The Wisconsin Science Festival has officially kicked off its 2026 season with the unveiling of this year’s theme, Us. Turning the focus inward, this year’s feature explores the science of who we are, what it means to be human, and what we are capable of. Event host registration is now open, and the festival will take place October 15–25, 2025.
Interdisciplinary artist Viviane Silvera illuminates the science of memory by turning it into an experience. Silvera will be at UW-Madison April 13-24 as the Division of the Arts Spring 2026 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence, in partnership with the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID), for a packed slate of appearances, workshops, discussions and screenings, including Crossroads of Ideas (April 22) at WID and a discussion with writer Dale Kushner and WID Writer-in-Residence Michelle Wildgen April 23 at 5 pm at the
The Marie Christine Kohler Fellows are proud to announce the opening of the “Genetic Symphonies: The Building Hox of Life” exhibit, currently located at the UW–Madison Genetics Department. Graduate students Katharine Hubert and Sharon Tang created the interactive Art+Science Fusion exhibit at UW Makerspace during their participation in the Marie Christine Kohler Fellowship at the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery (WID).
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