The Wisconsin Academy's Fellows Program

The Wisconsin Academy Fellows Award recognizes educators, researchers, mentors, artists, and civic or business leaders from across Wisconsin who have made substantial contributions to the cultural life and welfare of our state and its people.

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from Wisconsin People & Ideas Magazine

Butterflies and Plants: Designers of Tropical Rain Forest Pharmacology

Butterflies and Plants: Designers of Tropical Rain Forest Pharmacology

La Tirimbina, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica—As I walk along a narrow path, slicing through the tangle of vines bordering the stately tropical rainforest here, shafts of sunlight reflect from rain-slick leaves ...
Tracking Climate Change with Satellite Imagery: The Wisconsin Connection

Tracking Climate Change with Satellite Imagery: The Wisconsin Connection

We have much to learn about the vagaries of climate. One of the most important means of doing so involves a fleet of satellites dedicated to the task of watching ...
Transformation through the Humanities: Ten Years of the UW Odyssey Project

Transformation through the Humanities: Ten Years of the UW Odyssey Project

Every year I have the good fortune to both witness and participate in a powerful transformation. As I walk into a meeting room in the Goodman South Madison Library the ...
A Salute to Wisconsin Veterans

A Salute to Wisconsin Veterans

For nearly seventy years the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs has been serving our veterans in many ways. This department is very special to me and many others, and it ...

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