Illuminating Connections: Exploring Hubs at Discovery

WHAT: A celebration of WID’s hubs with an open house for researchers to learn how the hubs can serve campus and the state.
WHEN: Wednesday, December 12, 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm
WHERE: Discovery Building, UW–Madison
WHO: The event is free and open to the public. Campus researchers are especially encouraged to attend.

The Illuminating Connections event will be a celebration of WID’s inaugural cross-campus hubs. These three hubs—Data Science, Multi-Omics, and Illuminating Discovery—create connections across campus to lead to new collaborations, opportunities, and discovery. Learn how the hubs can serve you!

The event will highlight all three hubs through an interactive expo from 3:00-5:00 pm. Participating researchers and programs will be on hand to showcase their work through posters, interactive activities, and informal discussions accompanied by refreshments. At 4:00 pm, we will hear from WID Director Jo Handelsman about the Hubs and how they engage with campus researchers. We will also hear about a new gift to the campus that will leverage the Illuminating Discovery hub and expand the impact of UW-Madison research in and beyond Wisconsin. The announcement will be followed by a special edition of the long-running signature science and music fusion program, SoundWaves.

The theme of illumination will run through the entire program, from the Hub Expo through the SoundWaves event. During the darkest month of the year, help us illuminate the connections being built across campus, the groundbreaking science happening at UW–Madison, and the future of interdisciplinary inquiry.

The Illuminating Connections event is generously sponsored by Illumina.