Sharing Science With Wisconsin
Explore the Unknown! For October 6, 2021 Hi WN@TL Fans, Birds, being flighted and far-sighted, seem to be the envy of humans. Daedalus escaped and Icarus died emulating the feathered ones. Humans with acuity & foresight are dubbed hawk-eyed or eagle-eyed. Travelers-by-land stew in jealousy when we measure distances “as …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 4 October 2021 Hi Everyone, We often look to light and sight as the leading metaphors for education. We have the all-seeing Eye of the Numen Lumen in the UW–Madison seal. “Fiat Lux” is the motto of the University of California. The Lamp of Learning is ensconced on …
Explore the Unknown! For September 29, 2021 Hi WN@TL Fans, It is late September, the fall harvest season is upon us, and all around us The Land yields. Sixty-one years ago during his Travels With Charley road trip, John Steinbeck barreled across autumnal Wisconsin on his way from Chicago to Sauk Centre MN to pay his respects to …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 27 September 2021 Hi Everyone, Today is my neighbor’s 12th birthday. Even in ordinary times it is an extraordinary milestone. But in this second year of living covidly, turning 12 is more than a milestone: it is momentous. It is not just a rite of passage, for it …
For September 22, 2021 Hi WN@TL Fans, My major professor at UW–Madison, plant virologist Robert W. Fulton, was an avid trout angler who tied flies and stalked streams in western Dane County and in the hollers of the Driftless in pursuit of the wiley salmonid. I asked him once about how he …
For September 22, 2021 Hi WN@TL Fans, My major professor at UW–Madison, plant virologist Robert W. Fulton, was an avid trout angler who tied flies and stalked streams in western Dane County and in the hollers of the Driftless in pursuit of the wiley salmonid. I asked him once about how he got permission from …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 20 September 2021 Hi Everyone, As I led with last week, I am fond of noting that in our work in science outreach, “Hospitality Counts, and Venue Matters.” The phrase is especially apt this week for me and my colleagues at the Biotech Center because today, …
Explore the Unknown! For September 15, 2021 Hi WN@TL Fans, Had he had them—neutrinos and IceCube, that is—imagine what antipodal pairings Dickens might have carved out with his pen on paper, when in his A Tale of Two Cities mode. Superlatives flow in extremis. One of the tiniest particles—barely having any mass—detected …
UW–Madison Science Alliance #Updater For 13 September 2021 Hi Everyone, I am fond of noting that in our work in science outreach, “Hospitality Counts, and Venue Matters.” We start this new academic year with two big changes to the Science Alliance weekly meetings at 10am. They involve both hospitality and venue. 1. This …
Explore the Unknown! For September 8, 2021 Hi WN@TL Fans, A Happy Note: WN@TL goes hybrid both with zoom and with in-person presentations beginning on September 8 at 7pm CT with a special event at the Discovery Building featuring Uwe Bergmann of Physics. The Discovery Building is at 330 N. Orchard …