Research events and deadlines (August issue)
UW–Madison offers fellowship on AI in education for Universities of Wisconsin instructors
By Laurel White
A UW–Madison program aimed at helping educators ethically and effectively use artificial intelligence (AI) to support their work will continue for a second year. In its second year, the program will be offered to educators within the Universities of Wisconsin System.
The Disillusioning AI for Teachers Fellowship, which launched in fall 2025, offers in-depth sessions aimed at increasing educators’ skill in using artificial intelligence thoughtfully, ethically, and productively with their students. The upcoming program will offer six virtual sessions to a limited number of participants between September and April. Registration is open.
Shamya Karumbaiah, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, developed the fellowship with support from Sandra Taylor-Marshall, an outreach program manager at the School of Education’s office of Professional Learning and Community Education (PLACE).
Researchers: Submit to Wiley gold open-access journals by Aug. 31
UW–Madison authors who want to avoid publishing fees in nearly 600 Wiley journals must submit their articles for publication by Monday, August 31, 2026.
Any submissions to this subset of Wiley journals, known as “fully open” or “gold open,” after that date will incur article processing charges (APCs). Authors must pay APCs through independent or external funding or submit to a different journal.
The deadline is one of several changes to UW–Madison Libraries’ prior deal (and that of other institutions in the Big Ten) with the academic publisher. The new deal was secured in April 2026 after extended negotiations between the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and the Wiley publishing company.
Under the new deal, UW–Madison authors may continue to publish their research articles in Wiley’s hybrid open access journals (“Online Open” or “Offers Open Access”) at no cost to the author at least through the end of December 2027. The details of this change were communicated to the UW research community in early May 2026.
The Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center Fall conference and job fair on Sept. 4
Location: Discovery Building
2026 Keynote Speakers:
Kristin K. Baldwin, PhD, is a professor at the Department of Genetics and Development at Columbia University.
Her research focuses on using reprogrammed and induced pluripotent stem cells to identify mechanisms and therapies related to human genetic risk for neurologic and cardiovascular disease. Her lab also studies how disease and aging affect the genome; they have used cloning to produce the first complete genome sequence of a single neuron and helped assess the effect of aging on induced pluripotent stem cells that may be used for cell therapies. They also design bespoke neuronal cells in a dish to understand brain function and disease. Baldwin’s earlier work included being the first to clone a mouse from a neuron and being one of three groups to first produce an entire mouse from a skin cell by generating induced pluripotent stem cells epigenetic changes of the genome and the brain.
Anna Huttenlocher, MD, PhD is a professor of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Huttenlocher seeks to understand how cell migration is regulated and how defects in cell migration contribute to human disease. Her work has centered on understanding how leukocytes are recruited to sites of tissue damage and resolution of inflammation by neutrophil reverse migration. Toward these goals her laboratory has developed tools to image and probe cell-cell interactions during innate immune responses and wound healing using zebrafish as a model system. She is also using human iPS derived neutrophils to engineer cells for better anti-microbial and anti-tumor function.
2nd Cells in Context: Single Cell & Spatial Transcriptomics Symposium this Sept. 9-11
BioImaging North America Community Congress returns to Madison Sept. 27 to Oct. 2
BioImaging North America (BINA) is hosting its fifth Community Congress, held jointly with Images 2 Knowledge (I2K), from Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 at the Discovery Building.
Attendees will have the opportunity to learn new imaging and analysis techniques, troubleshoot challenges in real time, and connect with experts from both academia and industry.
The week will bring the imaging community together to share knowledge, foster collaborations, and advance the frontier of multiscale imaging. Morgridge is the administrative home to BINA, a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative-supported project led by Kevin Eliceiri.
Poster submission closes Aug. 10 and in-person registration closes Sept. 10.
3rd Annual Wisconsin Weather Festival is Oct. 17
The Wisconsin Weather Festival brings together meteorologists, climatologists, and scientists from across southern Wisconsin to share how we measure, forecast, and warn on the weather of Wisconsin.
- Meet meteorologists, climatologists, and scientists!
- Get your hands on real equipment used to measure the weather!
The Wisconsin Weather Festival is a fun and free event for all ages. This event is hosted in partnership with the Wisconsin Environmental Mesonet and the Wisconsin Science Festival.
Registration is open for the Institute on Aging annual Colloquium on Oct. 14 (registration is required)
Date: Oct.14
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Gordon Dining & Event Center (2nd Floor) | 770 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706
Showcasing the latest research and resources on positive aging, with Speakers, a Poster Session, and a Health & Resource Fair.
The event is free and open to the public.
Registration is required and closes on Sept. 28.