Programs & Partners

Wisconsin Science Festival
Wisconsin Science Festival
The weeklong Wisconsin Science Festival features events throughout Wisconsin for people of all ages. Activities include hands-on science experiments, live Q&A sessions and interviews with scientists, demonstrations, performances, behind-the-scenes tours and more.
Crossroads of Ideas
Crossroads of Ideas
Crossroads of Ideas is a public lecture series held monthly during the academic year that addresses topics that matter to our community and are the subject of research at UW–Madison.
SoundWaves
SoundWaves
SoundWaves combines scientific lectures about the world with live classical music performances. Each event revolves around a theme, exploring it first from many scientific angles and then through the lens of live music.
Writer in Residence
Writer in Residence
Residencies for professional storytellers (including but not limited to screenwriters, playwrights and authors); and various events such as “Speed Science-ing”, STEM Film Screenings, and panels highlighting STEM as it is portrayed in the entertainment industry.
Michelle Wildgen
Michelle WildgenWriter in Residence
Science to Street Art
Science to Street Art
Visually inspiring Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) education and careers through the innovative planning, design and management of public spaces.
Andrew Hanus
Andrew HanusDirector
Indigenous Language Table
Indigenous Language Table
Enabling language learners to develop spoken language skills outside of the classroom setting, build community, strengthen language purpose, and normalize indigenous language with representation.
Laura Red Eagle
Laura Red EagleFacilitator
Tiny Earth
Tiny Earth
Inspiring and retaining students in the sciences while addressing one of the most pressing global health challenges of our century—the diminishing supply of effective antibiotics. Tiny Earthlings are college students who enroll in a Tiny Earth research course to discover antibiotics from soil bacteria in their own backyards.
Sarah Miller
Sarah MillerDirector
Catalysts for Science Policy
Catalysts for Science Policy
Educating and engaging graduate students and postdocs in science policy. We emphasize the importance of increasing scientist participation in science policy issues locally and nationally.
Chris Dade
Chris DadeCo-President
Natalia Rosario Meléndez
Natalia Rosario MeléndezCo-President
Blog
Marie Christine Kohler Fellows
Marie Christine Kohler Fellows
Graduate or professional students selected on the strength of their commitment and abilities to contribute to interdisciplinary thought. Kohler Fellows work and collaborate within WID, connecting graduate students across campus through a range of stimulating art-science fusion projects and events.
Andrew Hanus
Andrew HanusFacilitator
Blog

Programs & Partners

Crossroads of Ideas
Crossroads of Ideas
Crossroads of Ideas is a public lecture series held monthly during the academic year that addresses topics that matter to our community and are the subject of research at UW–Madison.
SoundWaves
SoundWaves
SoundWaves combines scientific lectures about the world with live classical music performances. Each event revolves around a theme, exploring it first from many scientific angles and then through the lens of live music.
Writer in Residence
Writer in Residence
Residencies for professional storytellers (including but not limited to screenwriters, playwrights and authors); and various events such as “Speed Science-ing”, STEM Film Screenings, and panels highlighting STEM as it is portrayed in the entertainment industry.
Michelle Wildgen
Michelle WildgenWriter in Residence
Science to Street Art
Science to Street Art
Visually inspiring Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) education and careers through the innovative planning, design and management of public spaces.
Andrew Hanus
Andrew HanusDirector
Indigenous Language Table
Indigenous Language Table
Enabling language learners to develop spoken language skills outside of the classroom setting, build community, strengthen language purpose, and normalize indigenous language with representation.
Laura Red Eagle
Laura Red EagleFacilitator
Tiny Earth
Tiny Earth
Inspiring and retaining students in the sciences while addressing one of the most pressing global health challenges of our century—the diminishing supply of effective antibiotics. Tiny Earthlings are college students who enroll in a Tiny Earth research course to discover antibiotics from soil bacteria in their own backyards.
Sarah Miller
Sarah MillerDirector
Catalysts for Science Policy
Catalysts for Science Policy
Educating and engaging graduate students and postdocs in science policy. We emphasize the importance of increasing scientist participation in science policy issues locally and nationally.
Chris Dade
Chris DadeCo-President
Natalia Rosario Meléndez
Natalia Rosario MeléndezCo-President
Blog
Marie Christine Kohler Fellows
Marie Christine Kohler Fellows
Graduate or professional students selected on the strength of their commitment and abilities to contribute to interdisciplinary thought. Kohler Fellows work and collaborate within WID, connecting graduate students across campus through a range of stimulating art-science fusion projects and events.
Andrew Hanus
Andrew HanusFacilitator
Blog