Community

Community engagement at the Morgridge Institute is linked with our mission to spark scientific curiosity and to serve society in partnership with UW–Madison. For us, “community” includes students, teachers, researchers, and the general public…and that means that our work isn’t limited to a laboratory: 

  • We build programs designed to inspire the next generation of fearless scientists. 
  • We support educators working to enrich their STEM classrooms.
  • We provide professional training to prepare well-rounded early-career researchers.

Our programs are also designed with diversity, equity, and inclusion in mind. Nearly 1 in 4 workers in the United States are employed in STEM occupations. But women, along with Latinx, Black, and Indigenous people remain underrepresented in STEM occupations relative to these groups’ proportion of the U.S. population. 

We strive to ensure our programs are accessible to members of these underrepresented minorities, to students who are first-in-family to college, and to students from rural communities. It’s also important that anyone participating in our programs have an inclusive experience that emphasizes the importance of diversity in STEM. 

Featured EventEarning Trust: How Can We Navigate Public Skepticism and Science Misinformation

October 21 @ 7:00 pm

How do we face the next pandemic, mitigate the effects of severe weather and develop cures for disease? Many look to science for answers to these challenges, but fewer are willing to accept the solutions that scientists provide. Please join Morgridge Institute Investigators Pilar Ossorio and Dietram Scheufele and Brad Schwartz at our latest Fearless Science Speaker Series event as they discuss why trust in science is breaking down and what can be done to earn public confidence.

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Earning Trust: How Can We Navigate Public Skepticism and Science Misinformation

Community

Programs to inspire the next generation of fearless scientists

Learn with scientists! Find digital and in-person programs, events, and opportunities for children, students, youths, teachers, and adults to explore science. Programs include the annual Wisconsin Science Festival, the Summer Science Camp, the Summer Science Workshop Series and more.

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Supporting Educators

Find a library of educational materials to help educators, teachers, and science enthusiasts! These guides and resources can be used in the classroom or for at-home activities.

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Well-Rounded Training for early-career scientists

Researchers and trainees can cultivate new skills with Morgridge Institute programs. Through fellowships, workshops, and collaborations within the scientific community, we train well-rounded professionals whose skills extend far beyond the bench.

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Our Community Mission

Society is strengthened by science. We connect with communities to spark imagination.

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Contact the Morgridge Institute for Research

Wes Marner

Wesley D. Marner II

Engagement, Education, and Equity Director
(608) 316-4716
wmarner@morgridge.org