This academic year, SoundWaves is exploring scales. In this second edition, we will be zooming in on the micro scale! Our second SoundWaves event of the season explores the Micro Scale, looking at things that are very small in size. What is a microbiome? What’s going on in the Earth’s water? What is microeconomics? What
Presented in celebration of 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. Quantum science might sound like it belongs in the lab or a science fiction novel, but its impact is already woven into our daily lives—from the technology in our phones to the future of computing and medicine. Join the Wisconsin Quantum
Part I in our Productive Failure Mini-Series
FREE WORKSHOP! Better Science Communication through Improv This 2-hour workshop is designed for graduate students, post-docs, staff, and faculty in STEM related fields who want to sharpen their ability to communicate effectively and adaptively. In research and industry alike, ideas often need to be shared in real time with diverse audiences- from colleagues and collaborators
FREE WORKSHOP! Better Science Communication through Improv
FREE WORKSHOP! Better Science Communication through Improv This 2-hour workshop is designed for graduate students, post-docs, staff, and faculty in STEM related fields who want to sharpen their ability to communicate effectively and adaptively. In research and industry alike, ideas often need to be shared in real time with diverse audiences- from colleagues and collaborators
FREE WORKSHOP! Better Science Communication through Improv
What failure in AI can teach us, and how it can inspire innovation, critical thinking, and resilience.Failure is part of progress, especially in the fast-moving field of artificial intelligence. This Crossroads of Ideas event, part of our three-part mini-series on “productive failure,” brings together David Fields (UW-Madison Department of East Asian Studies) and Rob Nowak
This academic year, SoundWaves is exploring scales. In this second edition, we will be zooming out to the macro scale!
How do we manage when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial medicines? What are our options?
This academic year, SoundWaves is exploring scales. In this final edition, we will be zooming WAY out to the Astronomical scale!
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