2025 Healthy Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Education Series: Partnering with Your Healthcare Team

Online via Zoom and at various community host sites across Wisconsin
@ 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Join the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) for an insightful program featuring a geriatrician, a speech-language pathologist and an occupational therapist as they share how healthcare professionals work together to provide comprehensive care for people living with MCI and their support networks. The program will end with a Q&A session. Free and open to all.

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Film Screening and Art Exhibition — The Carriage of Ongoing Days: Exploring the Lived-Experience of Dementia

Local Motive (a renovated train car), 646 W Washington Ave #5, Madison, WI
@ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us for a short film screening and multimodal art exhibition by Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Kohler Fellows Blue Rachapradit and Noelle Cataldo, exploring the lived experiences of individuals diagnosed with dementia. Free and open to all. Seating is limited. RSVP required. Doors open at 5 p.m. Film screening begins at 6 p.m.

The Carriage of Ongoing Days (event flyer): Exploring the Lived-Experience of Dementia We invite you to attend the free short film screening and multimodal art exhibition by Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Kohler Fellows, Blue Rachapradit and Noelle Cataldo, exploring the lived experience of individuals diagnosed with dementia. Free and open to all. Limited seating available, RSVP required.

2025 Dr. Daniel I. Kaufer Lecture: Lewy Body Dementia, Caregiving and Advocacy

In person and via Zoom
@ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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This year's event is designed for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) researchers and professionals working in dementia care, including memory care providers, neuropsychologists, nurses, and social workers, as well as community members, care partners, and trainees. The event will conclude with a Q&A panel. Light refreshments will be provided. Free and open to all.

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2025 Fall Community Conversation: Addressing Hearing Loss for Better Brain Health

Middleton Performing Arts Center, 2100 Bristol Street (use North Door #23), Middleton, WI 53562
@ 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Hosted by the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC), free and open to people of all ages. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between hearing and memory loss, empowering them to take steps to support better brain health.

Person having their hearing tested at a doctor's office

23rd Annual Update in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias

Memorial Union - Great Hall
@ 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
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This is an annual, in-person event that is designed to improve the diagnostic and therapeutic capability of healthcare providers who care for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. The conference features six research-based presentations that showcase innovative best practices and evolving research efforts.

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Healthy Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI): Cognitive Testing and Brain Imaging Explained

Online via Zoom and in person at various host sites across Wisconsin
@ 9:30 am - 11:30 am
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Join host Nathaniel Chin, MD, and special guest Victoria Williams, PhD, as they break down how doctors use cognitive tests and brain scans to understand changes in memory and thinking. Whether you're experiencing these changes yourself or supporting someone who is, this program will help you feel more informed and prepared. The program will end with a Q&A session. It is free and open to all.

On the left is a person undergoing cognitive testing, on the right is a person reading brain scans

5th Annual Community Health Fair

Calvary Baptist Church 2959 N. Teutonia Ave Milwaukee 53206
@ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute Regional Milwaukee Office will host its 5th Annual Community Health Fair on Saturday, Sept. 6 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn about healthy aging, community resources, and how to participate in research. All are welcome at this free event. 

The Buckingham Club of the Twin Cities Annual Cocktail Party

Ovative Group at the Nordic, 729 N. Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55401
@ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

You’re invited to the annual summer cocktail party of the Buckingham Club of the Twin Cities! Strengthen your UW network in the Twin Cities area, meet Badger athletics leaders, and socialize with UW innovators on the leading edge of transformative Alzheimer’s research.

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