Category: WN@TL Blog

Geologic Mapping for Predicting Groundwater Contamination; Wisconsin’s Role in Earth Imaging from Geostationary Orbit; How Sea Ice Impacts the World; When Good Trees Go Bad

For 22 June 2022     Hi WN@TL Fans,  The summer solstice is upon us, or over us, and the languid days linger long into the evening.  Here in Brittany the crepuscule glows til 11 pm.  West of Rennes the wheat harvest is underway, the round bales of hay dot the fields of alfalfa, and the …

Studying the Structures of Proteins in a Space-like Environment; Predicting Groundwater Contamination; WIsconsin’s Roles in Imaging Earth

For 15 June 2022      Hi WN@TL Fans,  In the summer of 1977 as the opening of the new Boebel Hall at UW-Platteville approached for the fall semester, bacteriology Professor Marilyn Tufte and my fellow student worker Ric Braem had the jeweler’s joy of installing the new electron microscope on the second floor.  That autumn I first learned …

Please Note: By Zoom or YouTube stream only on May 18: “Back On Two Feet: Restoring Ambulation with Lower Limb Prosthetics”

Come Explore the Unknown!    By Zoom:  at go.wisc.edu/240r59.   Live & in Archive on YouTube:  WN@TL Channel 7pm Central. Every Wednesday Night, 50 Times a Year Interactive map at http://map.wisc.edu For 18 May 2022     Hi WN@TL Fans, A quick note tonight with an important update: This week’s WN@TL on Wednesday May 18 will be offered by zoom …

Lower Extremity Biomechanics in Collegiate Athletes: the Influence of Injury; Back on Two Feet: Restoring Ambulation with Lower Limb Prosthetics; COVID & The Museum

Come Explore the Unknown!    By Zoom:  at go.wisc.edu/240r59.   Live & in Archive on YouTube:  WN@TL Channel In Person: Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison. 7pm Central. Every Wednesday Night, 50 Times a Year Interactive map at http://map.wisc.edu For 11 May 2022      Hi WN@TL Fans, When I was a post-doc at Agrigenetics in 1985 on the …

Science, Politics, & Schoolchildren: Reflections on a Special UW-Ukraine Collaboration; Lower Extremity Biomechanics in Collegiate Athletes:The Influence of Injury; Back On Two Feet: Restoring Ambulation with Lower Limb Prosthetics; COVID & The Museum: How Arts Institutions Are Re-Emerging in a Post-Pandemic World

Come Explore the Unknown!   By Zoom:  at go.wisc.edu/240r59.   In Person: Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison. 7pm Central. Every Wednesday Night, 50 Times a Year Interactive map at http://map.wisc.edu   For 4 May 2022       Hi WN@TL Fans,   In 1910 plant pathologist LR Jones left the University of Vermont to …

Making a Garden for YOU; Science, Politics, & Schoolchildren: Reflections on a Special UW-Ukraine Collaboration; Lower Extremity Biomechanics in Collegiate Athletes: The Influence of Injury

Come Explore the Unknown!      By Zoom:  at go.wisc.edu/240r59.   In Person: Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison. 7pm Central. Every Wednesday Night, 50 Times a Year Interactive map at map.wisc.edu   27 April 2022         Hi WN@TL Fans,   In heaven there is no beer, but any place without gardens …

“Networks: the Science of Interconnected Systems.”; “Making a Garden for YOU.”;“Science, Politics, & Schoolchildren:  Reflections on a Special UW-Ukraine Collaboration.”

Come Explore the Unknown!   By Zoom:  at go.wisc.edu/240r59.   In Person: Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison. 7pm Central. Every Wednesday Night, 50 Times a Year   20 April 2022         Hi WN@TL Fans,   We get a whiff of how ancient the idea of networkmight be by tracing the etymological …

Insects and Ecosystem Services on a Changing Planet:Insights from the Humble Bumble Bee;Networks:the Science of Interconnected Systems;Making a Garden for YOU

Come Explore the Unknown!   By Zoom:  at go.wisc.edu/240r59.   In Person: Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison. 7pm Central. Every Wednesday Night, 50 Times a Year   13 April 2022     Hi WN@TL Fans, It’s been a slow spring acoming, and a dry one, too.  The crocus finally popped up and out on …

Molecular Biology of Coronaviruses; Modifying the Roles of Proteins in Foods; Discovery, Recovery & Curation of the 1,200-yr-old Dugout Canoe from L. Mendota

Come Explore the Unknown! By Zoom:  at go.wisc.edu/240r59.   In Person: Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison. 7pm Central. Every Wednesday Night, 50 Times a Year 29 March 2022         Hi WN@TL Fans, Again this week, let me lead with a special invitation:  I hope you, your friends & family will mark …

Physical Therapy Management of Osteoarthritis in the Hip & Knee; Molecular Biology of Coronaviruses; Modifying the Roles of Proteins in Foods; The Rhyme of the Ancient Paddler

For 23 March 2022         Hi WN@TL Fans, First, an invitation:  I hope you, your friends & family will mark your calendars for April 8, 9 and 10 and set aside some time to come to explore UW–Madison during our 20th Annual UW Science Expeditions campus open house.  More than two dozen venues will open their doors …