Virtual Taliesin - A Beautiful Reality
Guests of the Living Environments Laboratory at WID spent an evening in the CAVE exploring the immersive 3D Virtual Taliesin.

   

 Read about how LEL combined technology, history, and art to bring Frank Lloyd Wright's Spring Green home to life in an entirely new way.
  Upcoming
New Lecture Series: Crossroads of Ideas
The Politics of Resentment - Kathy Cramer

Join us for the first lecture in the Crossroads of Ideas series featuring Kathy Cramer, UW-Madison professor of political science and director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service,  who will give a talk titled, "The Politics of Resentment ".
 
When: Tuesday, October 6, 7 p.m. 
 
Where: H.F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building  ( map )
 
Free and open to the public
    
The Crossroads of Ideas lecture series is supported by the Morgridge  Institute for Research, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, and WARF. The name Crossroads of Ideas reflects the importance of the Discovery Building as a place for campus and community to learn about thought-provoking topics. Crossroads refers to both the building's central location on campus and the intersection of the dozens of different disciplines that work and study here.

  Featured Science
The Algebraic Revolution: Solving for Chocolate

UW-Madison and WID are on the front lines of the applied algebra movement, changing the way scientists in a wide range of disciplines solve problems.

Read about the Belgian Chocolate Problem and other exciting applications of algebra.

  WID Culture
Gaming for Good:  Students Catch Summer Vacation Virus

Video games designed by G+L+S spurred STEM education for Madison-area Boys and Girls Club students throughout the summer, turning them into brand new scientists.

Read about the new partnership and how students used games to learn about everything from viruses and anatomy to ecology and microscopy.

  WID in the News

Discovery Fellows David Page and Bill Murphy were part of a study using stem cells to create model neural tissues to screen for toxicity.

Read the article from Madison.com.

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