Events
Upcoming Events
Ecological Restoration Work Party
Arboretum Core Area and Curtis Prairie
February 28th, 9:00am–12:00pm
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
Volunteer for restoration activities and learn about prairies and savannas. Tools and training provided. Groups welcome with advance notice. Meet at the Visitor Center. Event capacity is limited, please arrive by 9 a.m. More information: (608) 265-5214 or mkloppenburg@wisc.edu.
Family Nature Walk
Arboretum
March 1st, 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. Walks canceled for unsafe conditions. Free, no registration required. Meet at the Visitor Center.
Genomics Seminar Series: Sushmita Roy, PhD, UW-Madison
Computational tools to examine dynamics of 3D genome organization and long-range gene regulation within and across species
March 5th, 1:30pm–2:30pm
UW Biotechnology Center Auditorium, Genetics-Biotechnology Center Building
Unpacking Ultra-Processed Foods
March 6th, 9:30am–11:30am
UW South Madison Partnership, 2238 South Park Street, Room 119 Madison WI, 53713
Join us for the first installment of the 2026 Healthy Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) education series to learn what ultra-processed foods are and explore why people who eat less of these packaged foods tend to have better health outcomes. Participants will gain confidence in making food choices that support their brain health and overall well-being. The program will end with a Q&A session. Free and open to all.
Madison Reads Leopold: Voices of a Land Ethic
Arboretum Community Event
March 7th, 1:00pm–4:00pm
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
Join us for a community reading of selections from A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold and writings by other environmental thinkers. Listeners may come and go throughout the event. Free, no registration required. Meet at the Visitor Center.
Nature Hike: Walking in Leopold's Footsteps
Arboretum
March 8th, 1:00pm–2:30pm
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
Visit key sites and learn about Aldo Leopold’s early phenological research and experiments to restore Wisconsin ecosystems during his time as the Arboretum’s first research director. Wear sturdy closed-toe shoes and come prepared for weather. Walks canceled for unsafe conditions. Free, no registration required. Meet at the Visitor Center.
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center Annual Research Retreat
Register Now!
March 10th
Atrium, Health Sciences Learning Center
This year’s event focuses on “Cancer Prevention and Early Detection” The in-person event allows us to come together to engage, share research visions, and learn from each other. The contributions from each individual to our Carbone Cancer Center team – from trainees, to administrators, researchers, clinicians, and faculty – allow us to move forward together and be the driving force for research, prevention, and treatment initiatives critical to defeating cancer in Wisconsin and around the world
Managing Your Online Scholarly Presence with Citations and Metrics
Taught by Trisha Adamus, Ebling librarian
March 11th, 12:00pm–1:00pm
This virtual workshop will help you manage various types of researcher profile systems, including Google Scholar, Scopus Author Profiles and ORCID. You will also learn the best information to share on a department or personal webpage to showcase your publication and citations. Focusing on free-to-use tools, these techniques are perfect for the early career researcher and useful for all researchers at any point in their career.
Bioinformatics Café @ CHTC
Software Installations with Conda and Containers + Co-Working
March 11th, 2:30pm–4:30pm
Join CHTC facilitators at the Bioinformatics Café! This session is focused on one of the most common pain points in computational biology: reproducible, portable software environments. We’ll cover practical strategies for installing bioinformatics tools using Conda/containers and when containers (Apptainer/Singularity) are the better choice for running workflows on shared computing resources like CHTC and the OSPool.
2026 RISE-THRIVE Symposium
March 13th, 9:00am–3:30am
Join us this spring for the 2026 RISE-THRIVE Symposium, where we examine health and wellbeing across the lifecourse. Engage in a campus-wide interdisciplinary symposium on aging across the lifespan, that include social, medical and technological advances. Explore connections and research through lightning talks with facilitated discussion, panel presentations, a graduate poster session, and dedicated networking sessions.