Science Alliance

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater   26 July 2021     Hi Everyone,   The 1918-1919 Flu epidemic killed millions of humans.  It also was the demise of the Golden Age  of microbiology.  The flu had defied prevention, treatments, cures …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater   19 July 2021     Hi Everyone,   The field corn is tasseling, the sweet corn is coming in, the orange daylilies are pretty much done, and the tomatoes are about to …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater   28 June 2021     Hi Everyone,   Our next meeting is today, Monday June 28 at 10am CT by Webex.  I hope to see many of you then.     We …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater 21 June 2021     Hi Everyone,   Yesterday was the solstice, the day when the sun stands still in its progression northward in the sky, and starts back southward on its …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater 14 June 2021     Hi Everyone, Happily, it’s mid-June.  I’m on vacation up north over a 4-day weekend, and Science Alliance meetings have slipped into our summer schedule of meeting on occasionally, …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater 7 June 2021 Hi Everyone, We are finishing up our first week of maskless indoor shopping.  The stockpile of masks in my car has dwindled to but a few. Outdoor gatherings again …

UW-Madison Science Alliance #Updater   24 May 2021     Hi Everyone,   In normal years, the weeks between UW-Madison graduation and the end of the K12 school year were a programmatic paradox:  while the rest of campus …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater   17 May 2021     Hi Everyone,   Thursday’s announcement by the CDC removing its mask-wearing expectation for fully-vaccinated people in most conditions indoors and out has been hailed in at least two senses of …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater   10 May 2021     Hi Everyone,   This weekend was a celebratory double-header on campus with UW-Madison’s graduation on Saturday and Mother’s Day on Sunday.  Several thousand grads became alums and …

UW-Madison Science Alliance Updater   3 May 2021     Hi Everyone,   On Saturday I spent the morning of May Day walking with my family and a friend from St. Cloud MN around the campus of …