October 2024
WI Book Festival Author Event: Chasing Stars (Jim Lattis & Kelly Tyrell)
10/18/24 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Discovery Building - DeLuca Forum Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival. Explore the remarkable story of Wisconsin astronomers whose curiosity, persistence, and innovation helped us better understand our universe. Chasing the Stars traces the history of the University of Wisconsin’s Washburn Observatory, where some of the world’s most cutting-edge astronomical inventions were born. Learn about the earliest Indigenous stargazers, the women who worked as the first human computers, the astronomers who sold time by the…
Find out more »WI Book Festival Author Event: Marie Curie (Dava Sobel)
10/18/24 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. Discovery Building - DeLuca Forum Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival. “Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name,” writes Dava Sobel at the opening of her shining portrait of the sole Nobel laureate decorated in two separate fields of science— Physics in 1903 with her husband Pierre and Chemistry by herself in 1911. And yet, Sobel makes clear, as brilliant as she…
Find out more »WI Book Festival Author Event: I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine (Daniel Levitin)
10/18/24 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum Presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival. Across cultures, sound and rhythm have been used to ease suffering, promote healing, and calm the mind. In his new book, I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author of This Is Your Brain on Music Daniel J. Levitin explores the curative powers of music, showing us how and why it is one of the most potent…
Find out more »SoundWaves: Developing Ideas – Part 1
All year, SoundWaves will explore the concept of Development. In our first event, we ask: How did the development of monotheism affect human society? How do plants evolve, and how do we help them evolve? What is all this about AI? How does research and creativity give birth to a novel? And what does development mean in the context of music? Find out on October 18, at 7:30pm in the DeLuca Forum in the Discovery Building. This SoundWaves event is…
Find out more »Discovery Expo – Community Day, Presented by Morgridge Institute for Research
The Discovery Expo - Community Day invites learners of all ages to the Discovery Building on UW-Madison's campus to experience dozens of interactive, hands-on exploration stations that feature STEM activities ranging from virtual reality to health and medicine, chemistry, physics demonstrations and more! Explore the hands-on activities at your own pace and interact with scientists, STEM professionals and students from UW-Madison and beyond. The Discovery Expo in the Discovery Building is a great opportunity for families and visitors of all…
Find out more »Celebrating the Joy of Science and the Arts With Bassam Shakhashiri & Friends
Back by popular demand, this engaging demonstration fosters public awareness and appreciation of science and art. Join the celebrations with Bassam Shakhashiri and a few special guests. This event will take place after the Discovery Expo in the H.F. DeLuca Forum in the Discovery Building with overflow viewing in the 3rd floor Orchard View Room. Doors open at 12:45pm.
Find out more »POST-FESTIVAL EVENT: Earning Trust: How Can We Navigate Public Skepticism and Science Misinformation
How do we face the next pandemic, mitigate the effects of severe weather and develop cures for disease? Many look to science for answers to these challenges, but fewer are willing to accept the solutions that scientists provide. Please join Morgridge Institute Investigators Pilar Ossorio and Dietram Scheufele and Brad Schwartz at our latest Fearless Science Speaker Series event as they discuss why trust in science is breaking down and what can be done to earn public confidence. Reception to…
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