Nearly 5,000 Nelson Institute alumni work in government, business, and nonprofit organizations, applying their knowledge and skills to make the world a better and more sustainable place.
The Commons
Director’s Cut: Sean Schoville
It has been a great year for the Center for Ecology and the Environment (CEE)!
A Sense of Place
The Odyssey Project is a unique program at UW–Madison that invites adult students with economic barriers to higher education to take humanities courses on campus.
New Faculty Hire: Tim Portlock
The Nelson Institute is thrilled to announce its newest faculty member: Tim Portlock, who will join the UW–Madison community in the Fall 2023 semester.
Happy Cows are Safe Cows
What happens to you when you’re stressed? Do your eating habits change? Maybe you exercise less, or maybe you avoid being around your friends and family. The same goes for cattle.
Global Ark Project
Nearly one million species — one-eighth of all life on Earth — are threatened with near immediate extinction, and science suggests this is the beginning of a larger trend.
Mitigating Wildlife Conflict in Botswana
From the age of three, Nelson Institute environment and resources PhD student Gabi Fleury wanted to travel to Africa and be a conservationist.
Director’s Cut: Carol Barford
The Weston Roundtable lecture series is all about the science, technology, and policy of environmental sustainability.
A Liberated Intellectual
When Rob Hall accepts his offer to attend Stanford University as a PhD candidate in their Cell, Molecular and Organismal Biology program, it will be exactly two years after he almost gave up on academics altogether.
Promoting Pollinators, One Unmowed Lawn at a Time
With the help of an app developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison entomologists, Sun Prairie residents are becoming scientists studying bees in their own yards this May.
Science-Based Optimism
If you’re like most people, the topic of climate change doesn’t fill you with the warm and fuzzies.
Fishing on the Line
Report indicates that fisheries are changing as the climate warms.
Linking Business and Sustainability Through Supply Chain
Sustainability certificate student Lissy Kettleson featured in the Wisconsin School of Business’s “Next Generation of Business Leaders.”
Embracing Cultures and Making a Global Impact
Sustainability certificate student Angie Kettleson featured in the Wisconsin School of Business’s “Next Generation of Business Leaders.”
How to Shop More Sustainably
SoHE professor and Nelson affiliate Majid Sarmadi says there’s more to being green than recycling.
To Instill the Spirit of Conservation
On the Office of Sustainability’s 11th birthday, we look back to the first decade — and forward to the next.
Day (and Night) of the Badger a Success!
Thank you! We are grateful for everyone who participated in UW–Madison’s annual day of giving, Day of the Badger, this year held on March 28–29.
‘There’s Still Time for the Planet, if We Stay Hopeful’
Jane Goodall spoke to a sold-out crowd with the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
Rooted in the Ground
You could say undergraduate student Tien Vo is very grounded.
Meet Tomiko Jones
Capturing the beautiful, dynamic, and sometimes sorrowful moments nature has to offer is no easy feat and takes a careful eye.
Electrifying Outagamie County
Buckle up and hit the gas … or should it be electricity?
A Successful Sustainable Success
Reports suggest that switching from fossil fuels to batteries and electrification in the U.S. transportation, industrial, and commercial and residential sectors can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percent in just a few decades … but everything has its costs.
Nuclear Fallout in Virtual Reality
On March 9 and 10, 2023, the Graduate Associate Organizing Committee at the Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) was proud to organize a two-day screening of the virtual reality documentary On the Morning You Wake (To the End of the World), an event cosponsored by CHE and the Associated Students of Madison and open to both current UW–Madison students and faculty as well as members of the greater Madison community.
The Reward of Research
As a recent runner-up for the Center for Climatic Research’s Reid Bryson Scholarship poster session, undergraduate senior Sean Bertalot never expected such a distinction just a few short years ago.
Cave Secrets
In studying a stalagmite from Wisconsin’s Cave of the Mounds, a UW-Madison research team found evidence of “a series of massive and abrupt warming events that punctuated the most recent ice age.”