From arcade games to storytelling to stargazing, the 2016 Wisconsin Science Festival will feature something for everyone across 200-plus events Oct. 20-23. Now in its sixth year, the festival continues to grow, with activities spanning …
Outreach
Crystal growing contest gives middle, high school students a peek inside UW-Madison chemistry department
Interdisciplinary Team Grows Functional Vocal Cord Tissue in the Lab
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have succeeded in growing functional vocal-cord tissue in the laboratory, a major step towards restoring a voice to people who have lost their vocal cords to cancer surgery or other injuries. …
Ilia Guzei featured in Wisconsin State Journal’s Blue Sky Science
The Wisconsin State Journal has featured director of crystallography at UW-Madison, Ilia Guzei, in a new piece, Blue Sky Science: How are crystals made? The segment opens up with nine-year old Abby Webb of Mineral …
Wisconsin Science Festival Coming Oct. 22-25
The 2015 Wisconsin Science Festival will be held Oct. 22-25 at the Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard Street, as well as at various locations across campus and throughout the state. Professor Bassam Shakhashiri and the …
Tickets available Oct. 1 for Shakhashiri’s science show
University Summer Forums invite community members to study chemistry, Chinese painting
High School Students Visit Campus for Wisconsin Crystal-Growing Competition Awards Ceremony
Today, students and teachers from across the state visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry for an awards program and tour as part of the Wisconsin Crystal-Growing Competition. This spring, about 500 students and teachers …
Professor Bassam Shakhashiri Discusses the Wisconsin Idea on WPR
Professor Bassam Shakhashiri appeared as a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Larry Meiller Show on Monday, April 13. The episode, “Triumphs and Failures of the Wisconsin Idea in the Area of Science,” is now posted …
Watch Professor Bassam Shakhashiri’s 45th Annual Holiday Lecture
A video of Professor Bassam Shakhashiri’s 45th annual holiday science demonstration event, “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, in the Lab of Shakhashiri,” is now available from Wisconsin Public Television. Since 1970, Shakhashiri has wowed crowds of …