Events
Upcoming Events
Environmental Fieldwork Programs: Wild Rockies Field Institute (WRFI)
Resource Table
September 30th, 11:30am–3:00pm
Experience the American West on an intensive field program featuring backpacking trips, kayaking expeditions, bike tours, & meetings with community members who call these places home. Meet with Wild Rockies Field Institute (WRFI) and IAP staff to learn more and get your questions answered about studying away through WRFI! Back up location in case of inclement weather: Gordon Dining & Events Center
CANCELED – Ecological Restoration Work Party
Arboretum Faville Prairie Seed Collecting
October 1st, 9:30am–11:30am
Help gather native wildflower seed for Arboretum prairie and savanna restorations. Tools and training provided. Advance registration through VolunteerMatters is required by September 28: go.wisc.edu/4evdkt. Site is a high-quality prairie east of Madison, volunteers must provide their own transportation. (No restroom facilities.) Event capacity is limited. More information: (608) 265-5214 or mkloppenburg@wisc.edu.
BadgerConnect Research Services Fair 2026
Designed for all life science researchers across UW-Madison
October 1st, 12:00pm–4:30pm
Atrium, Health Sciences Learning Center
Hosted by the UW Carbone Cancer Center and UW Biotechnology Center, the BadgerConnect Research Services Fair showcases technologies and research support available to UW-Madison researchers. Enjoy complimentary refreshments as you learn about innovative technologies and discuss your project with shared resources staff to see how your research can be supported and enhanced. The FREE event includes a keynote lecture, roundtable discussions, instrument demos, and a networking reception.
Genomics Seminar Series: Christian Landry, PhD, Laval University
How Protein Oligomerization Shapes the Fate of Gene Duplicates
October 1st, 1:30pm–2:30pm
Environmental Fieldwork Programs: Wild Rockies Field Institute (WRFI)
Info Session
October 1st, 2:00pm–3:00pm
1210 W Dayton, 1341/1343, Computer Sciences
Experience the American West through backpacking trips, kayaking expeditions, bike tours, & meetings with community members who call these places home. On these intensive field programs, you will will explore the issues facing human & ecological communities in the areas of: climate change, ecological restoration, rural livelihoods, indigenous ecological knowledge preservation, energy development, large landscape conservation & more. Registration encouraged: https://cglink.me/26M/r375775
Ecological Restoration Work Party
Arboretum Grady Tract
October 3rd, 9:00am–12:00pm
Volunteer for habitat restoration activities in prairies, savannas, and woodlands. Tools and training provided. Groups welcome with advance notice. Meet at Grady Tract parking lot, southeast corner of Seminole Hwy. and W. Beltline Frontage Rd. (No restroom facilities.) Event capacity is limited, please arrive by 9 a.m. More information: (608) 265-5214 or mkloppenburg@wisc.edu.
Family Nature Walk
Arboretum
October 4th, 1:30pm–2:30pm
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
This walk is a fun, fascinating way for families with children elementary age and younger to explore the natural world. Adults must attend. Wear sturdy closed-toe shoes and come prepared for weather and insects. Walks canceled for unsafe conditions. Free, no registration required. Meet at the Visitor Center.
Advancing Precision Medicine Symposium
Data Science for Precision Medicine and Public Health
October 6th
Health Sciences Learning Center
Advancing Precision Medicine Symposium 2026 brings together researchers, clinicians, industry leaders, and healthcare innovators to explore the latest advances shaping the future of personalized medicine. A featured keynote by Eika Kim, PhD, Program Manager at ARPA-H, will highlight how the ADAPT and PCX programs are advancing precision cancer care and expanding data-driven precision medicine through innovative analytics, interoperable health data, and collaborative research.
2026 Dissemination and Implementation Short Course
October 7th
Health Sciences Learning Center
The 2026 Short Course equips researchers, practitioners, and trainees with practical skills to integrate Implementation Science and Human Factors frameworks to design scalable, evidence-based interventions that improve health care delivery and outcomes.
Ecological Restoration Work Party
Arboretum Curtis Prairie Area Seed Collecting
October 8th, 1:00pm–3:00pm
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
Help gather native wildflower seed for Arboretum prairie and savanna restorations. Tools and training provided. Advance registration through VolunteerMatters is required by October 5: go.wisc.edu/4evdkt. Meet at the Visitor Center (location subject to change). Event capacity is limited. More information: (608) 265-5214 or mkloppenburg@wisc.edu.