Sharing Science With Wisconsin
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 …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater Monday 3 October 2022 Hi Everyone, Sometimes, serendipity suffices. On Friday Joao Dorea of Animal and Dairy Sciences sent the happy news that he could give the PLATO Frontiers in Life Sciences talk on October 5, a slot that had come open at short notice due to the dominos effects of …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater Monday 26 September 2022 Hi Everyone, Last week I was grateful to commemorate the 128th anniversary of the Sifting & Winnowing statement that expresses the commitment of UW–Madison to the freedom of inquiry. Such occasions are also opportunities to note that our values and even our missions evolve. If the university had …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu For 29 August 2022 Hi Everyone, As August draws to a close the sunrise comes later, making it easier to get a longer night’s sleep. The students have moved back into the neighborhood around Adams & Garfield, and we’re all gearing up …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu For 22 August 2022 Hi Everyone, Visitors to a house tend to be welcomed to and to come in through the front door, especially first-time visitors. But some visitors become friends, and if you’re lucky that is especially true of your neighbors. …