by Robert Mathieu, Marcia Bjornerud, Laura Kiessling, Bassam Shakhashiri | Apr 11, 2017 | Videos
What is the spark that ignites scientific discovery? This video features three Wisconsin Academy fellows whose explorations in science are fueled by imagination. Marcia Bjornerud—Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies at Lawrence University in Appleton Laura...
by John Gurda | Feb 15, 2016 | Magazine Article
Neighborhoods are quicksilver creations, constantly changing residents, borders, and even names. Take the neighborhoods of Milwaukee, for instance: one generation’s Sixth Ward is another’s Brewer’s Hill, a German enclave in one century becomes an African-American...
by Bill Berry, Jerry Apps | Feb 15, 2016 | Magazine Article
The voluminous new history of Wisconsin agriculture by author and historian Jerry Apps is a pleasure to consume, learn from, and enjoy. Sorry, but this is as close to critical this review is going to get. As many know, Apps is a master storyteller and prolific...
by Allen M. Young | Oct 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
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 and highlight the aerial dances of butterflies everywhere I turn....
by Lorrie Moore, David McLimans | Jul 20, 2015 | Magazine Article
I first met David McLimans the summer of 2001, on a blind date at the Greenbush Bar six weeks after my divorce was finished—done and dusted, as the Irish say—and six weeks before 9/11. I had been told, somewhat misleadingly, that David was a commercial illustrator....
