IDEAS that move the world FORWARD
The Wisconsin Academy cultivates civil discourse, creates common ground, and increases the understanding we have for one another and the world we share through exploration of the sciences, arts, and letters.
Featured Events
Weeds Walk
Explore, document, and discuss the variety of plants growing in abandoned urban landscapes with artist Jill Sebastian.
Fiction & Poetry Contest Winners Reading
Join us at the Wisconsin Book Festival to celebrate the winners of this year’s Wisconsin People & Ideas Fiction & Poetry Contest.
Liz Bachhuber & Jill Sebastian: Eat My Words
The problem of waste is a global question. Bachhuber and Sebastian ask: How precious are our works and our words? How can we serve?
NEW Special Series: Finding Home
The Wisconsin Academy is excited to announce Finding Home, a new statewide programming series that explores the concept of home through the sciences, arts, and letters
From the Magazine
Smitten with Linen
Prevailing wisdom and archaeological evidence suggest that we have been wearing clothes for a very long time. Humans have been dressing themselves not only for warmth, protection, and comfort, but ... Read More
The House That Language Built
Once upon a time, a young girl lived in a bungalow in the Bay View neighborhood of Milwaukee. At first glance, the girl’s house was modest, with a tan-brick exterior ... Read More
Welcome To Wausau
A Ginseng A Day Might Keep The Doctor Away | Chef Theresa Lin’s Ginseng Chicken Soup As I pulled into the parking lot of ... Read More
Making Home
There is a spot in my house where I sit. I can look out at my neighbor’s garden and get a peek at Lake Monona, the lamp behind me hits ... Read More
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