Events of Interest relating to Science Literacy

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, September 26, 2006
	Darwin's Most Significant Discovery: Design Without Designer Francisco J. Ayala, Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences, and Professor of Philosophy - University of California, Irvine 7:30 p.m. 1800 Engineering Hall 1415 Engineering Drive, UW-Madison Campus Click here for event poster
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
	From Biology to Ethics: The Biological Roots of Morality Francisco J. Ayala, Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences, and Professor of Philosophy - University of California, Irvine 7:30 p.m. 1800 Engineering Hall 1415 Engineering Drive, UW-Madison Campus Click here for event poster

PAST EVENTS

September 14th, 18th, 23rd and 28th, 2005
	Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Lectures In conjunction with the new exhibition Starry Transit at the Washburn Observatory, MMoCA is presenting informal lectures to provide an opportunity to share ideas about the exhibition. All lectures take place at Washburn Observatory, 1401 Observatory Drive. Wednesday, Sept 14th, 6:30pm - Timothy Moermand, professor emeritus, UW-Madison Department of Zoology on bird behavior and migration. Sunday, Sept 18th, 1 pm - Archaeologist Dr. Robert Birmingham, on migratory bird symbolism in ancient Madison-area effigy mounds, including one located next to Washburn Observatory. Please note that the talk will take place outdoors; participants will gather at Washburn Observatory, then walk to the mound. Friday, Sept 23rd, 6:30pm - Jill Casid, assistant professor UW-Madison Department of Art History, on Romancing the Instrument: Glowacki's Starry Transit and the History of Scientific Technologies. Wednesday, Sept 28th, 6:30 pm - Martha Glowacki, artist and co-director, James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, on her installation. more to be announced for October..
Monday, April 25th, 2005
	Chemistry & Ceramics: Shared Ground, Common Fire 5:30 p.m. Elvehjem Museum of Art 800 University Avenue, Madison, WI Nobel Laureate Roald Hoffmann, the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters and of Chemistry at Cornell University. Dr. Hoffmann is a chemist and writer of poetry, nonfiction, and plays.
Tuesday, March 29th, 2005
	BRIGHT EARTH -- A LOOK AT THE USE OF COLOR IN WESTERN ART THROUGH THE EYES OF A SCIENTIST Philip Ball, Author of Bright Earth 7:30 p.m. 1800 Engineering Hall, U of W campus, Madison Click here for an abstract of Philip Ball's talk. Click here for color poster announcement of Philip Ball's talk. Visit his website at http://www.philipball.com/ Presented in partnership with the Center for the Humanities, and the College of Engineering.
Saturday and Sunday, December 5th and 6th, 2004
	Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, In the Lab of Shakhashiri Prof. Bassam Z. Shakhashiri For over 30 years, this science-oriented entertainment has played to packed houses at such varied locations as the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, and Boston's Museum of Science, and it has been televised by stations across the country. Click here for more info including air times on Wisconsin Public Television.
October 22 - Novemeber 14, 2004
	Copenhagen Overature Center, Madison Wi Winner of three Tony Awards, including best play, Copenhagen is a haunting story of friendship and danger. In 1941, the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a strange trip to Copenhagen to see his Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr. They were old friends and close colleagues, and they had revolutionized atomic physics in the 1920s. But now the two men were on opposite sides in a world war. Did Heisenberg ask Bohr about joining the German war effort? Or did he want to enlist Bohr’s help in derailing Hitler’s efforts to develop nuclear weapons? In Michael Frayn’s tantalizing play, Heisenberg meets Bohr and his wife Margrethe once again to look for the answers to questions that profoundly affected 20th century world history. Click here for more info
Friday, October 8, 2004
	Carl Djerassi and Diane Middlebrook in Conversation Carl Djerassi and Diane Middlebrook can respectively claim responsibility for a dizzying range of accomplishments, including the birth control pill, plays, and biographies such as the tale of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes retold in Middlebrook’s recent best-seller Her Husband (Viking, 2003). As a part of the 2004 Wisconsin Book Festival, this fascinating literary couple joins us for a conversation about literature, art and life.
Sunday, Aug 22nd, 2004
	American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting - President's Cultural Event: Science, the Arts, and the Humanities Professor Shakhashiri has organized a special presidential event at the American Chemical Society national meeting August 22nd designed to combine science, the arts, and the humanities. Notable scientists and authors explained how they use theater, poetry, photography and other tools to communicate science to the public. Philadelphia Marriott - Liberty Ballroom, Philadelphia, PA, 2:00-5:00 p.m. [more information]
Monday, May 3rd, 2004
	Dramatic Reading "Comet Hunter." Madison Repertory Theatre and Theater Department actors read from a play, by Chiori Miyagawa, about the life and career of astronomer Caroline Herschel. Panel discussion with playwright follows. Hemsley Theater, Vilas Hall, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
	Distiguished Lecture Series Jared Diamond Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the best-seller "Guns, Germs and Steel," 7:30 p.m. Wisconsin Union Theater, Memorial Union. UW Madison campus. [more information]
Thursday, March 11, 2004
	The Science of Optics; The History of Art Charles Falco Optical Sciences University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 3:30 p.m. coffee & cookies in 1800 Engineering Hall; 4:00 p.m. - Seminar in Rm. 1800 Engineering Hall [more information]
Friday, February 13, 2004
	It's All About Oxygen on NPR's Science Friday 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. CST, Friday, February 13, 2004 Live from the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Advancement of Science Seattle, Washington [more information]
Monday, November 17, 2003
	Dava Sobel 7:30 p.m., Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center, UW-Madison co-sponsored by WISL [more information]
Thursday, October 23, 2003
	Writing Science Deborah Blum, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Moderator) Antonio Damasio, University of Iowa Alan Lightman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sherwin Nuland, Yale University 7:00 p.m., Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium [more information]
Friday, September 26, 2003 — Department of Chemistry Colloquium
	The Metaphorical Origins of Scientific and Artistic Creativity Theodore L. Brown, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 3:45 p.m., Seminar Hall, Room 1315 Chemistry, UW-Madison Refreshments at 3:15 pm in the Atrium of the Chemistry Building cosponsored by WISL [more information ]
Saturday, March 29, 2003
	Oxygen Symposium 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Department, Room 1351 Chemistry sponsored by WISL [more information ]