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SoundWaves: Celebrations of Time, part 2
Discovery Building 330 North Orchard Street, Madison, WI, United StatesAll that Jazz, and more!SoundWaves is looking at (and listening to) Time all year. In this second installment, learn what time does to a Supreme Court precedent and to the environment, how time affects chemical reactions and how it behaves weirdly in our universe, and how time feels in jazz.Lu Lu, physicsAsifa Quraishi-Landes, lawElizabeth Maroon,
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Crossroads of Ideas: Palettes, Pigments, & Perception–Watercolor Connections
Discovery Building 330 North Orchard Street, Madison, WI, United StatesExplore the mixability of watercolor chemistry and visual perception with our experts in the field. Speakers: Kaitlin Walsh – Independent artist specializing in abstract anatomical watercolor and oil paintings. Kristin Labby – Beloit College professor incorporating technical studies of art and artifacts into her instrumental analysis chemistry courses. Karen Schloss – University of Wisconsin–Madison associate
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There Are No Bugs in Winter
Marquee Cinema, Union South2023 Hispanic International Film Festival Winner!. There are no bugs in winter is a zero-budget scifi film created by two UW-Madison faculty during the pandemic (Claudia Solis-Lemus and Daniel Pimentel-Alarcon). 101 minutes | United States | 2023 | Spanish with English subtitles - A former pianist sees a mysterious photo that leads him into a
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Discovery Building 330 North Orchard Street, Madison, WI, United StatesA Celebration of Time, pt 3In this third presentation of Celebrations of Time, SoundWaves is looking at how we know when events occurred in the past, through the lens of geology (objects on Earth), astronomy (distant objects), anthropology (human prehistory), pathology (the human body), and, as always, music.Presenters:Brad Singer - Department of GeoscienceProfessor Brad Singer
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Pours & Prose
Discovery Building 330 North Orchard Street, Madison, WI, United StatesA Celebration of Wine and Wine PeoplePresented by the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Writer in Residence, join us for an evening celebrating all things wine!Michelle Wildgen, WID Writer-in-Residence, recently released her latest book, Wine People, which made the Oprah Daily list, TIME’s “25 New Books You Need to Read This Summer,” and many others. Join
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Discovery Building 330 North Orchard Street, Madison, WI, United StatesLEAPing Forward: How Wisconsin is shaping the future of materials scienceLocal electrode atom probe (LEAP) is a novel analysis technique combining both 3D imaging and precise atomic-scale chemical composition measurements. Exclusively developed by CAMECA, the atom probe is a prime example of Wisconsin innovation and discovery. Dr Katherine Rice, Applications Lab Manager at CAMECA Instruments,
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Crossroads of Ideas: Tomorrow’s Yellowstone
Discovery Building 330 North Orchard Street, Madison, WI, United StatesYellowstone, climate change and the importance of sharing science.This edition of Crossroads of Ideas will feature a panel discussion hosted by Kelly Tyrrell and will cover the topics of how Tomorrow's Yellowstone came about, an overview of Monica Turner’s lab’s work, and how the University Communications team approached the project before arriving in, during, and
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Crossroads of Ideas: Tomorrow’s Yellowstone (Streaming)
NOTE: This registration link for virtual attendance only. Yellowstone, climate change and the importance of sharing science.This edition of Crossroads of Ideas will feature a panel discussion hosted by Kelly Tyrrell and will cover the topics of how Tomorrow's Yellowstone came about, an overview of Monica Turner’s lab’s work, and how the University Communications team
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Hamel Music Center 740 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United StatesA Celebration of Time, pt 4SoundWaves has been looking at and listening to time - join us for Celebrations of Time, Part 4, the final edition of this time-based series! Learn about how dating and relationships have changed over time from a psychologist, the way we know how to walk from a kinesiologist, why and
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Crossroads of Ideas: Democratizing Data
Discovery Building 330 North Orchard Street, Madison, WI, United StatesMaking Scientific Data FAIRThis last Crossroads of Ideas of the semester will feature presentations and a fireside chat all about the data life cycle and what it takes to make scientific data FAIR - Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reuseable. Panelists will journey through a day in the life of data from collection to interpretation, the
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2024 Tiny Earth Summer Symposium
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery 330 North Orchard Street, Madison, WI, United StatesJoin students, instructors, and researchers from around the world for Tiny Earth's 2024 Summer Symposium in Madison, Wisconsin. The Tiny Earth Summer Symposium is a two-day event designed to showcase student research findings, delve into current advancements and challenges in antibiotic discovery, and engage instructors in sharing instructional innovations. Join us in person at the