Monday, 13 July 2020 The UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater is your weekly news and updates on science outreach events, opportunities, and programs from the UW-Madison Science Alliance. Hi Everyone, Kevin Niemi of WISCIENCE has produced …
Year: 2020
Rocks and Waters: Honoring Carol McCartney of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
For July 8, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, On the Great Seal of Wisconsin are two workers: a miner and a sailor. Rocks and waters have been of the …
These Splendid Times: Maritime Archeology in Wisconsin
For July 1, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, It’s July 1. We straddle the halfway point of 2020, the Year of Ideal Visual Acuity. With jaded eyes, we foresee …
Farmers of the Sun: Solar Energy to Drive Our Lives
For June 24, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Yesterday my daughter Claire (15.6 yrs old) for the first time got behind the wheel with her newly-issued learner’s permit …
At Midsummer, Dreams of Botanizing Far Afield
For June 17, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, We’re more than halfway through June, the month that is always gone too soon. In a few days comes the …
Changing Times, Changing Cultures
For June 10, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, We’re being soaked by the remnants of tropical storm that came ashore just east of New Orleans and flew …
June Musings: It Nearly All Began with the Cows
For June 1, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, It’s the first of June. It’s a pivotal day every year, in at least three ways. First, it’s the first …
Memorial Days
For May 30, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Memorial Day was Monday. But for many of us, Memorial Day will also be Saturday, for our earliest memories of …
@DearPandemic and Malia Jones on tracking diseases and tracing public resistance to vaccines
May 20, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, I once was asked to pinch-hit with but a few hours’ notice to give a speech to a statewide gathering of …
Celebrating CIMSS and Satellite Science at UW-Madison
May 13, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, It was two months ago today that the covid news came out and the campus quickly closed down. Much of the …