Science

The Recovery Innovation Technology Summit (RITS)

8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Auditorium (1111), Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building

Pathology Seminar

Melanie Staffenson & Beniah Brumbaugh (CMP Student Presentations)

9-10 a.m.

1325 Health Sciences Learning Center

Ecological Restoration Work Party

Arboretum Curtis Prairie Area Seed Collecting

1-3 p.m.

Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum

Language of Lipids: Host-microbiome cross-talk through lipid metabolites

Robert Quinn -- Michigan State University | Host: Federico Rey

3:30-4:30 p.m.

Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences

Biology Colloquium: Anne Pringle

Rethinking Baker’s articulation of an “ideal weed” with fungi: What enables a mushroom to invade?

3:30-4:30 p.m.

B302 Birge Hall

WARF Careers and Beers: Science and Law

1st of a 3-part series of events, exploring alternative science career options.

5-6:30 p.m.

Orchard View Room, 3rd Floor, Discovery Building

Inside Out -- Art of Medical Illustration

Exhibition at Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery

All day

9th floor Vision Gallery, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research

Bioblitz at the Lakeshore Nature Preserve

Join in the fun!

6 a.m.-9 p.m.

Picnic Point entrance kiosk, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000 University Bay Drive, Madison WI 53705

Ecological Restoration Work Party

Arboretum Curtis Prairie Area

9 a.m.-noon

Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum

Fall in the Native Plant Garden

Arboretum Garden Tour

1-3 p.m.

Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum

Full Moon Night Walk

Arboretum

6:30-8 p.m.

Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum

Scenic Stroll

Arboretum

1-2 p.m.

Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum

Fascinating Fungi

with the Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve

1:30-3 p.m.

Picnic Point entrance kiosk, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000 University Bay Drive, Madison WI 53705

Inside Out -- Art of Medical Illustration

Exhibition at Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery

All day

9th floor Vision Gallery, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research

AOS/CPEP Joint Colloquium – Adam Sobel

Usable climate risk science: motivation, examples, and a proposal

3:30-4:30 p.m.

811 AOSS, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building
Also offered online

Oral History: What is it? And how do I do it?

All day

340 Steenbock Library
Also offered online

Inside Out -- Art of Medical Illustration

Exhibition at Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery

All day

9th floor Vision Gallery, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research

2026 Fall Community Conversation: How Food Shapes Brain Health As We Age

Hear insights from experts including researchers from Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago and the University of Wisconsin, as well as a chef from Wisconsin’s Ho-Chunk Nation. Attend in person or online.

4:30-7:30 p.m.

WI DNR Career Preview Day

Explore a wider range of career opportunities with more unit leads and hiring managers.

5:30-7:30 p.m.

STEM Commons , Steenbock Library

CANCELED – Ecological Restoration Work Party

Arboretum Faville Prairie Seed Collecting

9:30-11:30 a.m.