On March 13 from 7 to 8 p.m. she will provide a behind-the-scenes look at her work as a professional YouTuber and science communicator for PBS “Eons” at Wisconsin Institute for Discovery’s monthly lecture series, Crossroads of Ideas.
Pours and Prose is an exclusive, interactive wine tasting and appreciation event with WID Writer in Residence Michelle Wildgen. This event will be on February 23, 2024 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM and held at the beautiful Discovery Building. Get your tickets now!
Featured in On Wisconsin magazine, Wildgen pairs the technical know-how of the wine industry with the narrative nuances of competing personalities.
Photo highlights of the 2023 Science on the Square
The microbe Lactococcus lactis is an essential component of Wisconsin’s cheese industry. The Catalyst for Science Policy group threw a gala to advocate for it to become the state microbe.
Annual Wisconsin Science Festival returns Oct. 16-22 with new theme
The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery hosted the “Celebrating Latinx voices in STEM” symposium in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Inclusion in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Oct. 5.
Writer-in-Residence Michelle Wildgen's “Wine People” incorporates a little bit of Madison and a bit more hospitality, with a wine-saturated spin.
The mural features a landscape of trees with an open sky in the background, one half in daylight and the other at night. Also prominent is the dirt, filled with little organisms and the roots from the plant and fungus life surrounding them.
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