From the Director
When the Wisconsin Academy was founded in 1870, the American fascination with science was in full bloom. Today, not so much.
Writing is a gateway to insight and wisdom, and Wisconsin needs both these days.
When the winds of change are in the air, it’s a good idea to gather one’s extended circle—especially the wisdom-keepers and those who understand our history and how it shapes these times and the future.
This spring, the Wisconsin Academy brought together our Waters of Wisconsin Initiative leaders for a day of intense discussion about the state of Wisconsin’s freshwater ecosystems.
Why has Wisconsin, which is ranked 48th in the U.S. for public arts funding, retreated from public investment in the arts?
How do the natural places we know and love define so much of what Wisconsin means to us?
One of the rewards of working at the Wisconsin Academy is being able to play in the same pool with some of the leading thinkers from across the spectrum of the sciences, arts, and letters as they wrap their heads around
I’m pleased to share with readers news that the Wisconsin Academy recently completed a strategic plan for the next three to five years.
My favorite passage from Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi is the part in which Twain writes about learning from his river boat pilot how to “read the water.”
We’re living in a time when a lot is churning, and some old assumptions about the way life is supposed to be are turning out to be less than reliable.
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