Science Outreach at UW–Madison
At the University of Wisconsin–Madison, we want to share science with our community and connect you to the people, places, and programs in science outreach at UW–Madison. Come experience science as you explore the unknown!
Our vibrant university campus serves as an engine of curiosity, actively bridging the gap between academic research and the surrounding community through dedicated science outreach. By hosting interactive public lectures, hands-on lab tours, and engaging science festivals, the campus opens its doors to local families, aspiring young students, and lifelong learners alike.
Quick Links
Connect with us!
Connect with us on social media for more science, technology, engineering, and mathematics content, and to stay up to date with the latest Science Expeditions news.
At left, greenhouse manager Johanna Oosterwyk helps a child create a terrarium by adding rocks, soil, several small plants, and some water to a plastic container during a Science Expeditions activity in the D.C. Smith Greenhouse.
Kindergartener Kenyan Darley moves the cranberry content of a test tube through a sieve with the help of undergraduate Jordan Cargill from the cranberry genetics and genomics lab during a Science Expeditions activity.
Children try the Stroop Color and Word Test, which is reading the names of colors written in ink of a different color, at a station on “The Puzzles of Brains” run by the Department of Educational Psychology
At left, undergraduate student and Goldwater Scholar Samuel Neumann helps 8-year-old Maria Escalona (center) and 6-year-old Ignacio Escalona (right) feed and pipet mock cell samples in an activity center run by the Student Society for Stem Cell Research
Second from left, 9-year-old Damien Gumm holds a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach at an exhibit staffed by August Easton-Calabria from the Crawl Lab in entomology.
News Releases
Science Events
November
-
November 12
-
November 12Zu Rhein LectureSteven Moore, MD – University of Iowa “The Dystroglycanopathies: a wide spectrum of neuromuscular and CNS pathology”9:00 AM, 1325 Health Sciences Learning Center
-
November 12A hydrogen atom for computational enzyme designSeminar by Gabriel Rocklin
-
November 12Type IV pili: form and functionCourtney Ellison — University of Georgia | Host: Katrina Forest
-
November 12Biology Colloquium: Lena HilemanPatterns and processes of floral diversification in the wildflower genus Penstemon3:30 PM, B302 Birge Hall
Badger Talks
November
-
November 12CANCELED: “We Gotta Get Out of This Place: Soundtrack of the Vietnam War”: In-Person Talk in Evansville, WIPresenter Doug Bradley6:00 PM, 39 W Main St, Evansville, WI 53536-2122, United States
-
November 12“Vertical Farming”: In-Person Badger Talk in Janesville, WIPresenter Johanna Oosterwyk6:00 PM, 316 S Main St, Janesville, WI 53545-3912, United States
-
November 12“UW MIA Recovery & Identification Project”: In-Person Badger Talk in AshlandPresenter Charles Konsitzke6:00 PM, 211 6th St W, Ashland, WI 54806-1644, United States
-
November 12“Hygge, Health, and Happiness”: In-Person Badger Talk in Greenfield, WIPresenter Claus E. Andersen6:00 PM, 5310 W Layton Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53220-4011, United States
-
November 13“Why Older People Are Awesome!”: In-Person Badger Talk in Watertown, WIPresenter: Alexis Eastman1:00 PM, 514 S 1st St, Watertown, WI, 53094
