Sharing Science With Wisconsin
Come Explore the Unknown! By Zoom: at go.wisc.edu/240r59. In Person: Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison. For December 15, 2021 Hi WN@TL Fans, I grew up in Lee County Illinois, a land so flat we called it God’s Own Pool Table, and a place that in the 1830’s and 1840’s …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu For 20 December 2021 Hi Everyone, The shortest days of the year are here and the coldest ones lurk in the weeks ahead. In the lingering last days of the year, reflection turns to retrospection and, if we have the internal optics, …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 13 December 2021 Hi Everyone, As the mid-December daylight dwindles, we sidle up to the solstice and peer out at the depths of winter ahead of us. It is a time of determination and resolve. Grit is not just the stuff we put on streets and sidewalks to keep us from …
Come Explore the Unknown! Zoom at go.wisc.edu/240r59. In person: Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison. For December 8, 2021 Hi WN@TL Fans, When I first arrived at UW–Madison in early January 1982, the Midwest was locked in a bitter arctic blast, with temperatures scraping down to …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 6 December 2021 Hi Everyone, We are but 15 days from the summer solstice, if one lives in Perth, Australia rather than in Perth, Scotland. Christmas down under is a holiday of the height of summer rather than the depth of winter. The two Perths remind us that much depends on …
Explore the Unknown! For December 1, 2021 Hi WN@TL Fans, As I drove on I-94 to Chicago on Sunday afternoon I noticed a huge sign standing about three feet south of the state line hawking cannabis. The billboards at the border tell a tale of two states: southbound, they’re now selling marijuana; northbound, we’re still …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 29 November 2021 Hi Everyone, A week ago, I had not yet heard of the new covid variant dubbed “Omicron.” By Friday afternoon it was the leading story in the news. On Friday evening my family happened to choose to re-watch “Darkest Hour.” Given the news of the day, …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 22 November 2021 Hi Everyone, I will be sending out a longer Thanksgiving missive on Wednesday. I wish everyone the best today. Somedays we especially need our best, and on those days we especially need each other. Thank you, Tom Zinnen …
Explore the Unknown! For November 17, 2021 Hi WN@TL Fans, When I was studying botany at UW-Platteville 4.5 decades ago, I first came across several terms or ideas (…is there a difference?) that at the time were short shrifted but since then have grown and blossomed. One was “epigenetics”. It …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 15 November 2021 Hi Everyone, We are but 10 days away from Thanksgiving. Snow flurries are beginning to slow our daily hurries—and inject uncertainties into our plans for going over the river and through the wood. After we return from Grandfather’s house, it’ll be but three weeks til the end …