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Learn something new with Badger Talks Quick Picks! This virtual presentation series showcases exciting happenings, resources and talent from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus to the people of Wisconsin and beyond. It’s the Wisconsin Idea in action. UW faculty and staff present topics ranging from new robotics technologies to financial investing strategies to tapping trees for maple syrup, and everything in between.
Scroll down to view the recent archive of Badger Talks presentations, all linking to the Badger Talks You Tube. Videos are also available on our Facebook channel! (To turn on subtitles on YouTube, click the square “CC” button in the bottom right of the video frame.)
2024
- Conservation vs. production in the dairy state with Matt Ruark
- The Wisconsin Idea in Living Color—UW’s Agricultural Research Stations with Mike Peters
- It’s the Main Breaks, Stupid: Basic Services and Democracy with Manny Teodoro
- Seeking Civility During an Era of Polarization with Susan Webb Yackee
- Trade Policy in the 2024 Election with Jon Pevehouse
- Student Athlete Success at UW-Madison with Jackie Davenport
- It’s Never Boring: 35 Years in College Athletics with Justin Doherty
- Badger Sports Camps – Everything you never knew and more with Tracy Chynoweth
- Health in Wisconsin: The Ongoing Opioid Crisis with Christine Durrance
- A fish’s view of 20,000 years of Great Lakes ecology with Titus Seilheimer
- Plastics: Tiny Debris with Great (Lakes) Impact with Anne Moser
- How Will the Great Lakes Respond to Our Changing Winters with Zach Feiner
- Building with Nature with Julia Noordyk
- The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal with Greg Nemet
- From Lake Mud to Global Biodiversity & Climate Change Research with Jack Williams
- Gardening with Native Plants with Susan Carpenter
- Design Components for Butterfly Gardens with Lisa Johnson
- Spring Garden Check-Up: What You Need to Know about Invasive Jumping Worms with Brad Herrick
- The Power to Change Lives: Two Decades of the UW Odyssey Project with Emily Auerbach
- Generations of Impact Through Odyssey with Emily Auerbach, Josephine Lorya, Brian and Lucas Benford, and Marisol Gonzalez Rodriguez
- Odyssey Beyond Bars: A College Jumpstart Course in Wisconsin’s Prisons with Peter Moreno, Kevin Mullen, and Robert Taliaferro
- Empowering Progress: Dr. Fabu Carter on Bridging Research & Accessibility in Alzheimer’s Healthcare with Fabu Carter
- The Best of Both Worlds: Building an authentic and equitable community-academic partnership for research with legal system-impacted individuals with Dr. Karen Reece, Aaron Hicks, Deb Mejchar, Dr. Mike Koenigs, Dr. Dan Grupe, and Dr. Carmen Alonso
- Braiding Esperanza (hope): A sustainable engaged partnership to promote Latine mental health equity with Evelyn Cruz and Alyssa Ramirez Stege
2023
- Music and the Human Spirit with Dan Cavanagh
- Writing Their Way Home: Veterans’ Stories and Survival with Doug Bradley
- Beyond Fake News: Games for Learning with Sarah Gagnon
- Groundbreaking Research: Working with Communities to Advance Wisconsin with Elizabeth Tryon
- The Latest Research Around Creating Inclusive Environments with Markus Brauer
- The UW-Madison Cardiovascular Research Center with Héctor Valdivia
- How to Mend a Broken Heart: Progress in Cardiac Regenerative Medicine Research with Timothy Kamp
- Heart Disease and Aortic Aneurysms: Wisconsin’s Silent Killers with Bo Liu
- LIVE From Milwaukee for UW’s 175th
- The History of the Washburn Observatory with Jim Lattis
- Little Green…Molecules? What the Chemistry of Space can Tell us About Life in the Universe with Susanna Widicus Weaver
- Devoured Worlds: Lessons From Planet-Ingesting Stars with Melinda Soares-Furtado
- Trading Toxics in North America with Sarah A. Moore
- Human Mobility Analytics Using Location Big Data with Song Gao
- Hot Times in Cold Places: The Thawing of the Arctic Permafrost with Christian Andresen
- Russia’s War in Ukraine with Mikhail Troitskiy
- Buddhism and Tibet with Wisconsin Biographies with Jampa Khedup and Alyssa Tsagong
- Islam and Palestine with Wisconsin Biographies with Janan Najeeb & PBS Education team
- The Impacts of PFAs in Waters of Wisconsin with Christy Remucal
- Roadmap to Smart & Automated Vehicles with Xiaopeng Li
- New Technologies for Recycling of Plastic Waste with George Huber
- Strength and Conditioning in Collegiate Athletics with Kevin Schultz
- Mental Flex: Meditation Training for Performance and Well-Being with Chad McGehee
- NIL and the Opportunities it has Provided for Student Athletes with Brian Mason
- The Arts for Everyone, Everywhere with Chris Walker
- Exploring Wellness and Belonging Through the Arts with Chris Walker and Gabrielle Javier-Cerulli
- The Impact of Interdisciplinary Arts with Shasparay Irvin and Porsha Olayiwola
2022
- Navigating Health Information Online with Catherine Arnott Smith
- The Catapult Program with Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau
- The Creative Destruction Lab with Tom Erickson and Joan Schmit
- The School of Human Ecology Equity & Justice Network with Janean Dilworth Bart
- Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors: Why Diversity in Children’s Books Matters to Us All with Dipesh Navsaria
- Questioning Things: Material Culture Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with Sarah Anne Carter
- Breast Cancer Biology and Treatments with Wei Xu
- Learning How Two Viruses Cause One Cancer with Bill Sugden
- The Development and Personalized Treatment Strategies for Colorectal Cancer Patients with Dustin Deming
- Welcome to UW’s Multicultural Student Center! with Claudia Guzman
- Serving Wisconsin with Greg Offerman
- Investment Opportunities of Climate Change with Tom Eggert
- Cats, Dogs, and Cows, Oh My! Climate Change and the Impacts on Pets and Livestock with Jennifer Van Os and Erin Lashnits
- The Latest Research: Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention with Sterling Johnson
- Family Caregiver Burnout and Alzheimer’s Disease with Jody Krainer
- Lo que hay que saber de los problemas de la memoria y como mantener nuestros cerebros saludables with Maria Mora Pinzon
- The World Needs Dance with Kate Corby
- Dancing Through Life with Li Chiao-Ping
- Building a Room of One’s Own with Peggy Choy
- The Future of Business Education in Wisconsin with Vallabh Sambamurthy
- From Idea to Business with Michelle Somes-Booher and Dan Olszewski
- Supply Chain Disruptions During Pandemic Times with Jake Dean and Greg DeCroix
- Covering Wisconsin: An Important Resource for the State with Allison Espeseth
- Who Can You Trust? Understanding Digital Government Imposter Scams with Cliff Robb
- Supporting the Growth of Wisconsin’s Maple Syrup Industry with Jeremy Solin
- Investing 101 with Linda Lepe
- WPR Reporter Bridgit Bowden with Bridgit Bowden