by Hannah Wagie | Apr 8, 2025 | Videos
In this Wisconsin Academy talk, Wisconsin Treasures Beneath Your Feet, Dr. Hannah Wagie examined the life of silicon dioxide, the molecule that makes up the major component of sand and glass. This inorganic material comes alive once it is...
by Brenda Cárdenas, Nicholas Gulig | Mar 14, 2025 | Videos
The Wisconsin Academy hosted Poetry & Pie 2025 at The Black Business Hub, an enterprise center developed by the Urban League of Greater Madison devoted to incubating, accelerating, and networking Black and other BIPOC entrepreneurs. Guests spent the evening...
by Davin Lopez | Jan 27, 2025 | Videos
Join the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters and Davin Lopez, an endangered species biologist with the Department of Natural Resources since 2005, to learn what birds can teach us about the impacts of climate change. At Birds and Climate Science, part of...
by Erika Monroe-Kane, Kyle Whyte | Nov 14, 2024 | Videos
The opening session of Climate Fast Forward features remarks from the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Academy, Erika Monroe-Kane, remarks from presenting sponsor American Family Insurance, and an opening poem by Dee Sweet. Dr. Kyle Whyte delivers the keynote...
by Nirmal Raja, Millicent Kennedy | Oct 17, 2024 | Videos
Join the Wisconsin Academy staff and interdisciplinary artists Nirmal Raja and Millicent Kennedy for a captivating virtual artists’ conversation, Object as Muse and Material, captured at James Watrous Gallery. Raja and Kennedy are both fascinated by our...
by Hilary Dugan | Jan 30, 2024 | Videos
Here in Wisconsin, like most northern latitudes, the vast majority of freshwater research occurs during the warmer months of “open water” season. But most lakes in Wisconsin are frozen for three to five months a year and there is a lot scientists...
