Lectures
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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Design for Non-Designers
Episode 5: Intentionally Left Blank – You Are the Designer
9:55-11:50 a.m.
816 State St - Main Lobby, Wisconsin Historical Society
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Science Reporting in Interesting Times: A View from the Fishbowl
Virtual Speaker: Dan Vergano, Senior Editor, Scientific American
12:05-12:55 p.m.
1420 Microbial Sciences
Thursday, February 19, 2026
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Re-kindling Old Flames: Fire, Plant Reproduction, and Population Dynamics in Tallgrass Prairies
Arboretum Winter Enrichment Lecture
10-11:30 a.m.
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
Friday, February 20, 2026
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Ophthalmology Grand Rounds - Virtual
Yasmin Bradfield, MD, "Strategies for Pediatric Myopia Control;" Dara Baker, MD, "The Monster Within: An Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Endophthalmitis"
7-8 a.m.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
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Design for Non-Designers
Episode 6: Design for All the Senses
9:55-11:50 a.m.
1150 University Ave - Room 5310, Chamberlin Hall
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Dire Wolves, Dodos, and Dinosaurs: Media Messages and Public Perceptions of De-Extinction
Virtual Speaker: Paul Brewer – Professor, Department of Communication, University of Delaware
12:05-12:55 p.m.
1420 Microbial Sciences
Thursday, February 26, 2026
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State Parks: Valuing the Invaluable in a Time of Austerity
Arboretum Winter Enrichment Lecture
10-11:30 a.m.
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
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Model Collapse: Art, AI, and the Seductions of Hallucination
A Special Event with Kris Paulsen
5-6:30 p.m.
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Apple Seminar Series
Featuring Dr. Michael W. Apple
5:30-7 p.m.
Wisconsin Idea Room (159 Education), Education Building
Friday, February 27, 2026
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Visiting Scholars Program Lecture Series: Gaza and the US Academy: Scholasticide and Educational Resilience in Palestine
A lecture by Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Rice University
12-1:30 p.m.
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CSEAS Friday Forum: Akarath (Ake) Soukhaphon
Dams and Difference in Ethnic Lao Spaces of the Mekong River Basin
12-1:30 p.m.
206, Ingraham Hall
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
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Reporting on Immigration in Times of Crisis
Wisconsin and Beyond with Melissa Sanchez
6:30-8 p.m.
Play Circle, Memorial Union
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
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Design for Non-Designers
Episode 7: Work on What You Love. What If It’s Not About Us?
9:55-11:50 a.m.
1401 Observatory Drive, Washburn Observatory
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Seeing Risk: Visual Science Communication and Ice Safety in a Changing Climate
Speaker: Nan Li – Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences Communication, UW-Madison
12:05-12:55 p.m.
1420 Microbial Sciences
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
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University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center Annual Research Retreat
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All day
Atrium, Health Sciences Learning Center