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Science editor-in-chief visits campus with ideas for reinvigorating public confidence in higher education

April 10, 2023

In a series of events April 17-18, Holden Thorp will address science literacy, opportunities for entrepreneurship and fostering a healthy research environment.

Video: From weather to wonder

January 18, 2022

The Wonders of Physics traveling show is back in action at schools and public events. It is now presented by UW–Madison outreach specialist Haddie McLean, a former TV meteorologist. In this video, she visits Pecatonica Elementary School.

UW experts contribute to NAS report on U.S. science literacy

August 18, 2016

Despite perceptions that too many Americans are ignorant when it comes to the realm of science, a new study reports that people in the United States actually “perform comparably to adults in other economically developed countries on most current measures of science knowledge.”