University of Wisconsin-Madison
10/24/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 10/24/2024 07:20
Fun in the name of science
Science on the Square fused with the Madison Night Market on Oct. 17 for a fun and energetic night filled with hands-on science and local vendors in downtown Madison. It was part of the Wisconsin Science Festival, which featured in-person and virtual events across the state Oct. 14-20. During what was officially proclaimed "Wisconsin Science Week" by Governor Tony Evers, the festival hosted more than 200 unique events in over 45 counties across Wisconsin.
1Graduate student Rich Botzoc (with Professor Song Jin's chemistry lab) shows off hybrid halide perovskite materials. Photo by: Jeff Miller
2At right, Dennis Halterman, who holds a joint appointment as a USDA scientist and a UW-Madison research associate professor in plant pathology, chats with a young boy as Halterman prepares potato cars to run on a derby track. Photo by: Jeff Miller
3People walk past a banner for the Wisconsin Science Festival at the Science on the Square and Madison Night Market events along State Street in downtown Madison on Oct. 17. Photo by: Jeff Miller
4UW outreach program manager Haddie McLean (left) and graduate student Alicia Mand conduct a science experiment involving frozen balloons. Photo by: Jeff Miller
5McLean (left) and graduate student Alicia Mand conduct a science experiment using air cannons. Photo by: Jeff Miller
6At left, Andy Hamernik, who holds a joint appointment as a USDA scientist and a UW-Madison staff member in the departments of horticulture plus plant and agroecosystem sciences, talks about potatoes with members of the public. Photo by: Jeff Miller
7UW outreach program manager Haddie McLean conducts a science experiment involving static energy. Photo by: Jeff Miller
8McLean (left) and graduate student Alicia Mand conduct a science experiment involving a lid popping off a frozen container. Photo by: Jeff Miller
9Graduate student Samuel A. Davison and Kallysa Taylor, an intern with the Wisconsin Energy Institute, guide children in playing a dice game called "which farm field will survive the caterpillar." Photo by: Jeff Miller
10Playing a game of "what's eating my plants," Miette Hennesy (wearing mushroom-inspired headgear) and Madeline Bondy (right), both third-year PhD students in plant pathology, encourage a child to toss a fuzzy plant "spore" through a small, plant-like opening. Photo by: Jeff Miller
11Using a roll of toilet paper and a leaf blower as her magic, UW- Madison graduate student Alicia Mand creates a free mummy costume for an audience volunteer as she performs one of two Wonders of Physics shows. Photo by: Jeff Miller