by Ruth Benca | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
Why is it so important to get a good night’s rest? Could you be suffering from sleep apnea or another sleep disorder without even knowing it? In Part I of the “Age On!” series of Academy Evening talks, director of the UW-Madison Center for Sleep...
by Jeremi Suri | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
If the 20th century was the “American Century,” what will the 21st century bring? How can the United States maintain its international leadership and build a better world? In his Academy Evening talk UW–Madison history professor and Wisconsin Academy...
by Jonathan Patz | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
In his Academy Evening talk Jonathan Patz, professor and Director of Global Environmental Health at UW–Madison and lead author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, outlines how global climate change—including warming temperatures and...
by Jeff Johnson | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
What role does oxidative stress play in the development of many chronic neurodegenerative diseases? How might we prevent or cure such diseases? In his Academy Evening talk, UW–Madison pharmacy professor Jeff Johnson discusses new therapeutic approaches to treating...
by Jenny Saffran, Seth Pollak | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
In their Academy Evening talk, UW–Madison psychology professors Jenny Saffran and Seth Pollak look at contemporary perspectives, complex human behaviors, and new insights about the emergence of young children’s language and social skills that raise questions...
by James Thomson | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
The Wisconsin Academy, along with UW–Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), hosts a free, two-day event to highlight the accomplishments of stem cell research in the state and to examine future stem cell issues. In this Academy Evening video,...
