Nelson Institute Environment and Resources PhD candidate Justyn Huckleberry was recently awarded the 2021 Jordan Prize for her paper, “Displacing Farmers and their Non/Human Relations through Internationally Funded Copper Mining in Botswana.”
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Doctoral candidate leads UW2020 project investigating flood risk and vulnerability in Peru
A new report showcases how community perceptions of risk and social vulnerability shape responses to the threat of natural disasters.
Environmental Conservation program helps student to spread his wings
While growing up in San Diego, California Pharaoh Graham begged his parents to take him to the zoo.
Mapping a more equitable future: Nelson EOI student helps create indexes for the City of La Crosse
For Environmental Observation Informatics (EOI) student Charlotte Peters, a career in environmental justice was a goal since she was a child. Now, she is one step closer to that goal.
Back to her roots: graduate student continues her passion for environmental conservation at the Nelson Institute
Finding one passion in life can be challenging enough, but for master of Environmental Conservation student Ashley Gries, one wasn’t enough. As an undergraduate student at Iowa State University, Gries majored in both Environmental Studies …
Student discovers passion for One Health approach in Environmental Conservation program
When Nelson Institute Environmental Conservation (EC) graduate student, Siyeun Kim, was accepted to the program nearly two years ago, she wasn’t yet sure where her career would take her. Having received an undergraduate degree in …
CCR and Geoscience students awarded post-doctoral positions
The Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research (CCR) is proud to announce that two students have been awarded postdoctoral positions. Cameron Batchelor, a PhD student in the Department of Geoscience, under the advisement of assistant …
Environmental Conservation student helps create framework to guide environmental justice work
Lifelong Wisconsin Resident Alli Wenman’s educational path has led her to help promote environmental and climate justice in Madison, Wis. Wenman began the Environmental Conservation MS program at the Nelson Institute in June 2020 and …
Nelson Institute graduate student co-authors report on nitrate contamination
A new report from the University of Wisconsin–Madison summarizes the ways in which Pepin County farmers are working to address nitrate contamination of ground water. The report was co-authored by Theresa Vander Woude, a Nelson …
Nelson undergrad cares for recovering COVID-19 patients while pursuing a diverse, interdisciplinary education
It is not every day that you meet a college student who is already working in the field, putting what was learned in the classroom to practice in a real-world, applied setting. But Mariah Antigone, …