The Wisconsin Festival of Ideas
The WUD Distinguished Lecture Series is proud to present the 3rd annual Wisconsin Festival of Ideas!
When:Sunday April 26, 2015; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: Frederic March Play Circle-- Second Floor of Memorial Union
What is it?
The Wisconsin Festival of Ideas is a one-day multidisciplinary conference event featuring UW-Madison's top faculty and students as speakers. Our university is pushing boundaries in education and research, and this event seeks to showcase some of the best and brightest ideas and collaborations happening on campus. There will be nine presenters--check out the session information below!
The conference runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., but feel free to come for any sessions you can! Lunch and dinner receptions are provided.
Session 1: 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Elliot Sober: Simpson's Paradox --Sex Discrimination, Altruism, and Smoking
Catalina Toma: Self Presentation and Deception in Online Dating Spaces
Student Speaker: Eric Weinlander on the Placebo Effect in Clinical Medicine
Session 2: 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Francis Halzen: Ice Fishing for Neutrinos-- The IceCube Project
Gretchen Schwarze: It's Better to Die Trying--High Stakes Surgical Decisions and Unwanted Care
Student Speaker: Charlie Chang on a A Data-Driven Approach to Dam Disasters
Session 3: 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Steph Tai: Greener, Fairer Foods-- Consumer Demand and Eco/Fairness Labels
Danielle Evans: Do Tell--First-Person Narrators and the Psychology of Storytelling
Student Speaker: Allison Perlin on Genocide and Trauma in the Peacebuilding Process
See the Wisconsin Festival of Ideas website for more information!
When:Sunday April 26, 2015; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: Frederic March Play Circle-- Second Floor of Memorial Union
What is it?
The Wisconsin Festival of Ideas is a one-day multidisciplinary conference event featuring UW-Madison's top faculty and students as speakers. Our university is pushing boundaries in education and research, and this event seeks to showcase some of the best and brightest ideas and collaborations happening on campus. There will be nine presenters--check out the session information below!
The conference runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., but feel free to come for any sessions you can! Lunch and dinner receptions are provided.
Session 1: 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Elliot Sober: Simpson's Paradox --Sex Discrimination, Altruism, and Smoking
Catalina Toma: Self Presentation and Deception in Online Dating Spaces
Student Speaker: Eric Weinlander on the Placebo Effect in Clinical Medicine
Session 2: 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Francis Halzen: Ice Fishing for Neutrinos-- The IceCube Project
Gretchen Schwarze: It's Better to Die Trying--High Stakes Surgical Decisions and Unwanted Care
Student Speaker: Charlie Chang on a A Data-Driven Approach to Dam Disasters
Session 3: 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Steph Tai: Greener, Fairer Foods-- Consumer Demand and Eco/Fairness Labels
Danielle Evans: Do Tell--First-Person Narrators and the Psychology of Storytelling
Student Speaker: Allison Perlin on Genocide and Trauma in the Peacebuilding Process
See the Wisconsin Festival of Ideas website for more information!
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