Science
Today, October 12, 2026
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AOS Colloquium – Ian Eisenman
Reevaluating Arctic amplification and climate sensitivity across climates from Snowball Earth to an ice-free hothouse
3:30-4:30 p.m.
811 AOSS, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building
Also offered online
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
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CANCELED – Ecological Restoration Work Party
Arboretum Faville Prairie Seed Collecting
9:30-11:30 a.m.
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FRESH Food Safety Webinar
Demystifying the buzz around non-alcoholic beer: Exploring the pathogenic, spoilage, and regulatory risks around this emerging beverage class
10:30-11:30 a.m.
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Fearless Science Forum: How do Scientists know what they know
4-5 p.m.
H.F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building
Also offered online
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
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36th Institute on Aging Annual Colloquium
Presented by the UW–Madison Institute on Aging
8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
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Sci-prov: The Workshops - Listening & Empathy
Free workshop - better science communication through improv!
2-4 p.m.
1145 Discovery Building
Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Nature Explorers - Join the WiSciFest BioBlitz
Unleash your curiosity with the 2026 Wisconsin Science Festival BioBlitz
All day
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Ecological Restoration Work Party
Arboretum Grady Tract Seed Collecting
1-3 p.m.
Meet at Grady Tract parking lot (SE corner Seminole Hwy & W Beltline Frontage Rd), UW–Madison Arboretum
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Interruptions & mixed signals: disrupting chemical conversations phytopathogenic Ralstonia rely on to colonize plants
Rebecca Schomer -- University of Arizona | Host: Michael Thomas
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
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Biology Colloquium: Robert Jinkerson
Engineering plant form and function to produce the foods of the future
3:30-4:30 p.m.
B302 Birge Hall
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WARF Careers and Beers: Science and Industry
2nd of a 3-part series of events, exploring alternative science career options.
5-6:30 p.m.
Orchard View Room, 3rd Floor, Discovery Building
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Science on the Square
Join us in downtown Madison on October 15th, 2026 from 5-9pm to kick-off the 16th Wisconsin Science Festival!
5-9 p.m.
Downtown Madison
Friday, October 16, 2026
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Nature Explorers - Join the WiSciFest BioBlitz
Unleash your curiosity with the 2026 Wisconsin Science Festival BioBlitz
All day
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Info Session: STEM Public Service Fellows
STEM grad students & postdocs: learn more about this professional development opportunity.
1-2 p.m.