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330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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October 2020

Revealing Science

October 15, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
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UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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** NOTE: THIS IS A SAMPLE EVENT FROM 2020** Reveal both art and science behind these optically spectacular portraits of three UW researchers. Funded in part by the Madison Arts Commission, along with the Wisconsin Arts Board, and special thanks to Arts + Literature Laboratory. Did'ya know? Aedan Gardill, an artist and physics graduate student, creates portraits that rely on a special optical property of light, and are nearly invisible unless viewed with something called a polarizer. Watch the video…

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Big Ideas for Busy People: Futurescape

October 15, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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** NOTE: THIS IS A SAMPLE EVENT FROM 2020** This popular, fast-paced event featuring five-minute talks from some of UW-Madison’s biggest brains is back! To celebrate the 10th Wisconsin Science Festival, our speakers are sharing what their research focus might be like 10 years from now. Peer into the future with us and discover what the next decade may bring. Featuring: Randy Ashton, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Biomedical Engineering, Brain and Spinal Cord Tissues For Sale Anthony Gitter, Morgridge…

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October 2024

PRE-FESTIVAL EVENT: Celebrating Latinx voices in STEAM

October 9, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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Join us for the “Celebrating Latinx voices in STEAM” symposium on Wednesday October 9 2024 (4-7pm CT) in the DeLuca forum in the Discovery Building. Refreshments will be served. This event is open to the entire UW-Madison community. Refresos servados. Abierto a toda la comunidad de UW-Madison. Program: 4-5p: Keynote: Christie Tirado 5-6p: Lightning talks by Latinx community 6-7p: Networking event with music from DJ Papi   Check out more pre/post-festival events here!

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Weaving Tradition: Menominee Basketry and the Legacy of Ash

October 14, 2024 @ 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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Join us for an immersive workshop on traditional Menominee basket weaving led by Sherri LaChapelle-Corn (Pitapanukiw), where you'll learn time-honored techniques passed down through generations. This hands-on experience delves into the cultural significance of basketry, highlighting its role in preserving Menominee heritage. Additionally, gain insight into the ecological challenges posed by the emerald ash borer insect, which threatens the very materials essential to this craft. Discover the importance of sustaining these practices and the efforts to protect and rejuvenate the…

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Crossroads of Ideas: Wisconsin’s Role in Shaping the Future of Agriculture

October 14, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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This engaging panel discussion will take a deeper look into the innovation and tradition of Wisconsin agriculture and the opportunities and challenges we face at the leading edge of sustainable systems. Moderated by Dr. Glenda Gillaspy, Dean of UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, and featuring researchers who are helping establish Wisconsin as the leader in agricultural advancement and innovation. Panelists: Dr. Julie Dawson - Professor in the UW-Madison Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences and Extension Specialist for…

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Discovery Building Expo – Field Trip Day, Presented by Morgridge Institute for Research

October 15, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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The Discovery Expo - Field Trip Day is designed for school groups from across Wisconsin to visit the Discovery Building on UW-Madison's campus and experience dozens of interactive, hands-on exploration stations that feature STEM activities ranging from virtual reality to health and medicine, chemistry, physics demonstrations and more!  Explore the hands-on activities at your own pace and interact with scientists, STEM professionals and students from UW-Madison and beyond! The Discovery Expo in the Discovery Building is a great opportunity for…

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Dane County Trash Lab

October 15, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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Created by the Dane County Department of Waste & Renewables in collaboration with Madison Children’s Museum, the Trash Lab is a mobile exhibit designed to educate and motivate us to create less trash and rethink our relationship with waste. Housed in a fully accessible, 27-foot-long repurposed cargo trailer, Trash Lab features more than 10 playful interactive stations, engaging stories, and a wealth of data, along with compelling photography and video footage. The exhibit’s whimsical exterior and immersive interior environment will…

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MadPrompts: Creativity Unleashed

October 16, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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MadPrompts is a live event - presented by WARF and the Data Science Institute - where contestants use text-to-image software to show off their prompt skills and create beautiful and captivating visuals from generative AI tools. The event is a game show format with contestants competing for the judge's and audience's vote for best images in a series of challenges.The evening also features top entries from a competition that challenged the greater community to use generative AI to transform text…

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WI Book Festival Author Event: Chasing Stars (Jim Lattis & Kelly Tyrell)

October 18, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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10/18/24 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Discovery Building - DeLuca Forum Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival. Explore the remarkable story of Wisconsin astronomers whose curiosity, persistence, and innovation helped us better understand our universe. Chasing the Stars traces the history of the University of Wisconsin’s Washburn Observatory, where some of the world’s most cutting-edge astronomical inventions were born. Learn about the earliest Indigenous stargazers, the women who worked as the first human computers, the astronomers who sold time by the…

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WI Book Festival Author Event: Marie Curie (Dava Sobel)

October 18, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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10/18/24 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. Discovery Building - DeLuca Forum Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival. “Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name,” writes Dava Sobel at the opening of her shining portrait of the sole Nobel laureate decorated in two separate fields of science— Physics in 1903 with her husband Pierre and Chemistry by herself in 1911. And yet, Sobel makes clear, as brilliant as she…

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WI Book Festival Author Event: I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine (Daniel Levitin)

October 18, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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10/18/24 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival. Across cultures, sound and rhythm have been used to ease suffering, promote healing, and calm the mind. In his new book, I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author of This Is Your Brain on Music Daniel J. Levitin explores the curative powers of music, showing us how and why it is one of the most potent…

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SoundWaves: Developing Ideas – Part 1

October 18, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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All year, SoundWaves will explore the concept of Development. In our first event, we ask: How did the development of monotheism affect human society? How do plants evolve, and how do we help them evolve? What is all this about AI? How does research and creativity give birth to a novel? And what does development mean in the context of music? Find out on October 18, at 7:30pm in the DeLuca Forum in the Discovery Building. This SoundWaves event is…

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Discovery Expo – Community Day, Presented by Morgridge Institute for Research

October 19, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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The Discovery Expo - Community Day invites learners of all ages to the Discovery Building on UW-Madison's campus to experience dozens of interactive, hands-on exploration stations that feature STEM activities ranging from virtual reality to health and medicine, chemistry, physics demonstrations and more!  Explore the hands-on activities at your own pace and interact with scientists, STEM professionals and students from UW-Madison and beyond. The Discovery Expo in the Discovery Building is a great opportunity for families and visitors of all…

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Celebrating the Joy of Science and the Arts With Bassam Shakhashiri & Friends

October 19, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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Back by popular demand, this engaging demonstration fosters public awareness and appreciation of science and art.  Join the celebrations with Bassam Shakhashiri and a few special guests. This event will take place after the Discovery Expo in the H.F. DeLuca Forum in the Discovery Building with overflow viewing in the 3rd floor Orchard View Room. Doors open at 12:45pm.   Session will be livestreamed using this link: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95703125770?pwd=ICvwRjrWo1CAv6YFAbgV7vIuYfmxdJ.1

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POST-FESTIVAL EVENT: Earning Trust: How Can We Navigate Public Skepticism and Science Misinformation

October 21, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
UW-Madison (Discovery Building), 330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI 53715 United States
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How do we face the next pandemic, mitigate the effects of severe weather and develop cures for disease? Many look to science for answers to these challenges, but fewer are willing to accept the solutions that scientists provide. Please join Morgridge Institute Investigators Pilar Ossorio and Dietram Scheufele and Brad Schwartz at our latest Fearless Science Speaker Series event as they discuss why trust in science is breaking down and what can be done to earn public confidence. Reception to…

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