By the Light of the Moon: 175 Luminous Years of the University of Wisconsin

media release: You’re invited to a gala 175 years in the making! Join us for a sparkling evening as we honor the Wisconsin ideas and accomplishments that have illuminated the world since the university’s founding in 1848. Surrounded by a constellation of fellow UW supporters and campus leaders, you’ll enjoy inspiring speakers, musical guests, delicious food and beverages, and more.

You have helped make UW–Madison one of the brightest public universities in the world, and we can’t wait to celebrate this milestone with you!

Cocktail attire with Badger flair is requested.

6–9:30 p.m., Friday, October 27, 2023, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery,330 N. Orchard Street

6 p.m. Doors open

7:30 p.m. Program

9:30 p.m. Event concludes

This event costs $100 per person to attend. Questions? Please email 175gala@supportuw.org or call 608-262-2551.

Speakers include:

Krishanu Saha is an associate professor of biomedical engineering at UW–Madison. He is the Kathryn and Latimer Murfee Chair at the Retina Research Foundation and McPherson Eye Research Institute, and he is a faculty member at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. His research interests lie in using human stem cells with emerging engineering methods in material science and synthetic biology to make smarter therapeutics, model human disease, and advance personalized medicine.

Stephanie Diem ’03 is an assistant professor of engineering physics at UW–Madison. Her research interests are in experimental plasma physics for fusion energy development. She focuses on using radio frequency waves to heat and drive current in magnetically confined plasmas. She has led and contributed to experimental research on a variety of magnetic confinement devices. She is currently working on the Pegasus-III fusion energy experiment at UW–Madison, where she is focused on electron Bernstein wave heating and current drive experiments.

Baron Kelly PhD’03 is the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Theatre and Drama at UW–Madison, regarded for his teachings on radical empathy. He is a four-time Fulbright Scholar who has worked nationally and internationally on Broadway, in regional theater, and in television and film. He trained at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and holds a doctorate in theater from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Kelly is a widely published author and sits on numerous editorial boards including that of the Harold Pinter Review and the Comparative Drama Conference.