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  • Oct 2
    WiCOR Seminar: Jessi Cisewski-Kehe & Richard Townsend

    Jessi Cisewski-Kehe & Richard Townsend

    6515 Sterling Hall

    This WiCOR Seminar will feature presentations from Jessi Cisewski-Kehe (Statistics) and Richard Townsend (Astronomy) about their research.

  • Flyer for the WiCOR Lecture in Fall 2026, presented by Konstantin Batygin with a photo of the speaker, a graphic of a the Kuiper belt, and a gradient background from purple to orange, along with the WiCOR and UW-Madison Logos.
    Sep 22
    WiCOR Lecture – FA2026 – Batygin

    Konstantin Batygin, Professor, Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences, Caltech

    H.F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building, UW-Madison

    This event is free and open to the public thanks to support from the WiCOR Lecture Fund. Title: Planet 9 From Outer Space Abstract: Over the past two decades, surveys of the outer Solar System have revealed a remarkably complex Kuiper Belt. Most of this structure can be understood through the gravitational influence of the known planets, particularly …

    Flyer for the WiCOR Lecture in Fall 2026, presented by Konstantin Batygin with a photo of the speaker, a graphic of a the Kuiper belt, and a gradient background from purple to orange, along with the WiCOR and UW-Madison Logos.
  • Flyer for the WiCOR/Astronomy Monday Science Seminar, presented by Konstantin Batygin with a photo of the speaker, a graphic of a sun, and a gradient background from orange to purple.
    Sep 21
    WiCOR Research Seminar: Konstantin Batygin

    Konstantin Batygin, Professor, Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences, Caltech

    4421 Sterling Hall

    Join us for the WiCOR Research Seminar from Prof. Konstantin Batygin (Professor of Planetary Science, Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences, Caltech) presented at the Department of Astronomy’s Monday Science Seminar! Title: Coda of a Dying Sun Abstract: From its birth, celestial mechanics has been deeply intertwined with the question of the Solar System’s dynamical stability. …

    Flyer for the WiCOR/Astronomy Monday Science Seminar, presented by Konstantin Batygin with a photo of the speaker, a graphic of a sun, and a gradient background from orange to purple.
  • Sep 18
    WiCOR Seminar: Annie Bauer & Tim Bertram

    Annie Bauer & Tim Bertram

    6515 Sterling Hall, WiCOR Large Conference Room

    This WiCOR Seminar will feature presentations from Annie Bauer (Geoscience) and Tim Bertram (Chemistry) about their research.

  • Flyer for the WiCOR/Astronomy Colloquium, presented by Victoria Meadows with a photo of the speaker, a graphic of a planet, and a gradient background from dark blue to bright blue.
    Apr 23
    WiCOR/Astronomy Colloquium: Victoria Meadows

    Victoria Meadows, Senior Research Scientist, SETI Institute

    4421 Sterling Hall

    Title: The Virtual Planetary Laboratory and the Search for Signs of Life on Exoplanets Abstract: The Virtual Planetary Laboratory is a massively interdisciplinary research group that has been working since 2001 to put a strong scientific foundation under the search for signs of life on exoplanets. This exciting quest was identified as a high priority …

    Flyer for the WiCOR/Astronomy Colloquium, presented by Victoria Meadows with a photo of the speaker, a graphic of a planet, and a gradient background from dark blue to bright blue.
  • Flyer for the WiCOR Lecture in Spring 2026, presented by Victoria Meadows with a photo of the speaker, a graphic of a magnifying glass looking at a planet, and a gradient background from dark blue to bright purple, along with the WiCOR and UW-Madison Logos.
    Apr 22
    WiCOR Lecture – SP2026 – Meadows

    Victoria Meadows, Senior Research Scientist, SETI Institute

    The Marquee, Union South

    This event is free and open to the public thanks to support from the WiCOR Lecture Fund. Weather permitting, join us after the event for observing the night sky at Washburn Observatory. Title: The Search for Living Worlds Beyond the Solar System Abstract: One of the grandest and most enduring questions in human history has …

    Flyer for the WiCOR Lecture in Spring 2026, presented by Victoria Meadows with a photo of the speaker, a graphic of a magnifying glass looking at a planet, and a gradient background from dark blue to bright purple, along with the WiCOR and UW-Madison Logos.
  • Flyer for the WiCOR Science Spectacular at Science Expeditions, featuring: the event details, a photo of each of the presenters, a dark blue background, the WiCOR logo, and the Science Expeditions banner at the bottom
    Apr 10
    WiCOR Science Spectacular 2026

    WiCOR Members

    Room 1111 (Auditorium), Genetics-Biotechnology Center Science Expeditions

    Join WiCOR for our Science Spectacular as part of Science Expeditions, the annual campus open house. This event will feature faculty members from WiCOR sharing about “How to Build a Habitable Planet”. They will describe: how planets form, the importance of geology, oceans and atmospheres (and what the Earth teaches us), how we find exoplanets, and …

    Flyer for the WiCOR Science Spectacular at Science Expeditions, featuring: the event details, a photo of each of the presenters, a dark blue background, the WiCOR logo, and the Science Expeditions banner at the bottom
  • Flyer for Prof Jim Cleaves's WiCOR Seminar on Oct 9. Details on webpage.
    Oct 9
    Wisconsin Center for Origins Research Seminar – Cleaves

    Jim Cleaves, Department of Chemistry, Howard University

    Chemistry Building 1315, UW-Madison

    This is event is supported by the WiCOR Lecture Fund and the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Title:  Prebiotic Chemical Diversity Abstract: The space of possible organic compounds is incredibly large and diverse, while the space of core biochemistry is relatively small, though also diverse. This talk will explore relations between those two chemical spaces vis-a-vis …

    Flyer for Prof Jim Cleaves's WiCOR Seminar on Oct 9. Details on webpage.
  • Flyer for Prof Jim Cleaves's WiCOR Lecture on Oct 8, 2025. Details in webpage text.
    Oct 8
    WiCOR Lecture – FA 2025 – Jim Cleaves

    Jim Cleaves, Department of Chemistry, Howard University

    H.F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building, UW-Madison

    Miss this event? Watch the recording on YouTube: https://youtu.be/58QHWiIYgOk This event is open to the public – please share with friends and family! This is event is supported by the WiCOR Lecture Fund and the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Title: Understanding the Chemical Origins of Life Abstract:  How life began on Earth, and whether it …

    Flyer for Prof Jim Cleaves's WiCOR Lecture on Oct 8, 2025. Details in webpage text.
  • Flyer for Professor Jack Szostak's talk on “The Origins of Life: Easy of Hard?”, May 1 @ 7 pm, S429 Chemistry Building, with the WiCOR logo, a photo of the speaker and the abstract.
    May 1
    WiCOR Lecture – SP2025 – Szostak

    Jack W. Szostak, Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Chicago

    Chemistry Building S429, UW-Madison

    Miss this event? Watch the recording on YouTube: https://youtu.be/C3lHlf4QWjc This event is open to the public – please share with friends and family! Title: The Origin of Life: Easy or Hard? Abstract: The combined efforts of laboratories around the world have begun to converge on a reasonable pathway going all the way from planet formation to …

    Flyer for Professor Jack Szostak's talk on “The Origins of Life: Easy of Hard?”, May 1 @ 7 pm, S429 Chemistry Building, with the WiCOR logo, a photo of the speaker and the abstract.
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