Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

WARF Ambassador Trivia Night

Varsity Hall III, Union South 1308 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI, United States

UW-Madison postdocs and grad students are invited to show off your science, pop culture and miscellaneous trivia knowledge with the WARF Ambassadors! WARF will provide pizza, appetizers and beer. Come by yourself or with a team of up to four people. The top three teams will receive prizes….

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Discovery Connections at the UW Family Gardening Day

Allen Centennial Garden 620 Babcock Dr, Madison, WI, United States

Join the Discovery Connections team at the UW Family Gardening Day. Find us outside at Allen Centennial Garden. See how we can represent ourselves with Legos, learn about individuals in our community, explore other Family Gardening Day activities and more!…

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Red Cross Blood Drive

WARF Building 614 Walnut St., Madison, WI, United States

Join us for our spring Red Cross Blood Drive! To donate, sign up online; walk-ins are also welcome….

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WARF Innovation Day at Summerfest Tech

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino 1721 W. Canal St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Get an inside look at some of the most commercially promising technologies from campuses across the state. Register for WARF Innovation Day and other Summerfest Tech events. 2023 WARF Accelerator Quick Pitch Lineup Health Care NeuraWorx: Enhancing Glymphatic Flow for Brain Health Kip Ludwig, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Co-Director of the Wisconsin Institute…

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Red Cross Blood Drive

WARF Building 614 Walnut St., Madison, WI, United States

Join us for our summer Red Cross blood drive! To donate, sign up online; walk-ins are also welcome….

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Careers & Beers: Science and Law

Orchard View Room, Discovery Building 330 N. Orchard St., Madison, WI, United States

UW-Madison grad students and postdocs are invited to enjoy drinks and appetizers while networking with community members and explore alternative science career options after graduate school through informal conversations. Our first event of the fall features scientists who have careers in the legal space. Chat with Angeline Babel, senior patent attorney at Illumina; Meredith Porembski,…

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Careers in Industry: Different Roles PhDs Can Play

Orchard View Room, Discovery Building 330 N. Orchard St., Madison, WI, United States

What career options are there for PhDs in industry? A panel of representatives from Thermo Fisher Scientific will describe the breadth of jobs available, and answer your questions about their roles and successfully transitioning into industry. Then, continue the discussion with the panelists and other members of the company during a networking lunch. Featuring: Penny…

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Wisconsin Science Festival

Held across campus and throughout Wisconsin, this weeklong festival is packed with activities for people of all ages. Events include hands-on science exhibitions, demonstrations, performances, tours, pub nights, workshops and more….

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Red Cross Blood Drive

WARF Building 614 Walnut St., Madison, WI, United States

Join us for our fall Red Cross blood drive! To donate, sign up online; walk-ins are also welcome….

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Careers & Beers: Science and Startups

Orchard View Room, Discovery Building 330 N. Orchard St., Madison, WI, United States

Enjoy drinks and appetizers while networking with community members and explore alternative science career options after graduate school through informal conversations. Our final event of the fall features scientists who have careers in the startup company space. Chat with Jessica Martin Eckerly, CEO and co-founder of Forward BIOLABS; Kevin Barnett, CTO and co-founder of Pyran;…

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MadPrompts Generative AI Battle

H. F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building 330 N. Orchard St., Madison, WI, United States

Join us for an exhilarating evening of wit, artistry and prompt engineering at the MadPrompts event, presented by WARF and the Data Science Institute, in association with the Department of Computer Science! This epic prompt battle is set to take place at the heart of UW-Madison’s campus in the vibrant Discovery Building’s H.F. DeLuca Forum….

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The Role of Nuclear Receptors and Pioneer Factors in Cancer

1335 Health Sciences Learning Center 750 Highland Ave., Madison, United States

Jason Carroll is a professor of molecular oncology at the University of Cambridge, a senior group leader at Cancer Research UK and a fellow at Clare College. His lab is interested in understanding mechanisms of hormone-dependent cancer. They study how the estrogen receptor (ER) causes gene transcription and how this contributes to breast cancer progression….

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