Held at The University of Wisconsin Madison, Engineering Expo is a giant student-led showcase of all things engineering geared towards Middle to early high schoolers. Expo is completely free and will feature great engineering games and activities, club and industry showcases, and some amazing speakers! (If possible, I would love to come in and speak […]
Getting Critical Info Out So People Listen
On March 17, 2020, Marist College and the New York Times released a poll on Americans’ attitudes toward the coronavirus pandemic. 38% of those polled felt that the threat of coronavirus was overblown, while 6% were unsure. What’s particularly startling about those numbers is that even though a majority — 56% — felt that COVID-19 […]
Keeping Workers Safe in a Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic’s impacts are not limited to the public health arena. The State of Wisconsin has banned gatherings of 10 or more people, and shut down schools, restaurants and bars across the state. Public offices, libraries and small businesses have shut down or severely limited services in an effort to thin crowds and slow […]
Pianist Christopher Taylor on Beethoven, Liszt, and the Art of Transcr...
Christopher Taylor, a celebrated piano virtuoso and professor of music at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, will perform Franz Liszt’s transcriptions of Ludwig van Beethoven’s first and ninth symphonies at 8:00 on Saturday, February 1st at the Mead-Witter Foundation Concert Hall. On Tuesday, January 28th, Prof. Taylor sat down at WORT’s well-loved upright to play […]
Toward an Ethical Business School
With a board of directors that includes the CEOs of J.P. Morgan, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Cisco and AT&T, among others, the free-enterprise think tank Business Roundtable wields a considerable amount of influence on Capitol Hill and elsewhere. In August of 2019, the Business Roundtable did a curious thing: they issued a new statement of […]
Weekly Rewind: November 8th, 2019
In this November 8th edition we review the addition of a new University of Wisconsin Police Department Office, referenda Madison and Milwaukee voters may see next year, protesters demanding increased gun control, and the City of Madison’s growing relationship with graffiti.
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