Sharing Science With Wisconsin
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Monday 14 November 2022 Hi Everyone, This time four years ago we were commemorating the centennial of the end of World War I and, with a few notable exceptions, we were continuing to not remember the middle of Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919-1920. Out …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Monday 7 November 2022 Hi Everyone, It’s a tumultuous time of year. We are in the meat of the fall semester. This weekend the gales of November blew most of the remaining leaves from the trees, leaving us views of Shakespeare’s bare choirs. Saturday …
“Wednesday Nite @ The Lab” Public Science Talks Wednesdays at 7pm CT Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison WI, or Stream by zoom at go.wisc.edu/240r59 For 2 November 2022 Hi WN@TL Fans, Past may not be prologue, but if you’re lucky enough (as I was) to have your grandparents and parents live …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Monday 31 October 2022 Hi Everyone, Sometimes, serendipity happens. Saturday evening at the Community First Champion Center near Appleton a hockey dad from another team saw the “I Like 4-H” sticker on my red UW fleece and introduced himself to me. With …
For 26 October 2022 Hi WN@TL Fans, Reaching back at least 2,500 years, the idea and the ideals of a liberal education—the type of education best suited to keep a free person free—built on a foundation heavy in math and the ability to recognize, enjoy and exploit patterns in Nature. While in the medieval era …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater Monday 24 October 2022 Hi Everyone, With the Wisconsin Science Festival successfully in the books, we look towards the coming months and the continuing cadence of annual science outreach events. In the waning weeks of 2022, the 4-H Fall Forum runs on November 4-6 in Wisconsin Rapids. On Wednesday December 21 the inaugural Science Solstice …
For 19 October 2022 Hi WN@TL Fans, I admire the look and feel of a hefty ceramic mortar and pestle, but as a kid nothing said “chemistry” quite like a Pyrex beaker & an Erlenmeyer flask arrayed with a rack of test tubes next to a long-necked vol flask. O, the possibilities! In …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Monday 17 October 2022 Hi Everyone, On Saturday I had the pleasure of welcoming a group of 40 youth and their accompanying adult volunteers from UW–Madison Division of Extension Waukesha County to campus to visit the Geology Museum, the Physics Museum, the …
Coming Up: the Warfarin saga, a New Mural, and Glassblowing in Chemistry “Wednesday Nite @ The Lab” Public Science Talks Wednesdays at 7pm CT Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison WI, or Stream by zoom at go.wisc.edu/240r59 For 12 October 2022 Hi WN@TL Fans, I don’t have an October Surprise to offer, but happily …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu Sunday 9 October 2022 Hi Everyone, What an autumnal display has been in play today, with yellow-clad ash trees on Adams Street forming a Golden Way. This evening the full moon is lighting up the night, and the next few days are …