WID Hubs

Indigenous Language Table
2025-11-19 13:00 - 14:15, 2025-11-20 13:00 - 14:15, 2025-12-03 13:00 - 14:15, 2025-12-10 13:00 - 14:15, 2025-12-17 13:00 - 14:15, 2026-01-21 13:00 - 14:15, 2026-01-28 13:00 - 14:15, 2026-02-04 13:00 - 14:15 (America/Chicago) and 1 more date | 1145 Discovery Building
A safe place to practice indigneous languages. An Indigenous Language Table supports learners in developing spoken skills beyond the classroom, building community, strengthening purpose, and normalizing Indigenous languages through representation. It welcomes former students and ongoing learners, community members from classes or self study, and anyone interested in Indigenous languages and people.
CONTACT: 316-4325, lredeagle@wisc.edu
URL: https://illuminatingdiscovery.wisc.edu/indigenous-language-table/

WID Seminar Series:
2025-11-21 10:00 - 11:15 | Orchard View Room 3280, Discovery Building (Also offered online)
Bilge Mutlu. Designing for Integration: Bringing Embodied AI into the Real World
CONTACT: media@wid.wisc.edu
URL: https://wid.wisc.edu/all-events/wid-seminar-series/
ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98293855424

Thanksgiving Recess
2025-11-27
*Note: actual end time may vary.*
University offices closed.
CONTACT: admin@secfac.wisc.edu

Thanksgiving Recess
2025-11-30
*Note: actual end time may vary.*
CONTACT: admin@secfac.wisc.edu

Crossroads of Ideas:
2025-12-09 19:00 - 20:00 | 3rd Floor Orchard View Room, Discovery Building
Quantum Frontiers. Quantum science might sound like it belongs in the lab or a science fiction novel, but its impact is already woven into our daily lives—from the technology in our phones to the future of computing and medicine. Join the Wisconsin Quantum Institute’s Aws Albarghouthi (Computer Science) and Matthew Otten (Physics) for a moderated discussion with Katerina Moloni, exploring the fascinating science of the quantum world and why understanding it matters for all of us.
URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crossroads-of-ideas-quantum-frontiers-tickets-1797490003989

Last Class Day
2025-12-10

AI/ML Gift Exchange
2025-12-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Orchard View Room, Discovery Building (Also offered online)
Give the Gift of Knowledge on Dec 10!.
CONTACT: endemann@wisc.edu
URL: https://forms.gle/7kUdgFpAPzsLFTYh7
ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92639425571?pwd=[REDACTED]

Study Day
2025-12-11

Exams Begin
2025-12-12

Commencement
2025-12-14 10:00 - 12:30
CONTACT: admin@secfac.wisc.edu

WID Seminar Series: Understanding and Fixing a Broken Heart with Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
2025-12-16 13:00 - 14:15 | Orchard View Room 3280, Discovery Building (Also offered online)
Tim Kamp.
CONTACT: media@wid.wisc.edu
URL: https://wid.wisc.edu/all-events/wid-seminar-series/
ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98293855424

Exams End
2025-12-18

Software Carpentry
2026-01-12 09:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-13 09:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-14 09:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-15 09:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-16 09:00 - 13:00
Researchers learning unix shell, git/GitHub, Python. Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. This workshop teaches intro to the unix shell, git/GitHub, and python. Registration required.
CONTACT: 815-383-3279, sarah.stevens@wisc.edu
URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2026-01-12-uwmadison-swc/

Faculty Meeting
2026-01-15 13:00 - 14:30 | Board Room, Discovery Building
CONTACT: mturrubiarte@wisc.edu

WID Seminar Series:
2026-01-16 10:00 - 11:15 | Orchard View Room 3280, Discovery Building (Also offered online)
Federico Rey.
CONTACT: media@wid.wisc.edu
URL: https://wid.wisc.edu/all-events/wid-seminar-series/
ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98293855424

Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2026-01-19
*Note: actual end time may vary.*
No classes. University offices are closed..
CONTACT: admin@secfac.wisc.edu

Spring Semester Instruction Begins
2026-01-20

Crossroads of Ideas:
2026-01-28 19:00 - 20:00 | 3rd Floor Orchard View Room, Discovery Building
How Failure Fuels Innovation. Part I in our Productive Failure Series
URL: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crossroads-of-ideas-why-failure-fuels-innovation-tickets-1975643154859
