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August 2021

Doctoral candidate leads UW2020 project investigating flood risk and vulnerability in Peru

Posted on August 12, 2021

A new report showcases how community perceptions of risk and social vulnerability shape responses to the threat of natural disasters.

Posted in August 2021, Environment and Resources, NewsTagged Archive

Environmental Conservation program helps student to spread his wings

Posted on August 10, 2021

While growing up in San Diego, California Pharaoh Graham begged his parents to take him to the zoo.

Posted in August 2021, News, StudentsTagged Archive

Mapping a more equitable future: Nelson EOI student helps create indexes for the City of La Crosse

Posted on August 5, 2021

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.

Posted in August 2021, Environmental Observation and Informatics, NewsTagged Archive

Back to her roots: graduate student continues her passion for environmental conservation at the Nelson Institute

Posted on August 3, 2021

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 …

Posted in August 2021, Environmental Conservation, NewsTagged Archive

Nelson Institute alumna fights climate change with data science

Posted on July 27, 2021

Using data for meaningful environmental impact is at the heart of Nelson Institute alumna Lea Shanley’s work.

Posted in Alumni, August 2021, NewsTagged Archive

AOS and CCR professor writes book on the father of modern meteorology

Posted on July 20, 2021

Reginald Sutcliffe and the Invention of Modern Weather Systems Science, by Jonathan E. Martin, discusses Sutcliffe’s role in developing modern dynamical meteorology.

Posted in August 2021, NewsTagged Archive

Dean Robbins selected as 2019-20 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar

Posted on July 12, 2021

As a 2019-2020 Phi Beta Kappa Scholar, Nelson Institute Dean Paul Robbins has been sharing his research with undergraduate students across America.

Posted in August 2021, NewsTagged Archive

CHE director explores the costs of leisure in Florida

Posted on July 6, 2021

Anna Andrzejewski, director of the Nelson Institute Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) and Bradshaw Knight Professor of Environmental Humanities, was recently published on PLATFORM, a digital space that supports the exchange of research. …

Posted in August 2021, NewsTagged Archive

Hunting and hidden deaths led to estimated 30 percent reduction in Wisconsin’s wolf population

Posted on July 5, 2021

New research into the implications of Wisconsin’s wolf hunt is helping to shed light on how the hunt has impacted the wolf population. Led by Nelson Institute professor and founder of the Carnivore Coexistence Lab …

Posted in August 2021, NewsTagged Archive

Calhoun featured on North County Radio

Posted on June 29, 2021

Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies affiliate and associate professor of English, Joshua Calhoun was recently featured on North Country Public Radio. In the story entitled, “North Country scholars explore making paper, ink, handwriting in the …

Posted in August 2021, NewsTagged Archive

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