May 4, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Today, Monday, May 4, we mark the 134th anniversary of the Haymarket Affair in Chicago. Tomorrow will be the 134th anniversary …
Year: 2020
Text, Context, and Wiscontext
April 29, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, A word about words. Written words, in particular. One specific word, especially: Text. Text is an ancient four-letter word with a …
Science Savvy for Badger Talks Live, noon Tuesday; Chancellor Blank on “The UW Now” 7pm Tues
April 20, 2020 Please share this update with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, As Don McLean almost sang: “A long, long time ago, I can still remember when the science used to make me …
A Good Story, Well Told: 100 Years of Influenza Research at the University of Wisconsin
April 14, 2020 Please share this update with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Last night I talked on the phone with Emeritus Prof. Marilyn Tufte of UW-Platteville, who retired last May after 51 years …
An Infrastructure of Entrepreneurship; The UW Now; Badger Talks Live
April 6, 2020 Please share this update with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, When it comes to infrastructure, I’m a fan. I grew up in town, but for three years in my 30s I …
New livestream series on YouTube “The UW Now” premiers 3/31 7pm CDT with Dr. Nasia Safdar of UW Hospitals
For March 31 / April 1, 2020 Please share this update on “The UW Now” series premier 3/31 with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, There’s at least one big simple thing that’s different between …
On the origins of “On, Wisconsin”: Kevin Hampton, November 20, 2013
For March 25, 2020 Please share this update with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, In an ordinary year, this Wednesday would be the first of the spring with longer days than nights, …
WN@TL on Hiatus at Least Through April 15; how to tap into the WN@TL Archives online at PBS Wisconsin and at the WN@TL YouTube site
For March 18, 2020 Please share this invitation with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Well, a couple of things have changed since last Wednesday. For example, all events, including Wednesday …
Big Data for the Big Picture
For March 11, 2020 Please share this invitation with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Being a high school history teacher, my Dad had some unusual books stuck on the …
Influenza in Children and Adults
For March 4, 2020 Please share this invitation with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Alas, I have no Italian roots. Luckily, some splendid English words do. In opera and etymology, …