Leaders in Science
Bascom Hill Historic District
The University of Wisconsin's setting along the shores of Lake Mendota made it a natural place to found the study of lakes in North America. But advances in limnology, which was first studied here in the 1880s, are only one aspect of a long legacy of scientific discovery and innovation on campus. For example, science researchers here were among the first to study cancer in the 1940s, the first to make possible genetic engineering for plants and food crops in the 1950s, and the first to design technology that allowed satellites to take pictures of earth from space in the 1960s.
This marker is made possible by a grant from the UW Foundation
Marker is at the intersection of North Park Street and Langdon Street, on the left when traveling north on North Park Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
