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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.

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Science Expeditions of the past

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.