Engineering Expo
UW-Madison Campus

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CANCELLED

Science Expeditions
UW-Madison Campus

Science is Fun will be holding hands-on/minds-on exploration stations at the Discovery Building on Saturday from 10am-2pm.

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CANCELLED

ACS Spring National Meeting
Philadelphia, PA

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CANCELLED

Science is Fun at Parent Involvement Night
6:30 p.m.
Huegel Elementary School
Madison, WI

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Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Sesquicentennial Gala
5:30-10:00 p.m.
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Madison, WI

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Photos courtesy of Althea Dotzour Photography

Science on the Radio
11:00 a.m.
The Larry Meiller Show
Wisconsin Public Radio

Listen on wpr.org

The Final Forte
Madison Symphony Orchestra
6:45 p.m.
Overture Hall
Madison, WI

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Global Warming: The Greatest Challenge to Society and Science
4:00 p.m.
North Central College
Wentz Science Center, Room 101 (Auditorium)
Naperville, IL

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The Joy of Learning...and Sharing
Connecting Science and Society, Prof. Bassam Shakhashiri
Creativity Links Art and Science, Dr. Rodney Schreiner
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Eye Research Institute
WIMR II conference room 3571
UW-Madison Campus

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Wonders of Physics
2103 Chamberlin Hall
UW-Madison Campus

Demystify: Seeing the Unseeable
An exhibition at the Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery
Opening Reception, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
(The exhibition runs Jan. 29 - May 29, 2020)
Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research
1111 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI

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50th Anniversary
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
Middleton Performing Arts Center
Middleton, WI

Check local listings for airtimes on your local PBS station.

Watch the program online now

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Popular science show put on by UW-Madison professor turns 50
NBC-15

Q&A: Bassam Shakhashiri celebrates 50 years of 'Science is Fun'
The Capital Times

Christmas and chemistry collide in UW-Madison professor's 50th holiday science show
Wisconsin State Journal

‘Christmas in the Lab’ celebrates 50 years of chemistry and comedy
UW News

Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Conference
Monona Terrace Convention and Visitor's Center
Madison, WI

Friday, November 15:
Advancing Science and Serving Society–Enlightenment and the Responsibilities of the Enlightened, Bassam Z. Shakhashiri
1:30 p.m.
Hall of Ideas, Room H
Bassam's Slides
Booklet Handout
Climate Card Handout

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Program At-a-Glance

3MT: Three-Minute Thesis Competition
9:00-11:00am
Reception: 11:00am-12:00pm
H.F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building
Madison, WI

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Prof. Shakhashiri speaks at the competition (51:38-59:52) on the importance of communicating science to non-scientists.

Climate Fast Forward Conference
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monona Terrace Convention Center
Madison, WI

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The Larry Meiller Show
11:00 a.m.
Wisconsin Public Radio

Wisconsin Science Festival
UW-Madison Campus and Various Locations Around the State

Science is Fun will have a table at the Discovery Expo Thursday-Saturday!

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On Friday, October 18 at the 2019 Wisconsin Science Festival, Eric Wilcots the chair of the Festival’s Steering Committee and L&S Interim Dean announced the establishment of the Bassam Shakhashiri Faculty Engagement Award.  The award is named for Bassam, and to commemorate, Bassam was given a physical award. The new award will be inaugurated at the 2020 Wisconsin Science Festival, which will be Festival number 10. It will include a cash prize for a faculty member who distinguishes her or himself through their commitment to community engagement. The Wisconsin Science Festival will be developing a rubric and a nomination process for the juried award. This award was created:

1. To recognize the unique role that Bassam has played in inspiriting faculty engagement at UW Madison and beyond
2. To commemorate Bassam’s 50th year of making extraordinary contributions at UW-Madison
3. To recognize Bassam’s role in inspiriting the creation of the Wisconsin Science Festival
4. To inspire more faculty engagement going forward and especially in time for the 10th festival in 2020

National Chemistry Week Celebration
Phyllis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture by Prof. Shakhashiri
1:00 & 3:00 p.m.
Boston Museum of Science
Boston, MA

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2019 Good Neighbor Gathering
1-3:00pm - Shoreline Clean-up
3-6:00pm - Acivities, including SCIENCE IS FUN!
6-8:00PM - Kinfolk R&B band!
Brittingham Park
Madison, WI

Six Madison west and south side neighborhoods invite you to celebrate National Good Neighbor Day on September 28 in Brittingham Park. This is a free, all ages, alchohol-free, family-friendly event open to the entire Madison area community.

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The Larry Meiller Show
11:00 a.m.
Wisconsin Public Radio

Opening Reception: 2019 Cool Science Image Contest Exhibition
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery
9th Floor, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research
1111 Highland AVenue
UW-Madison Campus

The exhibition runs through December 13.

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The Art of Teaching: Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists
6:00-8:30 p.m.
Promenade Hall, 2nd Floor, Overture Center for the Arts
201 State Street
Madison, WI

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Science is Fun at the Westside Community Market
9:00am - 12:00pm
Located behind UW Health Digestive Health Center
Corner of University Avenue & University Row

Market Information

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Photography Mimics Vision
McPherson Eye Research Institute's
Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery
9th floor, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research
UW-Madison Campus

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ACS Fall National Meeting
San Diego, CA

Middleton Good Neighbor Festival
Middleton, WI

Friday: 5:00-9:00 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: Come see us in the parade!

Festival Information

Watch a short video taken at the Science is Fun table.

The Larry Meiller Show
11:00 a.m.
Wisconsin Public Radio

Science on Tap: The Emergence of CAR-T Cell Therapy
Presented by Christian M. Capitini, M.D.
UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and Carbone Cancer Center
5:00-8:00 p.m.
Union South - The Industry Room
UW-Madison Campus

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Science is Fun at Monona Public Library
6:00 p.m.
Monona, WI

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Reunion with former first-year chemistry students from 1993 and 2005.

ChemEd Conference
North Central College
Naperville, IL

Meeting Information

The SCIENCE IS FUN booth at the ChemEd 2019 exhibit.
Amanda Spiewak presents at the Climate Disruption: Carbon Dioxide, Ice, and Water workshop in Naperville.	The workshop included interactive, hands-on experiments related to climate.
Melting blue ice cubes.	Christina Marvin uses Lake Mendota in Madison as an example of how the winter ice duration on lakes has shortened over time.

Strang Day Camp
1:30-4:00pm
Madison, WI

Mornings on Mendota: Chemistry of Water in the Lab of Shakhashiri
10:30-NOON
Memorial Union Terrace
UW Madison Campus

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47th IUPAC World Chemistry Conference
Paris, France

Meeting Information

Science is Fun in Rio
3:00 p.m.
Rio Elementary School Gym
355 S. Lowville Road, Rio WI
Rio, WI

Presented by Rio Community Library

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Conservation Science: Solving Art Mysteries Through Chemistry
Dr. Gregory Smith
Senior Conservation Scientist, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
11:00 a.m.
Chemistry Building, Room 1315 Seminar Hall
UW-Madison Campus

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Science is Fun at the Westside Community Market
9:00am - 12:00pm
Located behind UW Health Digestive Health Center
Corner of University Avenue & University Row

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Uprooted: Plants in a Changing Climate
James Watrous Gallery
Overture Center for the Arts, 3rd Floor
201 State Street
Madison, WI

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Science is Fun at the Westside Community Market
9:00am - 12:00pm
Located behind UW Health Digestive Health Center
Corner of University Avenue & University Row

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Your Brain on Abstract Art
McPherson Eye Research Institute's
Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery
9th floor, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research
UW-Madison Campus

The subject of this exhibition is YOU, specifically how your brain interprets what you see and how abstract art affects your perception, memory, and emotions. Abstract art in a range of styles will include works by Chuck Bauer, Brian Besch, Pamela Callahan, Sue Jachimiec, Sue Johnson, Trent Miller, Judith Mjaanes, Ben Orozco, Sandra Peterson, and Rick Ross.

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Science is Fun at Highland Elementary School
1:00 p.m.
Highland, WI

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7th Annual McPherson ERI Endowed Lecture

3:00 p.m., Reception

4:00 p.m., Lecture: From Receptors to Behavior
Charles Zuker, PhD
Depts of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, and of Neuroscience
Columbia University

Mesozoic Garden
Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery Building
330 N Orchard Street
UW-Madison Campus

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ACS Great Lakes Regional Meeting
Lisle, IL

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Ernest Chamot and Prof. Shakhashiri. In 1969,
Bassam was Ernest's first chemistry professor,
as a freshman at the University of Illinois.
Ernest went on to have a career in chemistry.

The Wonder of Learning Wisconsin
Hosted by Preschool of the Arts, Madison Public Library, and Overture Center for the Arts, the exhibit is an unprecedented opportunity for educators, policymakers, and families to explore the incredible learning potential in the early years of childhood. Since its debut in 2008, more than 120,000 people have encountered The Wonder of Learning and engaged in professional development initiatives aimed at advancing knowledge and action for early childhood education.

The exhibit will be housed in the children’s room at the Central Library and the Playhouse Gallery at the Overture Center.

Madison Public Library
201 W. Mifflin Street
Madison, WI

Overture Center Playhouse Gallery
201 State Street
Madison, WI

Visitor Information

Wisconsin Alumni Association Sauk County Chapter Founders' Day
5:00 p.m.
Baraboo Country Club

With Wisconsin State Representative Dave Considine, 81st Assembly District

Tut and Nero: Wild on Wheels
Bela Sandor, Engineering Physics
UW-Madison Emeritus Faculty Lectures
2-3:00 p.m.
The Pyle Center
702 Langdon Street
Madison, WI

Leading to Homer’s riddles of Hector’s hearse:
The Iliad, Book 24 / Nicholas Richardson, 1993,
the gold standard of commentaries:

“…they brought out the nine-cubit-long yoke-binding,
along with the yoke. And the yoke they fitted properly
on to the well-polished pole…”

What’s a proper fitting, and a nine-cubit binding?

The solutions to the riddles emerge from a long story,
including Tut-chariots and the Ben-Hur/Messala race…

Emeritus Faculty Lecture: Eloquence and Eminence

2019 Take the Kids to Work Day
U.S. Geological Survey
Reston, VA

Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference
"Imagine And Adapt: Possibilities In A Changing World"
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
Madison, WI

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Speakers

Program

The Larry Meiller Show
11:00 a.m.
Wisconsin Public Radio

Christians, Climate and Culture with Katharine Hayhoe
7:00 p.m.
Upper House
365 East Campus Mall, Suite 200
UW-Madison Campus

Information and Free Registration

Katharine Hayhoe with (left) WISL's Christina Marvin, and (right) Bassam.

Science is Fun at Richland Schools
High School Presentation: 10:30 a.m.
Middle School Presentation: 1:00 p.m.
Richland, WI

Forum speaker Katherine Hayhoe: Climate change from a unique perspective
7:30 p.m.
Schofield Auditorium
UW-Eau Claire Campus

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UW-Madison Day at the State Capitol
Poster Session: 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Wisconsin State Capitol

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UW News Photo Gallery

With Wisconsin State Representative Gary Hebl, 46th Assembly District

Communicating Your Science Beyond Your Field – In Lay Language!
Noon - 1 p.m.
Genetics/Biotechnology Center, Room 1360
UW-Madison Campus

Presenters:
H. Adam Steinberg, Illuminating Discovery Educator (Wisconsin Inst. for Discovery; artforscience)
What info are you really sending? What are people receiving?
Terry Devitt, Director of Research Communications (UW Communications)
The art of science writing to enable understanding of complex ideas

More information on McPherson Eye Research Institute Seminar Series

CANCELED
Reaching, Teaching and Searching:
Science in Higher Education
Hosted by the
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters
8:15am - 4:15pm
Alumni Lounge
Pyle Center
UW-Madison Campus

Advanced registration required:
$50 for Academy Members and students and $70 for the general public

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Science Expeditions
UW-Madison Campus

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Engineering Expo
UW-Madison Campus

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ACS Spring National Meeting
Orlando, FL

Sunday, March 31
Science and society: Opportunities and challenges
Prof. Bassam Shakhashiri
4:20 p.m. 
Valencia Ballroom B-D / Theater 10 / Orange County Convention Center

Meeting Information

Mata Ortiz Pottery
Artistic Rebirth of a Mexican Village
Wellington & Muranyi Galleries
Monroe Arts Center
1315 11th Street
Monroe, WI 53566

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A Thousand Beautiful Dreams
7:30-9:00 p.m.
First Unitarian Society of Madison
900 University Bay Drive
Madison, WI

The University of Michigan-Flint Chamber Singers join the Festival Choir of Madison for this special performance.

Flint, Michigan has become a symbol of how social and environmental justice (and injustice) are intertwined. We welcome the University of Michigan-Flint Chamber Singers, under Dr. Gabriela Hristova, to join with us in presenting recent music that gives voice to the tragedies of the past and present, the promise of social equality and inclusion, and hope for the future of both our society and our planet.

More information, including how to purchase tickets

Science is Fun at St. Mary Catholic Schools
STEM Saturday
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Neenah, WI

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Fostering Community Appreciation of Science In and Out of the Classroom
Wisconsin Society for Science Teachers Conference
11:00 a.m.
Monona Terrace Convention Center

Conference Schedule

WSST Conference Website

The climate is changing: Investigating the effects on ponds, lakes, and oceans
A teacher workshop at the Wisconsin Society for Science Teachers Conference
9:00-11:00 a.m.
Monona Terrace Convention Center
Madison, WI

Instructors:
Bassam Z. Shakhashiri
Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy, Department of Chemistry, UW-Madison
Jerry A. Bell
Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy, Department of Chemistry, UW-Madison

Engage in hands-on activities and discussion you can use to introduce climate science concepts into the topics you already teach.

Climate science is complicated, but it is based on fundamental concepts from our more familiar sciences. So the complexity offers opportunities to integrate climate science into teaching the concepts already included in your courses. This workshop is designed to help you see how to fit climate science into what you are already doing. The hands-on activities focus on the properties of water (including phase change, heat capacity, solubility, and acid/base chemistry) and how these properties of Earth’s bodies of water are affected by human-caused increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, and the resultant global warming. Many of the activities will be directly usable or easily adaptable for use in your classroom. All the written and projected materials will be available to you electronically for use in your classrooms.

Climate Workshop Information

Register for the Conference

Conference Schedule

WSST Conference Website

Madison Symphony Orchestra League "Party of Note"
5:30-8:30 p.m.
Fluno Center
UW-Madison Campus

STEAM Fair at Madison Country Day School
3:30-5:30 p.m.
Waunakee, WI

The Wonders of Physics
times vary
2103 Chamberlin Hall
UW-Madison Campus

Wonders of Physics homepage

AAAS National Meeting
Washington DC

Bassam with (clockwise) Margaret Hamburg (AAAS President, former FDA Commissioner), her father David Hamburg (former AAAS president, former president Carnegie Corporation, former chair NSF Advisory Committee on science and engineering education when Bassam was NSF chief education officer), Shirley Malcolm (AAAS Director, Education and Human Resources Programs, former member National Science Board).

Concert at Chemistry
4:00 PM
UW-Madison Campus

The concert will feature two new compositions
(world premiere performances):
Songs of Discovery by Julian Pozniak
Three Petrarchian Sonnets by John F. Berry

Performers:
Mimmi Fulmer, Professor of Voice & Opera, UW-Madison School of Music
Julia Rottmayer, Asst. Adj. Professor of Voice, UW-Madison School of Music
John F. Berry, Viola, Professor of Chemistry, UW-Madison
Vincent Fuh, piano

Steinway grand piano provided by Ben Garber of Steinway & Sons, Madison

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Pianist Vincent Fuh opened the event with "Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental"	Mimmi Fulmer performed "Three Petrarchian Sonnets" composed by John Berry
Julia Rottmayer performed "Songs of Discovery," composed by Julian Pozniak	The show closed with John Berry on the viola, joining Vincent and Mimmi for "Two Songs, Op. 91"

No Belles
Performances at 3:30 & 7:30 p.m.
UW-Madison Campus

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(L to R) Actors Kira Batcheller and Kimberly Wilson, Prof. Shakhashiri, Artistic Director & Musician Michael Phillips, and Actor Jade Strong

Science is Fun at St. Peter Catholic School
1:00 PM
Middleton, WI

Science on the Radio
11:00 a.m.
The Larry Meiller Show on WPR

Apparatus: The Art of Scientific Glass
Curated by Glenn Adamson
Urban Glass
647 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Featuring work by: Steve Anderson, Dennis Briening, Tracy Drier, Jim Hodgson, Amy Lemaire, Robert Ponton, Sally Prasch and Michael Souza.

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A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the launch
of NASA’s Orbiting Astronomical Observatory-2
5:00-8:00 p.m. At
UW Space Place
2300 S. Park Street
Madison, WI

UW-Madison Three-Minute Thesis Competition
9:00-11am (reception to follow)
H.F. DeLuca Forum
Discovery Building
UW-Madison Campus

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Watch a video of the competition

Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri
1:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m.
Middleton Performing Arts Center
2100 Bristol Street
Middleton WI

This event is free and open to the public.

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Information

Watch online

Gallaher Lecture: Prof. Bassam Shakhashiri
7:00 p.m.
Brush Performance Hall
Giese Center for the Performing Arts
University of Mount Union
Alliance, OH

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An article from the Canton Rep

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Climate Science Concepts Fit Your Classroom
All day
UW-Madison Campus

The Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy is pleased to announce another series of workshops for high school science teachers and first-year college science faculty. WISL aims to enrich excellence in classroom activities and is offering two workshops on Climate Science in the Fall of 2018.

Information

Science Journalism in the Age of Fake News
Science Cafe
5:00 p.m.
Steenbock's On Orchard
Discovery Building
UW-Madison Campus

Registration requested at: discovery.wisc.edu/ScienceCafe

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National Chemistry Week Celebration
Phyllis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture by Prof. Shakhashiri
1:00 & 3:00 p.m.
Boston Museum of Science
Boston, MA

Hands-on activities are held from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm in the Blue Wing, Lower Level. Professor Shakhashiri's presentations are in Cahners Theater, Blue Wing, Level 2, at 1:00 and 3:00 pm.

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Read an article about the memorial lecture

Members of the Andover High School Chemistry Club from Andover High School with Bassam (from left to right): Justin Dao, Aadith Arasu, Adam McKnight, Duc Vu, Henry Dao, Jenny Shen.

Confronting the Challenges of Climate Change
Ted Brown 90th Birthday and Research Symposium
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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10th Annual Visual Science Poster Session
3:00-5:30 p.m., Poster Session
5:45 p.m., Distinguished Guest Lecture, Jeremy M. Wolfe, PhD
OMG, I did not see that! The science of missing what is right in front of your eyes.
Health Sciences Learning Center
750 Highland Avenue
UW-Madison Campus

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Wisconsin Science Festival
Madison, WI and Throughout the State

Friday, October 12:
Addressing Climate Change Interactive Session
3:45-5:15 p.m.
Discovery Building
330 N. Orchard St.
UW-Madison Campus
This talk is free but pre-registration is required.
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Saturday, October 13:
Science is Fun Exploration Stations
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Discovery Building
330 N. Orchard St.
UW-Madison Campus

Sunday, October 14:
Science is Fun Exploration Stations
10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Discovery Building
330 N. Orchard St.
UW-Madison Campus

Science is Fun Extravaganza
2:00 p.m.
Discovery Building
330 N. Orchard St.
UW-Madison Campus
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Festival information

The Hot Zone: A Look at the Environmental Protection Agency in the Era of Trump
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Discovery Building
DeLuca Forum
330 N. Orchard St.
UW-Madison Campus

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The Larry Meiller Show
11:00 a.m.
Wisconsin Public Radio

Listen to this broadcast

Science is Fun at Fitchburg Public Library
11:00 a.m.
5530 Lacy Road
Fitchburg, WI

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With Sophia Ciano Gwin, Age 10 Sophia's mother says: "You have inspired her to want to learn even more about Science. Thank you so much for coming to the library and making a difference in her life."

2018 Cool Science Image Contest Exhibition Opening Reception
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery
9th Floor, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research
1111 Highland Avenue
UW-Madison Campus

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Exhibition runs September 24-December 18, 2018

CHEMISTRY OF WATER
Explore the Science of Our Precious Resource
Science is Fun Exploration Stations
8-9:00 p.m.
Discovery Building, following the Crossroads of Ideas Lecture
UW-Madison Campus

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Climate Science Concepts Fit Your Classroom
All day
UW-Madison Campus

The Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy is pleased to announce another series of workshops for high school science teachers and first-year college science faculty. WISL aims to enrich excellence in classroom activities and is offering two workshops on Climate Science in the Fall of 2018.

Information

Instructors, participants, and guests from left to right: Instructor Mike Boll, Ron Perkins, Traci Marsolek, David Snyder, Rhonda Reist, Kayleigh Webber, Levi Hogan, Lorena Rios Mendoza, Amy Clement, Amanda Spiewak, Jennifer Bault, Amy Workman, Naomi Golden, David Eckstrom, Amy Kabrhel, Instructor Jerry Bell, Bill Heeren, Ceci Vollbrecht, Tim Corcoran, Kelly Kramer, County Executive Joe Parisi, Instructor Bassam Shakhashiri.

WaterFEST
Crossroads at Big Creek
4:00 p.m.
2041 Michigan St.
Sturgeon Bay, WI

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Watch a video of this presentation!

View a photo slideshow from the Green Bay Press Gazette

Science is Fun
12:15 & 1:00pm
Alma Area Schools
S1618 State Road 35
Alma, WI

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Science is Fun
1:00 p.m.
La Crosse Central High School
1801 Losey Boulevard S
La Crosse, WI

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Biennial Kavli Prize
Oslo, Norway

Learn more about the Kavli Prize Laureates

Watch video interviews with the 2018 Laureates

Bassam with Alan Alda in Norway	Bassam with his niece, science journalist Nadia Drake, in Norway

Science is Fun at the Westside Community Market
9:00am - 12:00pm
Located behind UW Health Digestive Health Center
Corner of University Avenue & University Row

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The Larry Meiller Show
11:00 a.m.
Wisconsin Public Radio

Good Neighbor Festival
Middleton, WI

Festival Information

Friday: Science is Fun Exploration Stations, 5-8 p.m.
Saturday: Science is Fun Exploration Stations, 4-8 p.m.
Sunday: Parade, beginning at Noon

ACS Fall National Meeting
Boston, MA

Bassam's Talks:

Sunday, August 19
1:35 p.m.
Sharing the joy of chemistry with kids of all ages:
Remembering Phyllis A. Brauner
Location: Seaport World Trade Center, Beacon Hill 1

Monday, August 20
11:25 a.m.
Citizen Science… For the benefit of Earth and its people
Location: Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Room 260

Science is Fun at the Westside Community Market
9:00am - 12:00pm
Located behind UW Health Digestive Health Center
Corner of University Avenue & University Row

Market Information

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Science is Fun at the Westside Community Market
9:00am - 12:00pm
Located behind UW Health Digestive Health Center
Corner of University Avenue & University Row

Market Information

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PEOPLE Program
Session 2, Week 2

PEOPLE is a college prep scholarship program for students of color and low-income students, most of whom are the first in their families to potentially attend college. Their journey prepares them to apply, be successfully admitted and enroll at the University of Wisconsin System institutions.

Program Information

Science is Fun at the Westside Community Market
9:00am - 12:00pm
Located behind UW Health Digestive Health Center
Corner of University Avenue & University Row

Market Information

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PEOPLE Program
Session 2, Week 1

PEOPLE is a college prep scholarship program for students of color and low-income students, most of whom are the first in their families to potentially attend college. Their journey prepares them to apply, be successfully admitted and enroll at the University of Wisconsin System institutions.

Program Information

Science is Fun hosts Spartan Day Camp
1:30pm
Chemistry Building
UW-Madison

Science is Fun
1:30pm
Community Room, DeForest Area Public Library
203 Library Street
DeForest, WI

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The Midwest Professional Karate Camp group enjoyed the Science is Fun demonstration.
Photo courtesy of Anthony Schnell

PEOPLE Program
Session 1, Week 2

PEOPLE is a college prep scholarship program for students of color and low-income students, most of whom are the first in their families to potentially attend college. Their journey prepares them to apply, be successfully admitted and enroll at the University of Wisconsin System institutions.

Program Information

ARTISTS Among Us — Opening Reception
5:00-7:00pm
Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery
9th Floor, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research
1111 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI

An exhibition featuring artworks from nine current or past faculty and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, whose artistic pursuits are avocation rather than vocation:  
Becky Brockman-Schneider, Holly Cohn, Wendy Crone, Mark Golbach, Ching Kung, Sue Medaris, Vickie Pierce, Jordan Siegler, and Elizabeth Way.

Exhibition runs June 18 - September 4, 2018

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PEOPLE Program
Session 1, Week 1

PEOPLE is a college prep scholarship program for students of color and low-income students, most of whom are the first in their families to potentially attend college. Their journey prepares them to apply, be successfully admitted and enroll at the University of Wisconsin System institutions.

Program Information

Science is Fun at the Westside Community Market
9:00am - 12:00pm
Located behind UW Health Digestive Health Center
Corner of University Avenue & University Row

Market Information

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Parks & Trails Unite Festival
10:00am-7:00pm, Rain or Shine
Lake Farm Country Park / McDaniel Park
Dane County, Wisconsin

Website

WISL Poster

Dane County Parks Flyer

Photos by Samantha Haas		With Burke Pinne, a student from Bassam's 2005 chemistry class.

Science is Fun
Kromrey Middle School
Middleton, WI

Microengineered Physiological Biomimicry: Human Organs-On-Chips
A talk by D. Dan Huh, University of Pennsylvania
3:30 p.m. (Reception)
4:30 p.m. (Lecture
Room 1220
Microbial Sciences Building
1550 Linden Drive
UW-Madison Campus

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Eugenie Mayer Bolz Family Spring Concerts Repertoire
2:00 p.m.
Mills Concert Hall
UW-Madison Humanities Building

Sunday's Youth Orchestra portion of this concert will feature Isabelle Krier on violin, who was a guest at the 2017 Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri.

Information

Climate Science Concepts Fit Your Classroom
A WISL Workshop for High School Science Teachers
Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

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Art Works: Visual Perception as a Tool
A new exhibit at the Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery
Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, 9th Floor 
Madison, WI

Opening reception January 25, 5-7:00 p.m.

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The Larry Meiller Show
11:00 a.m.
Wisconsin Public Radio

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Science is Fun
10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.
Van Brunt Elementary
Horicon, WI

Science is Fun at Kickapoo Middle School
11:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
Viola, WI

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Read a UW News article about our visit

An Evening with Geraldine Richmond
6:00 p.m.
Discovery Building
330 N. Orchard Street
UW-Madison Campus

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Climate Science Talk by Honorary Degree Recipient Dr. David Fahey
3:30 p.m.
2103 Chamberlin Hall
UW-Madison Campus

A reception will take place prior to the talk, beginning at 2:45

More Information on Dr. Fahey

March for Science Madison
3-7:00 p.m.
Start Point: James Madison Park
End Point: UW-Madison's Library Mall

Prof. Shakhashiri was one of the keynote speakers:
View his speech on YouTube
Read a transcript of his remarks 

Facebook Page

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Nelson Earth Day Conference
Up for the Challenge:
Innovation for People, Places and the Planet
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
Madison, WI

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Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra on Wisconsin Public Radio
The Midday Show
Noon
You can listen live on 88.7 FM in South Central Wisconsin or stream the broadcast here.

Learn more about Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras here.

Climate Science Concepts for Your Classroom
A WISL Workshop for High School Science Teachers
Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

Information

Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra on Wisconsin Public Radio
The Midday Show
Noon
You can listen live on 88.7 FM in South Central Wisconsin or stream the broadcast here.

Learn more about Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras here.

Climate Change: It's Unequivocal and It's Us
A UW-Madison Science Week Talk by Jerry Bell
4:30 p.m.
1361 Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

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Connecting Science and Society: Enlightenment and the Responsibilities of the Enlightened
A UW-Madison Science Week Talk by Bassam Shakhashiri
4:30 p.m.
1361 Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

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"There Would Be No Peace for Me if I Kept Silent": Exploring the Legacy of Rachel Carson for Our Time
A Talk by Dr. Sandra Steingraber
7:30 p.m.
Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, L160
800 University Avenue
UW-Madison Campus

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Science Expeditions
UW-Madison Campus

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Engineering Expo
UW-Madison Campus

On Saturday, April 7 this event is free and open to the public.

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The Opioid Epidemic: A State in Crisis
5:30 p.m.
H.F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building
330 N. Orchard Street
UW-Madison Campus

An interdisciplinary group of UW scholars, Randall Brown (Medical School), Susan Lederer (Medical History and Bioethics), and Amy Gilman (Chazen Museum of Art), come together to discuss the current opioid epidemic, which is making headlines nationally, in Wisconsin, and in Madison. Moderated by Steve Paulson.

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March for Our Lives
Washington D.C. and a community near you

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ACS Spring National Meeting
New Orleans, LA

Tuesday, March 20
Global Warming is Unequivocal: We must learn how to communicate the science of climate change to ourselves and also to non-science audiences
Talk by Bassam Shakhashiri
4:30 p.m.
Part of the symposium on Science and Its Perception
Room 346, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

Awards Reception and Banquet, 255th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans Marriott Hotel
Rodney Schreiner, Bassam, and Jerry Bell.	Bassam is presented with the 2018 Grady-Stack Award by 2018 ACS President and UW Alumnus Peter Dorhout (PhD '89), Chair of the ACS Committee on Public Relations and Communications Jennifer Maclachlan, and ACS Director-at-Large Wayne Jones.	Richard Zare, Jerry Bell, and Bassam.
Reception photos by Peter Cutts

Chemistry Olympiad
6:15 p.m.
Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

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WISL Undergraduate Intern Haley Olsen won "Demonstrator Extraordinaire"
in the 2018 US National Chemistry Olympiad Local Competition

Climate Science Concepts for Your Classroom
A WISL Workshop for High School Science Teachers
Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

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Color: Pixels, Palettes, and Perception
DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building
UW-Madison Campus

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UW-Madison Climate Change Symposium
2:15-5:15pm
Varsity Hall, Union South
UW-Madison Campus

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The Great Disruption:
Biologists, Revolutions, and the Values of Science ca. 1848
Prof. Lynn K. Nyhart
5:30 p.m.
Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, L140
800 University Avenue
Madison, WI

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Wonders of Physics
2103 Chamberlin Hall
1150 University Avenue
UW-Madison Campus

Attendance is free but tickets are recommended

Wonders of Physics Home Page

Climate Science Concepts for Your Classroom
A WISL Workshop for High School Science Teachers
Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

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Is the Scientific Method a Myth?
3:30 p.m.
Pyle Center, Alumni Lounge
702 Langdon Street
Madison, WI

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Science is Fun at Chavez Elementary School
Madison, WI

Science is Fun at Stoner Prairie Elementary School
Fitchburg, WI

Reading of Bela Sandor's Leo-Leo Galileo
7:00 p.m.
UW Lowell Center
610 Langdon Street
UW-Madison Campus

Attendance was free

The main themes of this historical drama are the intense rivalry of two powerful Cardinals for the Papacy, and their compelling need to control the politically toxic Galileo, a person they otherwise appreciate and admire. Galileo is subtly siding with both Cardinals, but the best he can get for himself is permanent house arrest, a virtual burial alive. The play is relevant in our world, where widespread anti-science beliefs cause societal conflict, regressive governmental actions are common, and freedom of expression is not assured.

2017 Cool Science Image Exhibition
Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery
Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, 9th Floor
Madison, WI

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48th Annual
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri
1pm on Saturday
1 & 4pm on Sunday
Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

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2017 Guests: Isabelle Krier, Renee Frontiera, Jim Maynard, Gery Essenmacher, Rodney Schreiner
Dr. Renee Frontiera (U of Minn.) discusses the Universal Indicator.	Now that's a hot book!	Bucky and the ammonia fountain.
Dr. Rodney Schreiner shows the audience element 48, Cadmium.	Cadmium Selenide glows in black light!	Carbon dioxide gas extinguishes the candle flames.
High school junior Isabelle Krier shows off some beautiful, color-changing liquids.		Isabelle also plays the violin.
Santa gives Bassam Van Gogh's Sunflowers, which was created using cadmium paints.	It was another great year!	These Daisy Girl Scouts from Argyle, led by Jody Moen, enjoyed the show.
	Bassam wears one of Santa's gifts: a Science is Fun bowtie!

Wisconsin Science Festival
UW-Madison and throughout the State of Wisconsin

Science is Fun Extravaganza at the Wisconsin Science Festival
2:00 p.m.
Discovery Place

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The Science is Fun group will also be hosting a hands-on/minds-on exploration table all four days during the festival's Discovery Expo, located in the Discovery Building at UW-Madison

Festival information

Science is Fun at the Westside Community Market
9:00am - 12:00pm
Located behind UW Health Digestive Health Center
Corner of University Avenue & University Row

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College of Wooster
Helen Murray Free Endowment Lecture
Gault Recital Hall, Scheide Music Center
Wooster, OH

TECHNICAL LECTURE (11:00 AM) - SCIENCE AND SOCIETY: OUR OPPORTUNITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PUBLIC LECTURE (7:30 PM) - SCIENCE IS FUN AND THE JOY OF LEARNING

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Read a news article from the Wooster website

Science is Fun at the School of St. Mary
Lake Forest, IL

National Chemistry Week
Phyllis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture by Prof. Shakhashiri
1:00 & 4:00 p.m.
Boston Museum of Science
Boston, MA

Admission to the museum is required. Free tickets to Dr. Shakhashiri’s show will be available on a first come, first serve basis. Tickets are available via advance reservation. To reserve tickets, please contact the NESACS secretary via email secretary@nesacs.org before October 10, 2017. Tickets will be available for pick-up in the lobby of the museum at the ACS table.

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Snoutout: Annual Chemistry Department Picnic
12-4pm
Rennebohm Park
Madison, WI

Science is Fun at the Westside Community Market
9:00am - 12:00pm
Located behind UW Health Digestive Health Center
Corner of University Avenue & University Row

Market Information

Do You See What (Eye) See?
A new exhibition at the McPherson Eye Research Institute's Vision Gallery
9th Floor
Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research
UW-Madison Campus

Summer Exhibition Opening and Ice Cream Social
Thursday, June 22
3:30pm - 6:30pm

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ACS Fall National Meeting
Washington, D.C.

Sunday, August 20
Advancing Graduate Education: Opportunities & Challenges
Grand Hyatt Washington, Independence C
Schedule
Abstracts

Tuesday, August 22
Theoretical Models of Chemical Bonding & Reactivity Spanning the Periodic Table: A Symposium in Honor of Roald Hoffmann
Bonding with Roald, Bassam Z. Shakhashiri
3:40pm
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152B

Tuesday, August 22
Science & Perception of Climate Change
Global warming is unequivocal: From Arrhenius to Keeling…facts are not enough to influence public sentiment, Bassam Z. Shakhashiri
10:10am
Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown, Meeting Room 3

Attendees of the 254th ACS National Meeting & Exposition in Washington DC had an opportunity to attend a lecture on the chemistry of drinking water by Dr. David Sedlak, Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Science & Technology and Environmental Science & Technology Letters. The lecture provides a tour of the U.S. through five very different glasses of drinking water, exploring the chemistry that determines the quality and availability of drinking water in each city. Dr. Sedalk’s lecture was seen live by more than 900 people.

Healthy, Tasty, or Toxic: A Chemist's View of Drinking Water
Dr. David Sedlak
Chair, ACS Global Water Initiative

Rotary Club of Madison
Second Annual Bring Your Child/Grandchild to Rotary Day
Noon
Park Hotel
Madison, WI

Read the Rotary newsletter announcement

View a video of Bassam's talk

View Bassam's Slides

Read the Rotary newsletter writeup

2017 ChemEd Conference
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD

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Dane County Farmer's Market
Capitol Square
Madison, WI

Dane County Farmer's Market
Capitol Square
Madison, WI

Science is Fun on the Terrace
Memorial Union Terrace
8:00 p.m.
UW-Madison Campus

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As Climate Changes, Southern States Will Suffer More Than Others
New York Times, 6/29/2017

UW-Madison French Camp for Youth
Les Petits Scientifiques!
1:30 p.m.
Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

Science is Fun at the Westside Community Market
9:00am - 12:00pm
Located behind UW Health Digestive Health Center
Corner of University Avenue & University Row

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Science is Fun at the Hatch Public Library
12:30 p.m.
111 West State Street
Mauston, WI

Library Information

News Article

Science is Fun at the Westside Community Market
9:00am - 12:00pm
Located behind UW Health Digestive Health Center
750 University Avenue
Corner of University Avenue & University Row
Madison, WI

Market Information

Bright Sights: Six Ways of Seeing
An exhibition showcasing works by six Wisconsin artists whose visual impairments inspire and enrich their art.
Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery
9th Floor, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research
UW-Madison Campus

Opening Reception: January 27th, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

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The Larry Meiller Show
11:45 a.m.
Wisconsin Public Radio

Science is Fun at Spring Harbor Middle School
Environmental Conference Day
8:55 & 9:45 a.m.
Madison, WI

Gery Essenmacher

Photo courtesy of the MMSD Family News letter

Friday Family Fun Night
5:30-7:00 p.m.
Hosted by King James Pilot Community Center
Fitchburg Firehouse 2
5415 King James Way
Fitchburg, WI

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Science is Fun at American Girl
for Take Your Child to Work Day
Middleton, WI

March for Science Madison
1:00-5:00 p.m.

Information

Video: Watch the keynote speeches

Video: Go direct to Prof. Shakhashiri's speech
Read a transcript of his remarks

Article: In science they trust, Isthmus

Members of Prof. Shakhashiri's Science is Fun group provided hands-on/minds-on interaction at the post-march gathering on Library Mall.
Science is Fun Group Members Lindsey Orgren, Amanda Zhao, and Gery Essenmacher

Photos courtesy of Gery Essenmacher

2017 Philadelphia Science Festival
Philadelphia, Penn.

Learn about the festival

Watch the excellent festival video

The Kathleen Dunn Show
2:00 p.m.
Guests Bassam Shakhashiri and Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha discuss the March for Science on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio

Listen to the show

11th Annual Nelson Earth Day Conference
Monona Terrace Convention Center
Madison, WI

This year's theme: Hope and Renewal in the Age of Apocalypse

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WISL was a conference partner and participated in the exhibition, with a Science is Fun table staffed by Gery Essenmacher.

The Art of Discovery
7:00 p.m.
Wisconsin Studio
Overture Center for the Arts
Madison, WI

An evening with three fellows of the Wisconsin Academy whose explorations in science have been aided by their imaginations.

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Bassam with fellow speakers Marcia Bjornerud, Laura Kiessling and Robert Mathieu

From the Wisconsin Academy Annual Report

Science is Fun for Kiel Science Students
Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

Engineering Expo
Events at 11:30 a.m. & 12:45 p.m.
Room 1610 Engineering Hall
UW-Madison Campus

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Edgewood College Family Science Night
6:30-8:00 p.m.

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Science Writer in Residence Public Talk: Erik Vance
"Telling Stories About Science Through the People It Touches"
4:00 p.m.
Red Gym
716 Langdon Street
UW-Madison Campus

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ACS Spring National Meeting
San Francisco, CA

Sunda, April 2: Public engagement and science literacy, a talk by Bassam Shakhashiri for the symposium "Celebrating Chemistry through Outreach: Honoring the legacy of Christine Jaworek-Lopes"

Monday, April 3: Once Upon a Christmas Cheery In the Lab of Shakhashiri: Public Engagement for 47 Years and Counting, a talk by Bassam Shakhashiri in the symposium "Chemistry through the Eyes of Non-Chemists: Evolution of the Public Perception of Chemistry"

Tuesday, April 4: ACS action needed to influence attitudes and behavior on climate change, a talk by Bassam Shakhashiri for the symposium "Science & Perception of Climate Change"
View the printed program for this symposium

Dr. Donna Howell (Park University) and Dr. Christopher Hobbs (currently at Texas A&M Kingsville, moving to San Houston State in the fall) attended Bassam's Monday talk.	With Prof. Pierre Laszlo

Science Expeditions
UW-Madison Campus

10am-2pm
Science is Fun Exploration Stations
Discovery Building

3pm
Science is Fun Spectacular
Room 1351 Chemistry Building

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Madison Country Day School STEAM Fair
3:30-5:30pm

Science is Fun at Madison Country Day School
2:45 p.m.

The Wonders of Physics
Shows at 1, 4, and 7 p.m. on Saturdays
1 and 4 p.m. on Sundays

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Science is Fun Session with the Cub Scouts
1:30 p.m.
Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

Science is Fun Session with Freeport High School Students
10:45 a.m.
Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

		From left to right, top to bottom: Prof. Shakhashiri, Jill Chipman, Gery Essenmacher, Sam Krerowicz, and Tor Odden. Photo credit: Liz Jesse

Science is Fun Bonanza
Join the Chemistry 350 participants as they showcase their favorite demonstrations!
3:30 p.m.
1361 Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

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Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri
Now in its 47th year!
Saturday, December 3 at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 4 at 1:00 & 4:00 p.m.
Chemistry Building, UW-Madison Campus

View the printed program and photos

Watch the 2016 program online now!

Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra Evelyn Steenbock Fall Concert
Featuring guest artists Kenneth Woods and Cynthia Woods
7:00-9:30 p.m.
River Arts Center
105 9th Street
Prairie du Sac, WI

For only the third time in their careers, WYSO alumni Kenneth Woods and Cynthia Woods (son and daughter of Claude Woods) will be performing on the same stage.

Tickets are $10 Adult, $5 Youth (18 & under), available at the door 45 minutes prior to the concert.

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Celebrating Teachers and Teaching
American Education Week
6:30-8:30 p.m.
UW-Madison Campus
Education Building

Read Bassam's remarks

Wisconsin Public Radio
Larry Meiller Show 
Madison, WI
11 a.m.

Science is Fun Presentation
UW-Madison hosted the 4th Graders from Tower Rock Elementary School in Sauk Prairie

Science is Fun and the Joy of Learning
Departmental Colloquium
UC-Santa Barbara

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Science is Fun Extravaganza
at the Wisconsin Science Festival
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Madison, WI

Visit wisconsinsciencefest.org for more event information.

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Screening of Percy Julian: Forgotten Genius
7:00 p.m.
The Marquee Cinema
Union South
UW-Madison Campus

This event is free and open to the public

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National Chemistry Week
Phylis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture
Boston Museum of Science
Boston, MA

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The 2016 Phylis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture at the Boston Museum of Science.		With Dr. Elissa (Blum) Rottenberg, and her children Nate and Maya. Elissa was a finalist in the 1990 Science Talent Search, during which she met Prof. Shakhashiri who sparked her interest in science education. She hopes to someday combine her career in clinical medicine with her passion for sharing the joy of science.		With Aaron and Ben Charnay from Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, encouraged by their chemistry teacher Michael Geyer to pursue careers in chemistry. Wonderful to know that they have already done most demonstrations in my  5-volume book series, "Chemical Demonstrations: A Handbook for Teachers of Chemistry."

Addiction is a Brain Disease, and It Matters for Society
A Neuroscience and Public Policy Program Seminar by Alan Leshner
3:00 p.m.
Biotechnology Auditorium, Rm 1111
Genetics & Biotechnology Center
425 Henry Mall
UW-Madison Campus

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A Conversation with Nadia Drake
Fall 2016 UW-Madison Science Writer in Residence
3:30 p.m.
Seminar Hall, Rm 1315 Daniels Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus
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Science journalist Nadia Drake is UW-Madison writer in residence

From the Amazon to Madison, new science writer in residence talks power of observation

Nadia Drake advises aspiring science writers with personal insights

Wisconsin Public Radio
Larry Meiller Show 
11 a.m.
Madison, WI

Spiders, Jaguars, Gold and the Uncontacted:
Tales from Reporting in the Peruvian Amazon
Nadia Drake
Contributing writer, National Geographic
4:00 p.m.
Red Gym 716 Langdon Street
(Check TITU for Room Number)
UW-Madison Campus

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Science journalist Nadia Drake is UW-Madison writer in residence

Harnessing Sight and Sound to Explore Complex Information
Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin 
5:45 p.m.
Health Sciences Learning Center Rm 1335
750 Highland Drive
UW-Madison Campus

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2016 Cool Science Image Exhibition Opening Reception
Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery 
(9th floor, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research) 
Madison, WI
5:00-7:00 p.m.

Exhibition runs September 12 - December 16, 2016

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2016 Kavli Prize Ceremonies
Oslo, Norway

The Norwegian Government hosted a black tie reception at Oslo City Hall
on Tuesday, September 6, in honor of the 2016 Kavli Prize Laureates.

Bassam and his daughter Elizabeth pose with Prof. and Mrs. Leiv Sydnes, who are wearing traditional Norwegian dress.	Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg

The 2016 Kavli Prizes have been awarded to:

Astrophysics
Ronald W.P. Drever, California Institute of Technology
Kip S. Thorne, California Institute of Technology
Rainer Weiss, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Neuroscience
Eve Marder, Brandeis University
Michael Merzenich, University of California San Francisco
Carla Jo Shatz, Stanford University

Nanoscience
Gerd Binnig, Former member of IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
Christoph E. Gerber, University of Basel, Switzerland
Calvin F. Quate, Stanford University

The Kavli Prizes recognize scientists for pioneering advances in our understanding of existence at its biggest, smallest, and most complex scales. Presented every two years, each of the three international prizes consists of $1 million. Laureates are chosen by committees whose members are recommended by six of the world's most renowned science societies and academies.

Learn more about the Kavli Foundation

Catching the Eye
Of McPherson Eye Research Institute Members
An exhibit exploring how vision research and the artistic eye align in artworks created or collected by members of the McPherson ERI.
Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery
9th Floor, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research
UW-Madison Campus

Opening Reception: June 22nd, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

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Examples from the exhibit, by Rodney Schreiner:

Wisconsin Public Radio
11 a.m.
Larry Meiller Show 
Madison, WI

Premiering on WPT's Wisconsin Channel:
Addressing Climate Change
A talk by Dick Smith and featuring Prof. Marc Fink, recorded during the 2015 Summer Forum on Chemistry & Society, with an intro by Prof. Shakhashiri
3:43 p.m. (airtime)

More upcoming videos from University Place, WPT's virtual lecture series

Premiering on WPT's Wisconsin Channel:
The World's Second-Most Popular Drug
A talk by Kevin Strang, recorded during the 2015 Summer Forum on Chemistry & Society, with an intro by Prof. Shakhashiri
4:03 p.m. (airtime)

More upcoming videos from University Place, WPT's virtual lecture series

Premiering on WPT's Wisconsin Channel:
Healthy Minds
A talk by Robin Goldman, recorded during the 2015 Summer Forum on Chemistry & Society, with an intro by Prof. Shakhashiri
4:20 p.m. (airtime)

More upcoming videos from University Place, WPT's virtual lecture series

Premiering on WPT's Wisconsin Channel:
Sustainability and Environmental Leadership
A talk by Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies Director Paul Robbins, recorded during the 2015 Summer Forum on Chemistry & Society, with an intro by Prof. Shakhashiri
3:36 p.m. (airtime)

More upcoming videos from University Place, WPT's virtual lecture series

Premiering on WPT's Wisconsin Channel:
Cardiovascular Health and Cholesterol
A talk by Prof. Patrick McBride, recorded during the 2015 Summer Forum on Chemistry & Society, with an intro by Prof. Shakhashiri
3:57 p.m. (airtime)

More upcoming videos from University Place, WPT's virtual lecture series

Awakening the Mind:
A Celebration of the Life and Work of Oliver Sacks
A livestream from the World Science Festival in New York
Livestream begins promptly at 7:00 p.m.
Orchard View Room, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus

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Turning on Learning
Free Family Night
Madison Children's Museum
Madison, WI
5:00-8:00 p.m.

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Premiering on WPT's Wisconsin Channel:
Two Arguments for Intelligent Design
A talk by Prof. Elliott Sober, recorded during the 2015 Summer Forum on Chemistry & Society, with an intro by Prof. Shakhashiri
4:15 p.m. (airtime)

More upcoming videos from University Place, WPT's virtual lecture series

Premiering on WPT's Wisconsin Channel:
Nutrition and Health
A talk by Prof. Emeritus Susan Nitzke, recorded during the 2015 Summer Forum on Chemistry & Society, with an intro by Prof. Shakhashiri
4:01 p.m. (airtime)

More upcoming videos from University Place, WPT's virtual lecture series

Shared Vision: Tales of Science Illustration
Exhibiting the transformations of "raw" scientific data into artwork that communicates scientific ideas

Artistic works by Kate Baldwin, Kandis Elliot, H. Adam Steinberg, and Laura Vanderploeg

Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery
9th Floor, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research

Opening Reception: January 27th, 5-7:00 p.m.

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Wisconsin Public Radio
11 a.m.
Larry Meiller Show 
Madison, WI

Listen to this broadcast

Everyone's Earth: Sharing Experiences on a Restless Planet
Wisconsin Academy's 10th Annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center

Information and Registration

How to Navigate Your Career In a Male-Dominated Field
Chemistry Alumni Seminar: Emily Dunkelberger
WISELI Seminar Series
9:00 a.m. Refreshments
9:30 a.m. Seminar
Rm 9341 Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

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Adventures in Science Journalism
Science Writer-in Residence Public Talk by Alexandra Witze
A Nature Correspondent on Reporting from the North Pole
to the Guatemalan Jungle
4 p.m.
4151 Grainger Hall
UW-Madison Campus

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USA Science & Engineering Festival
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.

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UW-Madison Engineering Expo
Science is Fun Presentations
Both Days at Noon
1600 Engineering Hall
UW-Madison Campus

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Hooked on Stories: Dissecting Your Brain's Addiction
A Guest Talk by Indre Viskontas
4:00 p.m.
Biotechnology Auditorium Room 111
Genetics & Biotechnology Center
425 Henry Mall
UW-Madison Campus

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UW-Madison Science Expeditions
Saturday, April 2: Science is Fun Exploration Stations
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
330 N. Orchard Street
UW-Madison Campus

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Soundwaves: The Importance of Three in Our World
Discovery Building
330 N. Orchard Street
UW-Madison Campus
7:30 p.m.

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What is Science?
Rodney Schreiner, Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy
Airing on WPT's Wisconsin Channel
4:02 p.m.

Watch online now

Wonders of Physics
Shows at 1, 4 and 7:00 p.m. on Saturdays; 1 and 4:00 p.m. on Sundays
2103 Chamberlin Hall
1150 University Avenue
UW-Madison Campus

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Wisconsin Public Radio
11:45 a.m.
Larry Meiller Show 
Madison, WI

Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri
Now in its 46th year!
Saturday, December 5 at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 6 at 1:00 & 4:00 p.m.
Chemistry Building, UW-Madison Campus

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View the printed program

Watch the program online
    More from WPT
     Behind the Scenes: Set Design with Philip Ashby
     A Quick Message from Prof. Shakhashiri

News Items:
Tickets available Oct.1 for Shakhashiri's science show via UW-Madison News
Chemist starts holiday season with bangs, controlled fires via The Daily Cardinal
Around Town: After 46 years, science show still inspires awe via the Wisconsin State Journal

Visit our Christmas Lecture page

Science on the Radio: Perpetual Notion Machine
7-7:30 p.m.
Airing on WORT-FM
Madison, WI

7th Annual McPherson ERI Vision Science Poster Session
3:00-5:30 p.m.—Posters & Reception
5:45-6:45 p.m.—Distinguished Guest Lecture by Profs Susana Martinez-Conde & Stephen L. Macknik of SUNY Downstate Medical Center
"Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions"
Rm 1335, Health Sciences Learning Center
UW-Madison Campus

Ockham's Razors: When is a simpler theory better?
Elliott Sober
UW Philosophers Tackle Contemporary Issues
7:00 p.m.
180 Science Hall
UW-Madison Campus

Free and open to the public
More information on the series is available here

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Science is Fun Extravaganza:
Grand Finale of the 2015 Wisconsin Science Festival
2:30-4:00 p.m.
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

The Science is Fun Extravaganza fosters public awareness and appreciation of science and the arts.  Join the celebrations with Bassam Shakhashiri, Rod Schreiner, the Madison Youth Choir, Flamenco dancers, and others. Come and experience spectacular demonstrations, charming voices, dynamic dancing, and more at the grand finale of the 2015 Wisconsin Science Festival.

More information on the festival is available on their webpage

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UW System Chemistry Faculties Meeting
Keynote Address: "Chemistry Research and Education for Wisconsin: Opportunities and Challenges" 
Noon
Executive Dining Room, Fluno Center
UW-Madison Campus

More information

Wisconsin Public Radio
11:00 a.m.
Larry Meiller Show 
Madison, WI

In response to a caller asking about home experiment resources for homeschooling,
Prof. Shakhashiri recommends the following websites:

Adventures in Chemistry from the ACS
Science Kids
Science Fun Kidzone
Red Tricycle
Scholastic Science Experiments
PBS Kids ZOOMsci

ACS Fall National Meeting
Boston, MA

View George Whitesides' talk, "Problems, Puzzles, and Inevitabilities in Research"
The Fred Kavli Innovations in Chemistry Lecture

Wisconsin Public Radio
11:00 a.m.
Larry Meiller Show 
Madison, WI

The Northern Lights Tour
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Various Locations in Wisconsin

At 5 venues in 5 towns in 5 days 14 researchers & outreachers will be sharing their science insights with folks in Sturgeon Bay, Marinette, Rhinelander, Ashland and Barron.

More information

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Wisconsin Public Television will be recording all 14 talks for later broadcast on the University Place series of WPT’s Wisconsin Channel. The talks will also be available anytime at wpt.org/universityplace

Chemistry and Society Summer Forum
Tuesday & Thursday Nights, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Rm 1315 Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

This summer forum on science and society deals with the role of chemistry in our daily lives and with the impact of chemistry on advancing the human condition and assuring the quality of life locally and globally.  Selected topics in the fundamentals of chemistry, including chemical composition, structure of molecules, bonding, properties, and reactivity will be introduced. Special emphases will be placed on water quality, atmospheric chemistry, and general energy concepts and principles. An essential part of the course will be engaging chemistry demonstrations and some hands-on activities. Invited speakers from selected areas of specialization will provide a rich perspective on the topics to be discussed. Chemistry 107 is not intended for students who expect to take additional chemistry courses and it does not satisfy any prerequisites for further chemistry courses. Pre-Reqs: No previous chemistry required. Open to the general public for learners of all ages above the age of 17.

More Information

Registration Page

News: University Summer Forums invite community to study chemistry, Chinese painting

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Science of Fireworks
**CANCELLED...More information here
Memorial Union Terrace
8:15-9:15 p.m.

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ComSciCon 2015
A science communication workshop for graduate students, by graduate students.
Cambridge, MA

Online application form (Deadline March 1)

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World Science Festival 2015
New York City

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Engineering Expo
9am-4pm on Thursday and Friday
9am-2pm on Saturday
1550 Engineering Drive
UW-Madison Campus
Ticket price: $5

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Photo Forensics
Distinguished Guest Lecturer Hany Farid
Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College

5:45-6:45 p.m.
Room 1125, DeLuca
Biochemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

More information

Wisconsin Public Radio
11:00 a.m.
Larry Meiller Show 
Madison, WI

Waterways: World Water Day Reception
Celebrating the art, science, and music of water
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Overture Center for the Arts, Wisconsin Studio
201 State Street
Madison, WI

More Information and Registration

13th Annual UW Science Alliance Open House
UW-Madison Campus

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“Chemistry in Service to Humanity and Earth”
WISL Special Seminar: Professor Leiv Sydnes
2004-2005 IUPAC President
Department of Chemistry
University of Bergen, Norway

3:30 p.m.
1315 Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

A reception will follow in the Shain Atrium

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Rameau the Theorist
7:00 p.m.
1315 Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

Chemist Rod Schreiner will demonstrate the principles of string vibration and sound propagation that influenced Rameau, and music theorist Lee Blasius will explain how Rameau used these principles to construct a comprehensive view of music.

The year 2014 marks the 250th anniversary of Jean-Philippe Rameau's death, and celebrations of the composer and music theorist's life are taking place in France and around the world. During the 2014-2015 academic year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music will join the celebration with a series of public events, consisting of performances and panel discussions.

View the full list of events

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32nd Annual Wonders of Physics
2103 Chamberlin Hall
1150 University Avenue
UW-Madison Campus

Saturday Shows at 1:00, 4:00 & 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Shows at 1:00 & 4:00 p.m.

For more information about The Wonders of Physics, see
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/wop.htm

A photo from the 2015 show

8th Annual Physics Fair
Featuring hands-on activities, demonstrations, and lab tours.
Saturday, February 14th from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information about the Physics Fair, please visit:
http://wonders.physics.wisc.edu/physics-fair.htm.
Tickets are NOT required to attend the Physics Fair.

Envisioning Responses to Climate Change
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Lecture Hall
227 State Street
Madison, WI

Reception 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Talk 7:00-8:30 p.m.

A special Wisconsin Academy talk that will bring hope for a better Wisconsin in light of climate change. Panelists Mrill Ingram, Chris Kucharik and Steve Carpenter will explore how tools like scenario-building, storytelling, and the arts can help us better envision our role in prospective responses to climate change.

Free and open to the public with advance registration.

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Wisconsin Middle School Regional Science Bowl
Union South
UW-Madison Campus

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Wisconsin Public Radio
11:00 a.m.
Larry Meiller Show
Madison, WI

Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri
A special 45th anniversary event
2:00 p.m.
Wisconsin Union Theater

View the event poster

View photos from the show

WATCH IT ONLINE NOW!

Opportunities and Challenges in Graduate Research and Education
3:30 p.m.
Mellon Institute Social Room
Carnegie Mellon University

27th Annual Faraday Lecture

"Science is Fun and the Joy of Learning"
7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 7:00 p.m.)
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
Pittsburgh, PA

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Flavor Chemistry and the Aroma of Success
Marie Wright
Vice President & Chief Global Flavorist
Wild Flavors, Inc
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Babcock Hall, Room 205
UW-Madison Campus

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Faculty Recital: Marc Vallon, bassoon
8:00 p.m.
Morphy Hall
UW-Madison Campus

The School of Music presents Rediscovering Rameau, a series of free events celebrating the works and music of French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau.

The year 2014 marks the 250th anniversary of Jean-Philippe Rameau's death, and celebrations of the composer and music theorist's life are taking place in France and around the world. During the 2014-2015 academic year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music will join the celebration with a series of public events, consisting of performances and panel discussions.

Rameau and Musical Expression
8:00 p.m.
Room 180, Science Hall
UW-Madison Campus

The School of Music presents Rediscovering Rameau, a series of free events celebrating the works and music of French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau.

The year 2014 marks the 250th anniversary of Jean-Philippe Rameau's death, and celebrations of the composer and music theorist's life are taking place in France and around the world. During the 2014-2015 academic year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music will join the celebration with a series of public events, consisting of performances and panel discussions.

The Sixth Extinction: The Legacy of the Anthropocene
Elizabeth Kolbert
Staff Writer at The New Yorker
7:00 p.m.
H.F. Deluca Forum
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus

Yale University
Tuesday, November 4:
Public Talk, 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 5:
Chemistry Talk, 4:00 p.m.

National Chemistry Week Celebration
Phylis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture 
Museum of Science
12:00-5:00 p.m.
Boston, MA

Wisconsin Science Festival
Various locations around the state
Headquartered at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus

Thursday, October 16
Communicating Science: Talk and Panel Discussion
Featuring faculty from the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science
at Stony Brook University
2:30-4:30 p.m.
Discovery Building
UW-Madison Campus
More information

Saturday, October 18
Science is Fun Extravaganza
10:00 a.m.
Room 1351 Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

Bassam with Sylvia Speidel	Engaging the public in the joy of science

Saturday, October 18
Theodore Gray Presentation
11:15 a.m.
Room 1351 Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus

Bassam with Theodore Gray

View the poster for the chemistry events

Festival website

The Restless Brain
Wednesday Nite @ the Lab
A Talk by Marcus Raichle
Professor, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis

View this talk

Wisconsin Public Radio
11:00 a.m.
Larry Meiller Show 
Madison, WI

McPherson Eye Research Institute

6th Annual Vision Science Poster Session
3:30-5:30 p.m.
Health Sciences Learning Center
750 Highland Avenue
UW-Madison Campus

"Photo Forensics"
Distinguished Lecturer Hany Farid
Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College
Health Sciences Learning Center
Room 1306
750 Highland Avenue
UW-Madison Campus

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Opportunities and Challenges in Graduate Research and Education
A WISCAPE Event
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Room 159 Education Building

View the interactive event poster

Watch the video

Tricks of the Trade: How to Give Your Best Presentation
Patrick Sims
Professor, Department of Theater and Drama

10:00am-NOON
1360 Genetics/Biotechnology
425 Henry Mall
UW-Madison Campus

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The Wonders of Physics: The Physics of Plasma
A special adults-only fundraising event

Town Center, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus
6:00-9:00 p.m.
Tickets: $75

Details and ticket information

248th ACS Fall National Meeting
Advancing Chemistry and Communicating Chemistry:
Looking Around and Looking Ahead with Bassam Shakhashiri
Monday, August 11
8:00 am. - 5:15 p.m.
Moscone Center, South Building, Esplanade Ballroom 304
San Francisco, CA

View symposium details

View the symposium booklet

Access the presentations via Presentations on Demand (ACS web login required):
Morning Session
Afternoon Session

Symposium participants who joined us for the morning session (L to R): Alan Leshner, Ron Perkins, Deborah Blum, Harry Gray, Bassam, Thomas Barton, Brian Coppola, Roald Hoffman, Jerry Bell and Rodney Schreiner
Jerry Bell	Bassam Shakhashiri	Rodney Schreiner
Brian Coppola	Nadia Drake	Frank Drake and John Wright
Roald Hoffmann	Cora Marrett	Ron Perkins
Elizabeth Reynolds	Geraldine Richmond	George Whitesides
Deborah Blum	Larry Faulkner	Harry Gray
Photos above courtesy of Amahl Drake and Libby Dowdall.
Prof. Choon Ho Do of Sunchon National University (left) and Prof. G. H. Song of Korea National University of Education (right) with Bassam at the San Francisco meeting.

Saturday Science at Discovery: Wade into Water
Explore the many roles water plays in our lives:

• Learn why water is essential to life on Earth
• Investigate limnology, the study of inland waters like our local lakes
• Explore the economics of water
• Observe the water cycle
• And more!

Town Center, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus
10:00 a.m. to Noon

Website

IUPAC's 23rd International Conference on Chemical Education
Toronto, Canada

Sunday, July 13
Viktor Obendrauf Plenary Demo Lecture
"Science is Fun and the Joy of Learning"

Photos courtesy of Dr. Morton Z. Hoffman

Tuesday, July 15
Chemistry for All Citizens of Planet Earth:
Creative Ways of Communicating Chemistry Symposium
"Advancing Chemistry and Communicating Chemistry…
For the Benefit of Earth and Its People"

View the website

Science is Fun on the Memorial Union Terrace
A fun event for the whole family!
Memorial Union
UW-Madison Campus
8:15-9:15 p.m.
Featuring Prof. Mike Leckrone and members of the UW Marching Band

View the poster

View an NBC15 news report on the event

Edgewood Summer Science Camps for Children
Sonderegger Science Center
Edgewood College Campus
Madison, WI

Ages 3-14

Camp themes include: Biomimicry: Nature as Teacher; Blood and Guts, Brains and Bones Science; Body Art; Crafty Science, Earth Encounters; Forensics; Light & Lasers; Paleontology and Geoscience Institute; Problem Solved!; Science Theatre Fusion; Strategy Games: These make Monopoly look like child's play!; Strategy Games: Strategic Thinkers Unite!; Why, Mommy, Why? Little People, Big Questions; Wingra Water Explorations

More information

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Wisconsin Public Radio
11:00 a.m.
Larry Meiller Show 
Madison, WI

Resilient Wisconsin Day
A Wisconsin Academy forum on our climate, energy, and water future
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Varsity Hall, Union South
UW-Madison Campus

Sponsored in part by WISL

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USA Science and Engineering Festival
A Free Event!
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.

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From Research to Action: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education
Susan Rundell Singer
Director, NSF Division of Undergraduate Education

1111 Genetics/Biotechnology Center Auditorium
UW-Madison Campus
12:00-1:00 p.m.

More information

The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars:
Dispatches from the Front Lines
Len Robock Annual Lecture
Michael E. Mann
Distinguished Professor of Meteorology
Director, Earth System Science Center
Penn State University

Ebling Science Symposium Center
Microbial Sciences Building, Room 1220
1550 Linden Drive, UW-Madison Campus
7:00 p.m.

More information

Read a news item about the lecture

Capturing Nature: Instruments, Specimens, Art
Chazen Museum of Art, Mayer Gallery
UW-Madison Campus

More information

A Symposium on Science and Creativity
With Kim Stanley Robinson
A Special Event from the Center for the Humanities
7:30 p.m.
Town Center, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus

More information

Edgewood's 12th Annual Family Science Night
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Sonderegger Science Center
Edgewood College Campus
Madison, WI

View the informational flyer

Wisconsin Public Radio
11:45 a.m.
Larry Meiller Show 
Madison, WI

Science is Fun and the Joy of Learning
and
Chemistry Seminar: Enlightenment and the Responsibilities of the Enlightened
Hope College
Holland, MI

Thank you for your wonderful seminar tonight at Hope College before a packed auditorium! Your enthusiasm for science and learning is infectious. All the kids, young and "not-so-young", enjoyed it and learned something new!  My brain has indeed changed. Several photos are attached, in commemoration of your talk. We look forward very much to your continued visit and seminar about "Enlightenment" on Friday. Thank you also to Jim Gentile, Donna Sova, Mike Pikaart, Graham Peaslee, and audience-participant Mike Seymour for helping make this event such a success! Dr. William F. Polik Hofma Professor of Chemistry and Chairperson Department of Chemistry Hope College Holland, MI

Founder's Day
"Bucky Badger and the Joy of Learning"
6:00 p.m.
St. Louis

More information

WAA St. Louis Chapter Website

247th ACS Spring National Meeting
Dallas, TX

Monday, March 17, 8:00 a.m.
Benefits of Chemistry in Our Lives
View detailed schedule
Why is it important to maintain the public image of chemistry? (Thomas Barton)
Contributions of chemistry to energy and transportation (William F. Carroll)
View the presentation (ACS login required)
Conversations on chemistry and the environment: Engaging chemists and the public (Bassam Shakhashiri)
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Communication and entertainment without chemistry (Attila Pavlath)
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Bio-responsive molecules: Formidable weapons in medicine's arsenal (Ned Heindel)
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How chemistry has improved our food supply (Elizabeth Ann Nalley)
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Tuesday, March 18
Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management:
Symposium in Honor of William F. Banholzer
View presentations (ACS login required)

Wednesday, March 19, 8:30 a.m.
Changing Atmospheric Chemistry: Environmental Implications of Land-Air Interactions
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Climate Change Challenges: Responsibilities of Chemists and the ACS (Bassam Shakhashiri)
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The ACS Climate Science Toolkit (Jerry Bell)
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Organic emissions from terrestrial ecosystems: Their role in the Climate System and interactions with emissions from human activities (Alex Guenther)
Disruption of Forest-Atmosphere Interactions Related to Changing Atmospheric Chemistry (Walter Shortle)
Adaptation of higher plants to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration (James Bunce)
View the presentation (ACS login required)
Non-enzymatic decomposition of lignocellulose by brown rot fungi and the role it plays in carbon sequestration and cycling (Barry Goodell)

204th Conference of the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium
Keynote Speech—"Education: Opportunities and Our Responsibilities In and Out of the Classroom"
8:30-9:30 a.m.
Collin College, Central Park Campus
McKinney, TX

Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers Annual Conference
Appleton, WI

WSST website

Resources for science teachers from WISL

Writing the Human Body: From Research to Narrative in Popular Science
Florence Williams, Contributing Writer, Outside Magazine
4:00 p.m.
Union South
UW-Madison Campus

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SoundWaves: Wood You Could You?
7:00-9:00 p.m.
H.F. DeLuca Forum at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus

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The Postdoc Years: Promises, Opportunities, and Reality
A talk by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Chemistry Building, Rm 9341
UW-Madison Campus

AAAS Exclusive Webinar: The Electrifying World of Nicola Tesla
11:00 a.m.
More information

Register for the webinar

Submit questions via Twitter at #AAASwebinar

The Wonders of Physics
With Prof. Clint Sprott
2103 Chamberlin Hall
UW-Madison Campus

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Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri
UW-Madison Chemistry Building

Shows at 1 p.m. on Saturday; 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. on Sunday

Learn more about this event

View the poster

View the program booklet

College of L&S News:
Tickets available for Christmas chemistry shows

The show will air during the holiday season on public television:

December 22 at 7:00 a.m. (On WPT)
December 25 at 2:00 p.m. (On WPT)
December 27 at 9:30 a.m. (On WPT)
December 21 at 5:00 p.m. (On The Wisconsin Channel)
December 29 at Noon (On The Wisconsin Channel)

Bassam kicks off the show by igniting some balloons, always a crowd pleaser.	Lecture demonstrator Jim Maynard performs the N2OCS2 demo in the dark.	"Let me just check the instructions for the next demonstration in this book ..."
The Briggs-Rauscher Reaction features dramatic color changes.	Prof. Marc Fink and Hinano Ishii visit the lab for a musical interlude.	Dr. Rodney Schreiner has collaborated on 43 of the 44 Christmas Lectures.
How did the flame leap up the stairs?	Some young science fans greet Bassam after the show.	Fr. John Silva and students from Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School, Monona

SoundWaves: Color in Sight and Sound
7:00 p.m.
HF DeLuca Forum in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus

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How a Changing Climate Is Changing Our Wisconsin Way of Life
A Wisconsin Academy panel discussion, exploring strategies for cultivating resilience in the face of rapid change.
UW-Madison Campus

View a video of the panel discussion

ACS On Campus
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus

Tuesday, October 29
Science Café
"Climate Change and You: Facts, Challenges, and Responsibilities"
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Rm 1255—DeLuca Forum
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus

View the poster

Please visit the website for location and speaker information as well as additional details.  The event is free, but registration is required in order to attend.  Questions can be sent to acsoncampus@acs.org. 

Share your thoughts and pictures with the ACS on Campus community on Facebook and Twitter. Give us a shout-out with @ACSonC and use the hashtag #ACSatUMD.

National Chemistry Week Celebration
Phylis A. Brauner Memorial Lecture
Museum of Science
Boston, MA
1:00-5:00 p.m.

Students from Berwick Academy in Maine who made the trip to Boston for National Chemistry Week

The Heinz Heinemann Memorial Lecture
By Bassam Shakhashiri
"The Rewards and Responsibilities of Freedom"
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Philadelphia, PA
5:30 p.m.

Watch the video

Chemistry Imagined: Correlations
An exhibition of Vivian Torrence's collages, from her "Chemistry Imagined" project with chemist Roald Hoffmann.

Gallery 1308
Union South
UW-Madison Campus

Opening reception August 18, 6-8 p.m.

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Wisconsin Science Festival
Madison, WI

Learn more about this event

Thursday, 9/26
Opening night event with Ira Flatow (more details TBA)
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Watch Ira Flatow's talk

Friday, 9/27
Science Friday with Ira Flatow Live Broadcast
1:00 p.m.
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

Saturday, 9/28
Science is Fun Presentation with Bassam Shakhashiri, Roald Hoffmann
and Rodney Schreiner
10:00 a.m.
Chemistry Building, Room 1351

View poster of featured events

The Wisconsin Academy will be hosting two festival events:
Science & Society: An Academy Fellow Showcase
The Archaeology of Wisconsin Landscapes

An article on the festival from The Badger Herald

Watch: WPR Presents the 9XM Players in Forbidden Planet Decoded

Watch: Chemistry Imagined: Connecting Art and Science

Watch: The Poisoner's Guide to Life with Deborah Blum

Wisconsin Public Radio
11:45 a.m.
Larry Meiller Show 
Madison, WI

Edgewood Summer Camps for Children
Sonderegger Science Center
Edgewood College Campus

Age groups, subjects, dates and registration deadlines vary:
Click here for more information

The Science of Flashes and Bangs
Saturday Science at Discovery
10:30 a.m.
The Forum at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus

View the Flashes and Bangs poster

View the Saturday Science poster: Science of Astrobiology

Read the UW news release

Read the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel article

Build your own virtual fireworks display

Science and Fireworks: Sights and Sounds for Independence Day
With Prof. Mike Leckrone and members of the UW Band
8:00 p.m.
Memorial Union Terrace
UW-Madison Campus

View the poster

Read the UW news release

Build your own virtual fireworks display

With Mike Rauls, Sauk Prairie High School chemistry teacher and UW Alumni.

Edgewood Summer Camps for Children
Sonderegger Science Center
Edgewood College Campus

Age groups, subjects, dates and registration deadlines vary:
Click here for more information

Wisconsin Public Radio
11:00 a.m.
Larry Meiller Show 
Madison, WI

Advancing Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences
Stony Brook University
Chemistry Building, Room 412
Stony Brook, New York
1:00-2:20 p.m.

View the poster

Live Ideas: The Worlds of Oliver Sacks
New York Live Arts
New York City

Schedule of Events

11th Annual Edgewood Family Science Night
Sonderegger Science Center
1000 Edgewood College Drive
Madison, WI
6:30-8:00 p.m.

View the Flyer

Learn more about science outreach at Edgewood

Science Expeditions 2013
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus

More Information

Science is Fun Extravaganza Airing on WPT's Wisconsin Channel
2:00 p.m.

The Center for Complexity & Collective Computation Presents:
The Origin of Life
A Free Evening Public Lecture
Paul Davies, Beyond: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, ASU
7:00 p.m.
Deluca Forum
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus

View the poster

Wisconsin Public Radio
11:00 a.m.
Larry Meiller Show
Madison, WI

ACS Webinar:
Advancing Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences
2:00-3:00 p.m. EST
www.acswebinars.org (No fee, but registration is required)

Dr. Larry R. Faulkner, Commission Chair
President Emeritus, University of Texas

Dr. Jacqueline K. Barton, Commission Member
Professor & Chair of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Cal Tech

Dr. Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, Moderator
2012 ACS President; Department of Chemistry, UW-Madison

Learn more about the report

Concert at Chemistry:
Celebrating WISL Fellow Marc Fink's Promotion to Emeritus Professor
12:15 p.m.
Seminar Hall, Room 1315
UW-Madison Chemistry Building

Featuring performances with Marc Vallon and Richard Lottridge, bassoon; Linda Bartley and James Smith, clarinet; Daniel Grabois and Douglas Hill, horn; and students in the oboe and bassoon studios.

View the poster

View the program booklet

The Well-Tempered Ear blog posts about the concert

Darwin Days 2013
The Mating Game: Reproductive Evolution in the Natural World

The Wonders of Physics and Physics Fair
2103 Chamberlin Hall
UW-Madison Campus

More Information

Online Ticket Form

Chemistry Department Colloquium:
Advancing Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences
With Bassam Shakhashiri and William Banholzer
3:30 p.m.
Seminar Hall, Room 1315
UW-Madison Chemistry Building
A reception will follow in the Shain Atrium

View the poster

ACS Webinar
Ignorance: Why Science Shouldn't Start with a Hypothesis
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET

More Information

Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri
Shows at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. both days

More Information

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Color: More Than Meets the Eye
Gallery talk and demonstration with chemist Dr. Rodney Schreiner
In conjunction with the Wisconsin Science Festival
James Watrous Gallery
Overture Center for the Arts
4:30 p.m.

Learn more about the ongoing "About Seeing" exhibition

Wisconsin Science Festival
Various locations around Madison
Festival full program of events

Join us for a Science is Fun Extravaganza, put on by Prof. Shakhashiri as part of the 2012 festival!
Saturday, Sept. 29
10:00 a.m.
1351 Daniels Chemistry Building
View a flyer for this event

Read a Wisconsin People & Ideas article on the festival

Tenth Irving Shain Chemistry Colloquium
Thomas J. Meyer
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, UNC-Chapel Hill
"Our Energy Future: Science and Technology Challenges of the 21st Century"
1315 Chemistry (Seminar Hall), UW-Madison Campus
3:30 p.m.

View the poster

Truth Values: One Girl's Romp Through MIT's Male Math Maze
An award-winning hit solo show, written and performed by Gioia De Cari
Mitchell Theatre, Vilas Hall
821 University Avenue
7:30 p.m.

For information on tickets and more, view the poster

McPherson Eye Research Institute 4th Annual
Vision Science & Visual Art Poster and Gallery Session
Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) Atrium
UW-Madison Campus
3:30-5:30 p.m.

Distinguished guest lecture by Christopher Tyler
Head of Brain Imaging
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
HSLC Rm 1335
5:45-6:45 p.m.

View the poster

244th ACS National Meeting & Exposition
Philadelphia, PA

Presidential Symposia and Events

ICE Fun with Chemistry Camp:
Fun with Chemistry

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ICE Fun with Chemistry Camp:
Fun with Forensic Chemistry

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ICE Fun with Chemistry Camp:
Fun with Chemistry of Superheroes

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ICE Fun with Chemistry Camp:
Fun with Food Chemistry

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Science is Fun Summer Extravaganza
Room 1351 Daniels Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus
5:30 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.
More information

2012 World Science Festival
New York City

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The Marvelous Molecules of Marzen, Maibock and Mild: The Beautiful (Bio)Chemistry of Beer
Charles Bamforth, Anheuser-Busch Professor of Brewing Science at UC-Davis
12:15 p.m.
Rm 1315 Chemistry
UW-Madison Campus

View the poster

Neil deGrasse Tyson Appearance
Inaugural UW-Madison Senior Day
Memorial Union Terrace
3:00 p.m.

Read a news item about his appearance

Lee Marek and Kid Scientists on Letterman
The Late Show with David Letterman
CBS, 10:35 p.m.

Saturday Science at Discovery
"The Science of Sound" with a special performance by Opera for the Young
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
10 a.m. to Noon

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2nd USA Science and Engineering Festival
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.

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Chemistry Dept. Colloquium: The Analytical Olympics
Caroline K. Hatton, Ph.D.
Former Associate Director, UCLA Olympic Laboratory
3:30
Seminar Hall (Rm 1315 Chemistry)
UW-Madison Campus

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Grand Opening Celebration for "Global Warming: Facts and Our Future"
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Monona, WI

This state-of-the-art, interactive exhibit was originally designed by the National Academy of Sciences for the Koshland Museum in Washington, D.C. It's launch here celebrates the opening of a new facility at the nature center, and was made possible by a grant from the Madison Community Foundation.

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Family Science Night
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Sonderegger Science Center
Edgewood College

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10th Annual Science Expeditions
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery and other campus locations

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Harry Kroto Seminar and Colloquium
Thursday, 3:30 p.m.
Room 1361, UW-Madison Chemistry Building
Chemistry Seminar: Carbon in Nano and Outer Space
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Friday, 3:30 p.m.
Room 1361, UW-Madison Chemistry Building
Department Colloquium: Science, Lost in Translation?
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Eye Research Institute Seminar: Color Science and Theory
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
WIMR Conference Room 3001A
1111 Highland Avenue
UW-Madison

Rodney Schreiner, PhD (Chemistry)
"Color: It's All in Your Head"

Theresa Kelley, PhD (English)
"Material Color in 18th Century Color Theory and Practice"

Taking a Scientific Approach to Science and Engineering Education
A Public Lecture by Carl Wieman
Policy Associate Director, Science Division
White House Office of Science and Technology
2:00 p.m.
Deluca Forum, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Town Center

This special talk will be followed by a public reception.

Zooming Out: New Tools for Probing the Historical Record and the Human Genome
A Research Seminar by Erez Lieberman Aiden
Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows and Visiting Faculty at Google
White House Office of Science and Technology
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Union South (Check TITU for more information)
UW-Madison Campus

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Technical Studies of Cultural Heritage: The Artist as Alchemist
A talk by Dr. Lynn Brostoff, Library of Congress
12:15 p.m.
Room 1315 Chemistry
UW-Madison Campus

STEM Education for an Innovative Workforce
Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
12:00 p.m.
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The George Washington University
Professor Shakhashiri visits the Teaching & Learning Collaborative
Washington, DC

Part I: Enlightenment and the Responsibilities of the Enlightened
Corcoran 101
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Part II: Science is Fun and the Joy of Learning
Monroe 111
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

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"Sustainable Growth" is an Oxymoron
A lecture by Rudy Baum
Editor-In-Chief, Chemical and Engineering News

Airing on Wisconsin Public Television's Wisconsin Channel
4:00 p.m.
Click here to view this program on the web

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Read Rudy Baum's writeup about his visit (C&E News subscription needed)

Fusion Science Theater's "Race to the Glow"
Madison College West Campus, Room 110
302 S. Gammon Road, Madison
Shows are at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Email rsvp@fusionsciencetheater.com to reserve your free tickets!

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The Wonders of Physics
2103 Chamberlin Hall, UW-Madison Campus
Saturday shows at 1pm, 4pm and 7pm
Sunday shows at 1pm and 4pm

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Chemistry Department Concert
All proceeds will be donated to Partners in Giving

Seminar Hall, Rm 1315, Chemistry Building
UW-Madison Campus
4:00 p.m.

Tickets are $5

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The Best of "Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri"
Airing on Wisconsin Public Television
4:30 p.m.

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Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri

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"Sustainable Growth" Is An Oxymoron
A talk by Rudy M. Baum
Editor-In-Chief, Chemical & Engineering News
3:30 p.m.
Seminar Hall (Room 1315 Chemistry)

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Read Rudy Baum's writeup about his visit (C&E News subscription needed)

Bassam introduced Rudy before his talk, and presented him with a sifting and winnowing plaque.	Rudy speaks with Emeritus Prof. Charles Casey (2004 ACS president), Prof. Eric Strieter and Prof. Laura Kiessling (editor in chief of the ACS Chemical Biology journal).

Wisconsin Science Festival
Madison, WI

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The Origins and Significance of the Periodic Table
A talk by Eric Scerri, UCLA Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
11:00 a.m.
9th Floor Lounge, Room 9341 Chemistry
UW-Madison Campus

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Fun with Chemistry Camp
At the Fun with Chemistry camp, each day begins with exciting chemistry demonstrations during the general assembly, followed by two hours of laboratory experiments, and a period of group discussion. The daily topics include: the elements; acids and bases; ions and chromatography; metals and alloys; and crystals and polymers.

Fun with Inventions Camp
In Fun with Inventions Chemistry campers will learn about chemistry and engineering concepts such as heat and temperature, electricity, energy storage, and nanotechnology. They use this new knowledge to create their own inventions and then market them to their peers during presentations the last day of camp. Parents are welcome to attend the presentations.

Science of Fireworks
Memorial Union Terrace
8:15-9:00 p.m.

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Fireworks show a backdrop for fabulous science lessons (UW News)

Fun with Forensics Science Camp
Each day of the Fun with Forensics Science camp participants will gather evidence, learn forensic science techniques, and employ the scientific method to solve mysteries and crimes. Guest speakers from forensic science related careers enhance the program's connection to real-life science.

World Science Festival
New York City

Tickets on sale beginning April 28, 2011

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2011 Science Olympiad
Hosted by UW-Madison

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TWO Science Investigation Shows in ONE HOUR:
"That's the Way the Ball Bounces"
& "The Burning Question"
Studio Theater (Room 206A)
Madison Area Technical College, Truax Campus
3550 Anderson St., Madison

Performances at 10am & 1pm

A donation of $3 for adults and $1 for children is suggested.

Reservations are recommended.  To reserve your seat please email Info@FusionScienceTheater.org or call (608) 561-1649.

Engineering Expo
UW-Madison Campus

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"The Many Psychologies of Global Warming"
Weston Roundtable Series with Bill Blakemore of ABC News
2650 Humanities Building
UW-Madison Campus
4:15-5:15 p.m.

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13th Annual Undergraduate Symposium
Memorial Union
UW-Madison Campus
9:00am - 5:00pm

Science Expeditions

Science and technology come alive at UW-Madison with an exciting day of hands-on Exploration Stations, intriguing Science Spectaculars, and more. All events are free.

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Science in Theatre: Stage Reading of Foreplay by Carl Djerassi
Town Center at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
UW-Madison Campus

This event is part of the UW-Madison Year of the Arts.
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"The Way the Ball Bounces"
A Fusion Science Theater Science Investigation
Madison Children's Museum
100 N. Hamilton St. right off the Capitol Square
10:00-10:30 a.m. & 11:00-11:30 a.m.

Admission to the show is FREE but there is a fee to enter the Children’s Museum.

28th Annual Wonders of Physics
with Prof. Clint Sprott
2103 Chamberlin Hall
1150 University Avenue
UW-Madison Campus

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Darwin Day 2011
An International Celebration of Darwin, Science and Humanity

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Chemistry Department Colloquium: Author Deborah Blum
4:00 p.m.
Room 1351 Chemistry
UW-Madison Campus

The Pulitzer Prize-winner and UW Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication professor will discuss her newest book, The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York