Learning about the state we serve
Claudia Irene Calderón (left, WIS ’17) and Amaya Atucha (right, WIS ’15) from the Department of Horticulture are teaming up this summer to teach a course on wine and winemaking. The course will be offered this summer from June 18th through August 12th on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5-7:30. The course, Horticulture 375: Discovering the …
The 2018 Wisconsin Idea Seminar is set to visit Mystic Valley Dairy in Sauk City as it begins the 5-day tour of the state. Owner Mitch Breunig will give a tour of the farm covering topics like cow comfort, sustainability, dairy economics, and his farm’s research collaborations with UW–Madison. One such collaboration has been the …
Only in the Humanities building can one wander down a hallway and be treated with delight to the sounds of voice and instruments as students practice for upcoming performances. Down one of these hallways you might find David Ronis, the Karen K. Bishop Director of University Opera and assistant professor here at UW–Madison. Originally from …
The Wisconsin Idea Seminar will once again be hitting the road May 14-18 for this year’s Big Lake Tour. Take a peek inside the plans for the 2018 Wisconsin Idea Seminar and learn about the Seminar’s Milwaukee-based collaborators who discuss dementia from the perspectives of Latino and African American communities. Read more.
The 2018 Wisconsin Idea Seminar is slated to take a trip to the regional Milwaukee office of the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute to learn about Milwaukee-based community leaders and Latino and African American families who are partnering around the creation of dementia friendly communities and care in Wisconsin. While visiting, participates can look forward to hearing …
Al Castro is a passionate social worker who brings humor and empathy to his work as the Health Research Program Director for the United Community Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Thousands of individuals benefit from the United Community Center, which focuses on serving the Latino population on Milwaukee’s south side. Castro plays an important role in …
The office shelves of the Dean of the Graduate School are filled with books about molecular immunology and cytokines—no surprise, perhaps, because Dean William Karpus is a professor of pathology and microbiology-immunology from Northwestern University. He also served as the associate dean of student affairs at Northwestern’s Graduate School, leading him to come to Madison …
In a lab filled with test tubes and microscopes the last thing one may expect to see are grape seeds and cranberry vines. However, this is necessary as Amaya Atucha and her team are studying the cold hardiness of fruit crops to better understand fruit crop physiology and production. Atucha serves in three main roles: …
Leslie Orrantia, director of community relations for the UW–Madison’s Chancellor’s Office, participated in the 2017 Wisconsin Idea Seminar’s River Tour. Read her Q&A with the Capital Times on her community engagement and what she values about her job.
School of Veterinary Medicine professors Amelia Munsterman and Fernando J. Marqués participated in the 2017 Wisconsin Idea Seminar. UW News recently featured them in their New Faculty Focus series.