by last week. At the start of this week, I’d like to share at least two occasions of note. First, today are marking the happy occasion of the 50th anniversary of PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, which succeeded the National Educational …
Explore the Unknown! September 29, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Now is the Summer of Our Discontent made glorious autumn by this boon of Zoom. Tomorrow night, September 30, at 7:00 pm Central we will prototype the Wednesday Nite @ The Lab by Zoom. Happily, I get to …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater September 28, 2020 Hi Everyone, This Year of Living Languorously continues to slide and sidle into fall and soon into October. The colors hum and vibe. In science outreach, many of us are also hitting our stride and glide as we move ahead with new programs and resume some old favorites. …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater September 21, 2020 Hi Everyone, Today begins the second of two weeks of all online courses at UW–Madison. High rates of covid have driven several other UW System campuses to switch to all online for at least two weeks. The 7-day percent positive rate for students tested on the UW–Madison campus is 6.9 percent as …
Explore the Unknown! September 10, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Apocalyptic fires, historic risings, breathtaking derelictions, and a pox upon our house—or at least a pandemic upon our campus: it has been a maelstrom of a month since mid August. On Wednesday, August …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater September 14, 2020 Hi Everyone, Today begins two weeks of all-online classes for UW–Madison, and in the next few days the leaders of the 14 Big 10 universities are expected to vote on a proposal to re-open the football season this fall. As Captain Millers says to Sergeant Horvath in “Saving …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater Sept 7 – September 13, 2020 September 9, 2020 Hi Everyone, It’s been an astonishing month, a surprising week, an incredible day, in too many ways to easily recount. A week into the academic year (UW–Madison), or two days (Madison public schools), those of us in science outreach are rolling with the rogue waves …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater August 31 – September 6, 2020 Good Morning, This is an exciting week. On September 2nd, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will welcome students back to campus. Both teaching and learning (virtually and in-person) in the middle of a pandemic will be exciting challenges this year. Stay safe out there, Badgers! -Liz Jesse (Biotechnology Center; …
Explore the Unknown! For August 26, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Last week Claire, Will & I reached the end of the west-bound leg of our road trip and arrived at Santa Monica Beach. We then turned northwest and headed into a California …