WID Partners with City of Madison to Bring Science Art to City Streets
WID is connecting UW scientists with artists to create science-themed murals across the city of Madison.
Tag: creativity
WID’s collaborative community depends on creative solutions to problems. By engaging artists, humanists, and researchers from the social sciences, WID teams can develop innovative and creative approaches to big problems.
WID Alumna Lynda Barry Named MacArthur Fellow
Former Discovery Fellow Lynda Barry has been awarded a 2019 MacArthur Fellowship. The fellowship, also known as a genius grant, provides a $625,000 stipend to be used as the fellow sees fit.
What is the Emerging Tech Hub at WID?
Hyperinnovation profiles a recent networking event devoted to development of WID’s nascent Emerging Technologies Hub.
Contreras: Belonging or Owning: Relationships to Science
Ginger Contreras is the executive director of the Illuminating Discovery Hub at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. She will participate in a panel discussion at the Wisconsin Science Festival titled Who Owns Science? Representation, Inclusion, Culture and the Scientific Enterprise on Wednesday, October 17 at 2:00 pm in the H.F. …
Meet Tiny Earth Director Sarah Miller
Sarah Miller was named the executive director of Tiny Earth this spring. We sat down with her to learn about her background and the future of Tiny Earth.
WSJ: Wisconsin Institute for Discovery to Bring Scientific Street Art to Madison
The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and the Madison Arts Commission are teaming up to create street art to boost interest in science, technology, engineering, the arts and math.
Know Your Madisonian: Illumination is Goal of Discovery Hub Director Ginger Contreras
Ginger Ann Contreras, executive director of the Illuminating Discovery Hub at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at UW-Madison, is working to help create science-themed murals in Madison and promote accurate and diverse portrayals of scientists in entertainment.
WID Biologist Takes Top Prize in Bioethics Cartoon Contest
Rush Dhillon, a comparative biologist working with the John Denu Lab at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, took the top prize in a contest that invites participants to make a cartoon on any ethical issue arising in or from biomedical research.
Kohler Fellows Talk “Facts” on WORT Access Hour
Three members of the Kohler Fellows met and prerecorded a spontaneous and animated discussion of the concept of “facts.” They were biochemist and geneticist Ana Lindahl, English literature student Julie Dauer, and neuroscience-and-public policy student Andrew Merluzzi. The recording took place live in the WORT studios on Wednesday, December 7th.
WID Launches a New Web Experience
The work being done at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery does not end in the lab or with research publications, and it goes beyond the science and engineering that happens in the Discovery Building every day. WID is more than a collection of researchers — it is a collaborative community …
Illuminating Discovery Hub
WID researchers improve the dialogue between scientists and the public about science and engineering and facilitate discourse about the role of science in society, and the image of scientists.
Stories
The important work done in WID’s collaborative network does not end with publication in scientific journals. A key part of WID’s mission is to share our discoveries with our community and the world — here, we tell the story of our unique approach to scientific inquiry, our connections on campus and …
Q & A: New WID Director Jo Handelsman on Returning to UW, Leading Institute
Handelsman talks about the global challenges the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery is addressing, where the interdisciplinary research institute has been in its first seven years, and what its future looks like.
Marie Christine Kohler Fellows @ WID Co-sponsor European Refugee Film at Wisconsin Film Fest
The screening of Stranger in Paradise will feature a panel discussion at Sundance Cinema 6 on April 4th at 6:30pm.
Tools for Discovery: Carla Michini
Tools for Discovery is a regular profile series that inspects the computer programs, gadgets, and methods behind WID’s ideas and discoveries.
Tools for Discovery: Erik Wright
Tools for Discovery is a regular profile series that inspects the computer programs, gadgets and methods behind WID’s ideas and discoveries.
Tools for Discovery: Hallah Ghanem
Tools for Discovery is a profile series that inspects the computer programs, gadgets and methods behind WID’s ideas and discoveries. This special installment follows a unique career trajectory taken by one of our staff.
Barry named UW-Madison’s Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art
Associate Professor Lynda Barry, an award-winning author and cartoonist with the School of Education’s Art Department, has been chosen as UW-Madison’s first recipient of the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art.
Seminars Showcase the Best of WID’s Collaborative Environment
The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery’s SILO and Qbio Seminars pull researchers from across campus for engaging interdisciplinary talks in mathematics and quantitative biology.
Tools for Discovery: Karen Schloss
Tools for Discovery is a regular profile series that inspects the computer programs, gadgets and methods behind WID’s ideas and discoveries.
Kohler Fellows @ WID Build Academic Communities Without Barriers
Applications are now open for the 2016-17 Kohler Fellowship as the fellows seek to build upon the past year’s successful events and activities.
Lynda Barry at NASA: Drawing to Infinity and Beyond
In April, cartoonist and assistant professor of interdisciplinary creativity at WID Lynda Barry brought a heavy dose of creativity — and her unique perspective on storytelling — to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Tools for Discovery: Srikanth Pilla
Tools for Discovery is a monthly profile series that inspects the computer programs, gadgets and methods behind WID’s ideas and discoveries.
Marie Christine Kohler Fellows Co-sponsor Herzog Documentary for Wisconsin Film Fest
Lo & Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016) will feature a panel discussion at Sundance 6 on April 19th at 6:30pm.
Tools for Discovery: Philip Poon
Tools for Discovery is a regular profile series that inspects the computer programs, gadgets and methods behind WID’s ideas and discoveries.