Schedule

On August 12, 2020, the State Building Commission will hold an administrative affairs subcommittee meeting.

On August 12, 2020, the State Building Commission will hold a higher education subcommittee meeting.

On August 12, 2020, the Rotary Club of Madison will host UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank to share lessons learned and the challenges that lie ahead for UW-Madison.

On August 12, 2020, the Joint Legislative Council Symposia Series on Early Literacy Policies will hold an informational hearing on how the brain learns to read. Research will be presented by Dr. Mark Seidenberg, research professor and Donald O. Hebb professor, department of psychology at UW-Madison.

On August 12, 2020, the State Building Commission will hold a board meeting.

On August 13, 2020, Wisconsin Health News will host a Newsmaker event with Exact Sciences CEO Kevin Conroy to talk about the testing partnership, as well as discuss what missed screenings and delayed care could mean for the future of cancer care.

On August 13, 2020, the Wisconsin PFAS Action Council will meet.

On August 14, 2020, WisconsinEye senior producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com editor JR Ross will review this week in state politics and Coronavirus.

On August 19, 2020, the Joint Legislative Council Symposia Series on Early Literacy Policies will present information on teacher preparation, culturally relevant pedagogy, and early literacy. Dr. Dipesh Navsaria of UW School of Public Health will discuss the critical importance of the first thousand days of life and the key role human relationships and interactions play in that time period, along with concepts of toxic stress and how early adversity leaders to lifelong issues. The importance of early literacy, along with key concepts about literacy development will be reviewed. The structure and concept behind the Reach Out and Read program will be discussed in this context as a workable approach for busy primary-care medical settings.