Health and Wellness
Today, May 13, 2026
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Wellness Wednesdays
The Wisconsin Union
12-4 p.m.
The Well - Room 233 (scan in with your Wiscard), Union South
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Summer Stroll: An Evening of Nature and Writing with CHASM
“What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” - Mary Oliver
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Picnic Point trail at UW-Madison Lakeshore Preserve
Thursday, May 14, 2026
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Pediatrics Grand Rounds
Odell Lecture 2026: Genetically Modified Immune Effector Cells as Personalized Medicine for Childhood Cancer
7:30-8:30 a.m.
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Zu Rhein Lecture: "Clues from Pathology for Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease"
Dr. Thomas Montine, Stanford University
12-1 p.m.
Friday, May 15, 2026
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Frontiers in Vision Research + Ophthalmology Grand Rounds - In-Person
Krzysztof (Kris) Palczewski, PhD, University of California-Irvine, "Rewriting the Code of Life"
7-8 a.m.
Saturday, May 16, 2026
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Ecological Restoration Work Party
Arboretum Grady Tract
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Meet at Grady Tract parking lot (SE corner Seminole Hwy & W Beltline Frontage Rd), UW–Madison Arboretum
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Tour of Allen Centennial Garden
Join us on a 45 to 60 minute tour of the garden.
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 17, 2026
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Nature Hike in the Wingra Oak Savanna
Arboretum
1-2:30 p.m.
Meet at Arbor Dr parking lot (off Monroe St), UW–Madison Arboretum
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Family Nature Program: Flower Power
Arboretum
1:30-3:30 p.m.
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
Monday, May 18, 2026
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Precision Medicine Seminar Series
"Liquid Biopsy Approaches for Monitoring Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases" a lecture with Iwijn De Vlaminck, PhD
12-1 p.m.
2798 Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research
Also offered online
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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Global Health Institute (GHI) Global Health Tuesday Webinar
Cannabis and One Health: Connecting People, Planet, and Policy
All day
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The Lakeshore Nature Preserve Frautschi Center: A Living Building Within a Living Landscape
Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve 25th Annual Meeting
6:30-9 p.m.
Unitarian Meeting House, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison, WI 53705
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Thursday, May 21, 2026
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Ob-Gyn Department Research Day
7:20-11 a.m.
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Pediatrics Grand Rounds
Poverty as a ‘Druggable’ Target: A Subspecialty Framework for Health Equity Research
7:30-8:30 a.m.
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Pathology Grand Rounds - "Concepts in Renal Pathology: Inspiration for the Aspiring Renal Pathologist"
Carla Ellis, MD, MS, FASCP, FASN - Northwestern University
12-1 p.m.
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Biocore Prairie Sky Walk
with the Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve
8:30-10:30 p.m.
Picnic Point entrance kiosk, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000 University Bay Drive, Madison WI 53705
Friday, May 22, 2026
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Ophthalmology Grand Rounds - Virtual
Patricia Campos, MD, "Stop the Melt: Management of Corneal Perforations;" James Law, MD, "Sight for Sore Eyes - Orbital Infectious Disease"
7-8 a.m.
Saturday, May 23, 2026
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Ecological Restoration Work Party
Arboretum Wingra Oak Savanna
9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Meet at Arbor Dr parking lot (off Monroe St), UW–Madison Arboretum
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Class: Bluebirds and the Arboretum Trail
Arboretum
1-3 p.m.
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum