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Change the world.
We’re confronting environmental challenges through transformative research, by bridging classrooms and communities, and forging partnerships locally and globally.
Training Tomorrow's Environmental Leaders
The Nelson Institute values and is committed to a liberal arts and professional education, built on the premise that complex environmental issues can best be understood through familiarity with diverse perspectives, and integration of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
Research for a Better Future
Research drives the social and technological innovation needed to confront the challenges of a rapidly changing global environment. The Nelson Institute is a catalyst of imaginative research that combines skills and knowledge from the humanities, engineering, business, and law to the biological, physical, health, and social sciences.
Nelson News and Events
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Upcoming Events
- April
- April 25Ecological Restoration Work PartyArboretum Wingra Woods9:00 AM, Meet at Wingra Springs parking lot (at top of hill on Arboretum Dr., NE of Arboretum Visitor Center)
- April 25
- April 26
- April 28Climate, People, and the Environment (CPEP) ProgramWhen Soil Meets AI: Revealing Ecosystem Memory Through Big Data and Machine Learning12:30 PM, 811 Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building
- April 28Critical Minerals and EnergyForward in Energy Forum4:30 PM, 1115 Wisconsin Energy Institute
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The Nelson Institute welcomes and is grateful for various forms of support – discretionary funds for our many programs, internships and mentoring opportunities for students, and introductions to new networks that can help advance our reach and build partnerships around Wisconsin and the world.