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Retirement leaves big shoes to fill at women’s science community
Ann Haase Kehl retired after 15 years helping to support women entering fields where they have traditionally been rare.
Wisconsin Science Festival: It’s not just a Madison thing
The Wisconsin Science Festival passed a milestone this year, says organizer Laura Heisler of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation at UW–Madison. "For the first time, we had more activities and events outside Madison than inside Madison."
Opportunities for coverage at Wisconsin Science Festival
This tip sheet highlights coverage opportunities at the 2016 Wisconsin Science Festival, held Oct. 20-23.
UW getting electron beam lithography system for nanotech research
Researchers from four UW campuses around the state will benefit from the new system, which uses a specialized technique for creating patterns 5,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.
Science journalist Nadia Drake is UW–Madison writer in residence
Drake’s work spans the sciences. She has written about subjects as diverse as giant spiders and human ancestry, although much of her work focuses on astronomy and space science.
Science arcade night, storytelling headline 2016 Wisconsin Science Festival
Now in its sixth year, the festival continues to grow, with activities spanning 34 cities and towns in Wisconsin.
Paulos named director of Physical Sciences Laboratory
Whether you need a more rugged boat-mounted water testing rig made, or a 20-year-old spectrometer or circuit board upgraded, the Physical Sciences Lab delivers with expertise and teamwork.
Clarity of vision: Chemistry’s glass whisperer
In a lab built around tools and techniques that are more than a century old, Tracy Drier performs miracles of construction and reconstruction.
Well-traveled journalist to visit campus as Science Writer in Residence
Alexandra "Alex" Witze, a contributing correspondent for Nature and Science News magazines, will be on campus for a week beginning April 18.
Wisconsin Energy Institute adds spark to Crawford County classroom
Lisa Andresen is teaching science for the first time this year with the help of two WEI educator institutes she attended.
Four UW–Madison students win prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
Out of the 1,150 nominations received in 2016, 252 scholars were named nationwide. All four of UW–Madison’s nominees received the award.
Science Expeditions puts UW–Madison research on display April 1-3
UW-Madison's 14th annual science open house starts Friday with 8 tons of mastodon and a window out into the cosmos — and then gets really big.
NAS panel takes stock of U.S. science literacy
Professors Dominique Brossard and Noah Feinstein are exploring the association between knowledge of science and public perception of and support for science.
2016 CSI Contest: Amazing pictures tell tales of science, nature
Ten images and two videos by UW–Madison students, faculty and staff have been named winners of the Cool Science Image contest.
Siftr: Web tool for citizen science, ethnography, teaching
The Field Day Lab's creation is already in use in different corners of the globe and is gaining traction, especially among educators.
Statewide contest challenges Wisconsin students to grow crystals
The 3rd annual Wisconsin Crystal Growing Contest is now enrolling middle school, high school and home schooled students for the contest that starts March 1.
Contest seeks more amazing science images
To recognize the artistic merit of scientific imagery, the sixth annual Cool Science Image Contest is soliciting the most stunning visuals from student, faculty and staff scientists.
Podcasts showcase stories, science and secrets behind UW–Madison research
The first season of Science Narratives addresses social robotics, highlighting the work of Bilge Mutlu, director of the Wisconsin Human-Computer Interaction Lab.
Games no laughing matter as science teachers, designers work together
Learning by doing is central to the Field Day Lab’s philosophy, says director David Gagnon. "Why give people games when they can create games?"
Bird habitat changing quickly as climate change proceeds
The climatic conditions needed by 285 species of land birds in the United States have moved rapidly between 1950 and 2011 as a result of…