Sharing Science With Wisconsin
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater 30 November 2020 Hi Everyone, It’s the end of November. Tomorrow begins December and also signals the start of meteorological winter. After our summer of discontent, perhaps this will be made glorious winter by the lights of rising vaccines. In any case, it may well be, to borrow from Wisconsin-born Laura Ingalls Wilder, The …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater 23 November 2020 Hi Everyone, It’s Thanksgiving week, usually the occasion of our national frenzy to travel over the river and through the woods by sleigh or sledge, or by planes, trains or automobiles, to gather with family and friends and to thank goodness for Pete Rozelle and the nationally televised games of …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater 16 November 2020 Hi Everyone, The presidential transition is a rare occasion that brings to the fore the question of which people and which principles will guide executive branch departments in a new administration. This year there’s a special focus on science agencies. As usual, the possible people and their personalities will be in …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater 9 November 2020 Hi Everyone, A crucial day, a pivotal week, a historic month, a coming new year of transitions—some foreseeable, others yet unknowable: it continues to be a ride to remember. I could use more sunny and 70 days in November. I hope you have been finding them a joy, too. Thanks again! …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater 2 November 2020 Hi Everyone, Two months done in the academic year, and only two months left in 2020, the Year of Ideal Visual Acuity. It’s all been a blur so far. The Badgers couldn’t play football this past Saturday, and at 22 covid positives by this past Friday one wonders how they’ll field …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater 26 October 2020 Hi Everyone, In the past seven days the president attacked Anthony Fauci as “a disaster” and called other health-science experts “these idiots.” Scientists and science have been in the cross-hairs before, but at least in my lifetime rarely so vitriolically while a body count is rising so relentlessly. Science is the S in STEM, …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater 19 October 2020 Hi Everyone, Congratulations to the planners, presenters, hosts, audiences, participants and sponsors of the Wisconsin Science Festival Oct 15-18. Seven months since the closure of nearly all science & arts venues, and the cancellation of nearly all in-person events, the statewide Wisconsin Science Festival shifted to a hybrid model that included lots of …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater 12 October 2020 Hi Everyone, Let’s see: where were we, this time last week? What a zoetrope. It was another good week to be attuned to the fine points of sensitivity, specificity, scale, speed, price, logistics, equitable distribution of goods & services, and rates of adoption of innovation in things like antibodies, assays and vaccines. …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater 5 October 2020 Hi Everyone, Well, that was a memorable year that went by last week. At the start of this week, I’d like to share at least two occasions of note. First, today are marking the happy occasion of the 50th anniversary of PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, which succeeded the National Educational …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater September 28, 2020 Hi Everyone, This Year of Living Languorously continues to slide and sidle into fall and soon into October. The colors hum and vibe. In science outreach, many of us are also hitting our stride and glide as we move ahead with new programs and resume some old favorites. …