Distinguished faculty members from the College of Letters & Science will participate in an upcoming Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) discussion series.
The four-part series, hosted in the H.F. DeLuca Forum at the Discovery Building, celebrates WARF's 90th anniversary by exploring the cycle of innovation.
L&S professors John Hawks, Richie Davidson, Guri Sohi and Laura Kiessling will share their expertise in panels on research and invention.
Hawks, the Vilas-Borghesi Distinguished Achievement Professor of Anthropology, and Davidson, the William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, will participate in a discussion titled "The Rationale for Basic Research," Oct. 14 from 4-5 p.m. Nicole Nelson, an assistant professor of the history of science, will moderate the discussion.
Sohi, the John P. Morgridge Professor and E. David Cronon Professor of Computer Sciences, and Kiessling, the Steenbock Professor of Chemistry, will take part in "Invention: Serendipity, Necessity and Ah-Ha," Oct. 22 from 4-5 p.m.
WARF is the nonprofit foundation that patents and commercializes campus inventions. Established in 1925, it advances groundbreaking research and graduate education through regular financial, intellectual and legal support to UW-Madison researchers.
Other discussions focus on commercialization and investment. To learn more and register for the events, visit the WARF website.