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  3. March 2021

March 2021

Environmental justice is focus for latest Nelson Issue Brief

Posted on March 8, 2021

The Nelson Institute Issue Brief summarizes and conveys up-to-date scholarship from across the UW-Madison campus on key issues of environmental concern. The latest edition of the Nelson Issue Brief focuses on environmental justice. In particular, …

Posted in March 2021, News

FEWscapes to expand horizons for food, energy, water, and ecosystem security

Posted on March 8, 2021

FEWscapes is a research and engagement project to advance knowledge and support decision-making for food, energy, water, and ecosystem security in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. It is led by a diverse team of researchers …

Posted in March 2021, News

Energy Analysis and Policy Program celebrates 40th anniversary and looks to future

Posted on March 1, 2021

For more than four decades, the Nelson Institute’s Energy Analysis and Policy (EAP) program has been a leader in energy education, offering students in almost any graduate program on campus the opportunity to link big-picture energy issues with …

Posted in March 2021, News

Nelson affiliate finds invasive species often start as ‘sleeper populations’

Posted on February 26, 2021

Jake Vander Zanden, Nelson Institute affiliate and director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Limnology, is the co-author of a new study published in the journal BioScience which found that many invasive species often …

Posted in March 2021, News

Nelson institute alumna and author Heather Shumaker shares advice with professional students

Posted on February 25, 2021

After more than twenty years of experience in land conservation and a career that spans many disciplines, Nelson Institute alumna Heather Shumaker has gained a unique perspective on environmental challenges. It’s a perspective that she shares through …

Posted in Alumni, March 2021, News

UW–Madison interior architecture student focuses education on culture, design, and sustainability

Posted on February 24, 2021

When Riley Palkert came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2017, she was confident that she wanted to pursue a major in interior architecture. Her mom was an interior designer, and she was attracted to …

Posted in March 2021, News

Nelson Institute undergrad explores environmentalism through art

Posted on February 24, 2021

Growing up in California, Nelson Institute graduating senior Juan Antonio Torres experienced first-hand the devastating effects of droughts and forest fires, causing him to think critically about conservation efforts and the environment. He combined his interest for …

Posted in Environmental Studies, March 2021, News

UniverCity year program to partner with four counties and villages

Posted on February 18, 2021

The Nelson Institute is a proud partner of the University of Wisconsin-Madison program UniverCity Year, which will be expanding its impact across the state by partnering with four communities at the same time: Marathon County, …

Posted in March 2021, News

Nelson Institute researcher to share his work at Arboretum luncheon

Posted on February 12, 2021

His talk, titled “Tropical Forests and Elephants: Hunting, Poaching, and Conservation,” will feature information that Rosin gathered as a part of his dissertation and doctorate work at the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment.

Posted in March 2021, News

Adrian Treves named Vilas Associate

Posted on February 11, 2021

Treves will receive support for his research, titled “Non-lethal predator control evaluated with gold-standard experiments.”

Posted in March 2021, News

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