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Participants at the 2020 Science Expeditions event.

The annual open house at UW-Madison's many science-related facilities is mostly happening in cyberspace for 2021. There is a varied schedule of live presentations through the weekend (see below), including a Friday edition of the popular Wednesday Nite at the Lab series, featuring talks on climate challenges by professors Bassam Shakhashiri and Tracey Holloway (7 p.m., register here). Virtual tours of many locations will be available, but if the spring weather is calling you, there are self-guided exploration opportunities at the Arboretum and the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, and the Space Place "Planet Trek" is installed along bike paths and trails between Monona Terrace and Mount Horeb. Find all the details and registration info here.

press release: 2021 UW-Madison Science Expeditions Campus Open House - April 9-11, 2021

Come explore UW-Madison - your public land-grant research university - and experience science as exploring the unknown. Interact with researchers, visit outdoor science venues across campus, enjoy recorded and live Science Spectacular shows, and try your hand at virtual Exploration Stations.

Events for 2021 include live virtual events by the Science is Fun chemistry outreach group and the Wisconsin Primate Center; pre-recorded podcasts and tours by the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and IceCube; and self-guided outdoor activities at Picnic Point. The UW-Madison Engineering Expo will also share video activities starting on Friday, April 9. From astronomy to zoology, UW-Madison Science Expeditions is the annual campus-wide science open house that connects you to UW people & places all year round. All events are free and open to the public. Virtual (live and pre-recorded) and outdoor events will be available.

For more info, visit https://science.wisc.edu/science-expeditions.

Live Presentation Schedule:

Thursday:

• 7:00-8:00PM, Animal & Dairy Sciences, “Artificial Intelligence in Animal Sciences”, Click to Register

Friday:

• 12:00-1:00PM, Wisconsin Alumni Association, “Wisconsin Idea Spotlight: What You Don’t Know About Exercise”, Click to Register
• 1:00-1:45PM, UW-Madison Geology Museum, “A ‘Vert’ual’ Journey: What We Can Learn From Dinosaur Backbones” (livestream link)
• 4:00-4:45PM, Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center, “Science Strikes Back!” (livestream link)
• 7:00-8:15PM, Special Friday Edition of WN@TL, “Conversations in Science: Global Warming” (Professor Bassam Shakhashiri) and “Solving the Climate Challenge” (Professor Tracey Holloway) Click to Register

Saturday:

• 9:00-9:45AM, UW Wisconsin Water Library, “Dive Under Water, Into History, Online!” (livestream link)
• 10:00-10:45AM, Botany Dept., “Gardening without Gravity” (livestream link)
• 11:00-11:45AM, Science is Fun, “The Joy of Science” (livestream link)
• 12:00-12:30PM, Neuroscience Training Program, “The Amazing Human Brain” (livestream link)
• 12:45-1:15PM, GreenHouse Learning Community, “Tour the Only Greenhouse Atop a Residence Hall in the World!” (livestream link)

Sunday:

• 10:00-10:30AM, Primate Center, “Meet the Marmosets” (livestream link)
• 10:40-11:00AM, Aldo Leopold Foundation and UW Archives, “Exploring the Aldo Leopold Archives” (livestream link)
• 11:15-12:00PM, The Physics Experience LLC, “The Physics Experience” (livestream link)
• 12:15-1:00PM, Wisconsin Historical Society, “The Science of Scuba Diving” (livestream link)
• 1:15-1:30, Entomology Dept., “Build-a-Bug” (livestream link)
• 2:00-2:30, Genetics Dept., “Bacteria All Around Us” (livestream link) Note: watch the pre-recorded video and submit your choices by 12:00 PM Saturday for where bacteria should be collected using this google form.