Faculty and graduate students with the Nelson Institute’s Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) participated in the annual Place-Based Workshop (PBW) where they spent two days immersing themselves in the history and culture of the region north and west of Madison.
July 2022
Nelson Institute affiliate is Blue Planet Prize recipient
Stephen Carpenter, a Nelson Institute affiliate, and a professor emeritus of integrative biology at the Center for Limnology, has been awarded the 2022 Blue Planet Prize by the Asahi Glass Foundation.
Patz and Vavrus contribute expertise in WPR interview on record-setting heat
Even prior to the official start of summer on June 21, Wisconsin has experienced several heat advisory days.
Environmental Conservation MS student hopes to create change through a career in policy
Starting her career by writing about environmental issues, Mary Kate McCoy found herself wanting to do more to support conservation efforts.
UW-Madison professor appointed to Not Invisible Act Commission to address violent crime against Indigenous Americans
Grace Bulltail, a professor in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, is among those appointed to serve on a commission focusing on addressing violent crime within Indian lands and against American Indians and Alaska Natives.