by Stanley A. Temple | Jul 20, 2015 | Magazine Article
“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder … he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.”—Rachel Carson I recently read an editorial by Harold W....
by Hector DeLuca | May 12, 2015 | Videos
Renowned biochemist and Wisconsin Academy Fellow Hector DeLuca discusses the profound application of vitamin D in medicine, including new treatments in the areas of immunity and autoimmunity, in this special Wisconsin Academy Talk. DeLuca shares insight from a career...
by Joan Sanstadt | Mar 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
In his sixth novel, The Great Sand Fracas of Ames County, Jerry Apps explores the contentious issue of frac sand mining. Earlier novels have highlighted land conservation, land use, food safety, and livestock siting. Apps is careful not to take a stand on these...
by Robin Chapman | Mar 16, 2015 | Magazine Article
Where do poems come from? Where do dreams come from, and artists’ ideas, and mathematical proofs, and inventors’ projects? The creative process has multiple sources, and often a protracted timeline, including times when it seems as if you’re doing nothing at all....
by James P. Leary | Dec 15, 2014 | Magazine Article
America’s Upper Midwest is a distinctive region where for centuries many indigenous and immigrant peoples have maintained, merged, and modified their folk traditions. As the prominent American folklorist Richard M. Dorson observed in 1947: “Particularly in the Lake...
