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  1. Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
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  3. March 2024

March 2024

UW–Madison launches Sustainability Research Hub

Posted on March 14, 2024

The University of Wisconsin–Madison has launched the Sustainability Research Hub, a new service to campus that will make the university a preeminent destination for sustainability research and education.

Posted in March 2024, News

From Lab Work to Land Management

Posted on March 13, 2024

For Linnea Patterson, studying biology was — well, in her biology.

Posted in Environmental Observation and Informatics, March 2024, News, Students

Cultivating Connections

Posted on March 11, 2024

Erin Silva’s office may be on the University of Wisconsin – Madison campus, but her current work extends to Tribal Nations across the state.

Posted in diversity, March 2024, News

Writing Science for the Public — In Action

Posted on March 4, 2024

“For UW–Madison to be sustainable, it must become a living model for sustainability, integrating all facets of the process into its culture, its purposes, and its practices.”

Posted in March 2024, News

Meet Wisconsin’s New Assistant State Climatologist

Posted on February 26, 2024

Bridgette Mason has been named the new assistant state climatologist for the Wisconsin State Climatology Office (SCO).

Posted in March 2024, News

Introducing the Nelson Ambassadors

Posted on February 19, 2024

Since it first opened to students in 2011, the Nelson Institute’s environmental studies undergraduate major has seen rapid growth — after just one year, the number of declared students nearly doubled.

Posted in March 2024, News, Students

Days of Wine and Geology

Posted on February 15, 2024

Winemaker Anne Ebenreiter Hubatch ‘99 blazes her own trail in Portland.

Posted in March 2024

The Art of Climate Protest

Posted on February 15, 2024

A new generation of climate activists draw from histories of protest art to reveal the ties between the art world and fossil fuel capitalism.

Posted in March 2024

Beyond Jurassic Park

Posted on February 15, 2024

UW researchers preserve animal DNA for species that face extinction.

Posted in March 2024

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