Viroqua Restaurant Keeps Positive Attitude About Food, Quality Ingredients

Dispatches from Our Own Wisconsin: Dani Lind of Rooted Spoon Dani Lind, owner and head chef of Rooted Spoon, leverages her local agricultural connections to bring quality ingredients to the small town of Viroqua, Wisconsin. …

Seminar Alumni Receive Distinguished Teaching Awards

Four Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants have received Distinguished Teaching Awards this year, an honor that recognizes their teaching and celebrates their hard work. William Brockliss, WIS’13, is an associate professor of classical and ancient near …

Freshwater Scientist Makes Waves in Green Bay

Sarah Bartlett, Water Resources Specialist at NEW Water — a water resource utility serving Northeast Wisconsin that cleans 38 million gallons of clean water per day — is collaborating with the Wisconsin Idea Seminar to …

James Deline Followed an Unusual Path to Become a Wisconsin Country Doctor

Dr. James Deline, a central fixture in the La Farge community, has practiced medicine in Vernon County for nearly 40 years. Deline works at the intersection of rural and Amish healthcare, and sees many rare …

Emboldening the Wisconsin Idea through Education

Lyn Macgregor, associate director of the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies, is a community sociologist. She participated in the 2017 River Tour and collaborated with the 2019 River Tour. Macgregor received her B.A. …

Seminar Collaborator James DeLine Plays Essential Role in Rural Healthcare

Dr. James DeLine, a rural healthcare provider in Wisconsin’s southwestern Vernon County, shares his experiences of practicing family medicine since 1983. DeLine works closely with specialists at UW-Madison to provide unique genetic testing for Plain …

WIS Collaborator and Pediatric Immunologist Developing Genetic Screening Tailored to Amish Newborns In Wisconsin

  Dr. Christine Seroogy, a pediatric immunologist and associate professor at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, heads a project  funded by the UW-Madison Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, to pinpoint the unique genetic disorders …