Nancy Langston, a professor of environmental history at Michigan Tech in Houghton, Michigan, shares how she finds inspiration to fight climate change in the collaborative efforts–past and present–of Native communities who live along the shores …
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Viroqua Chef Luke Zahm New Host of WPT Show
Chef Luke Zahm, owner of Driftless Cafe in Viroqua since 2013, is the new host of “Wisconsin Foodie” on Wisconsin Public Television. His episodes will begin in January 2020. The 2019 Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants …
2019 Wisconsin Idea Seminar photo essay highlights state’s rivers
Rivers shaped our learning during the Wisconsin Idea Seminar 2019 River Tour, where over five days and 600 miles 40 faculty and academic staff made stops at some of Wisconsin’s famous waterways: the Milwaukee, the …
Baker Carries on Family Traditions at Sherman Phoenix
Adija Greer-Smith, owner of Confectionately Yours at the Sherman Phoenix shared the origins of her business with the 2019 Wisconsin Idea Seminar. Learn more from her interview with The Shepherd Express.
Increasing African-American representation in the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Project (WRAP)
Wisconsin Idea Seminar 2018 collaborators Gina Green-Harris and Stephanie L. Houston, together with others, produced a new opinion article in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. “Addressing Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease and African-American Participation in Research: An …
WIS’19 Alumnus Fields Writes About Korea DMZ for The Washington Post
David P. Fields, associate director of the Center for East Asian Studies at UW-Madison, authored “How Korea was divided and why the aftershocks still haunt us today” in The Washington Post. “Understanding who divided Korea …
WIS’17 alumna Prabhakar receives young investigator award for structural material work
Pavana Prabhakar participated in the 2017 Wisconsin Idea Seminar.
Seminar alumni Hicks and Tinjum partner with rural school on sustainable system
As part of UW–Madison’s UniverCity Year partnership with Green County, a team from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s senior capstone design course is proposing a renewable energy system to help offset Juda School’s …
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The Wisconsin Idea Seminar team is seeking a communications intern! Our communications intern will hone their writing and image-making skills and meet folks across the state who are making a difference in their communities. The …
WIS16 Alum James Tinjum Brings Light to Solar Energy in Puerto Rico
James Tinjum of the Department of Engineering Professional Development is biking around the Upper Midwest to increase awareness of solar energy and raise funds for a solar project at a shelter for abused children …