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  3. March 2025

March 2025

He’s Green

Posted on March 12, 2025

Raines Lucas is an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, a guitarist in a touring band, and a GLUE researcher.

Posted in March 2025, News, Students

Lighting the Path Forward

Posted on March 11, 2025

Dorothy Lsoto never imagined she would be earning her doctorate in environment and resources at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.

Posted in diversity, Environment and Resources, March 2025, News, Students

Where Sustainability Meets Chemistry

Posted on March 5, 2025

“If you want to save the world, be a chemist,” Amy Cannon said to a room of students, faculty, and staff at the Nelson Institute’s Weston Roundtable in late January.

Posted in March 2025, News, sage

How-To: Salt Wisely

Posted on January 31, 2025

When it’s cold and snowing outside, don’t be so salty.

Posted in March 2025

The Soundtrack of Conservation

Posted on January 8, 2025

Why do birds make so many different sounds? A new UW–Madison study gets at the underlying factors.

Posted in March 2025

Forecast: Extreme

Posted on January 2, 2025

How Wisconsin’s rural communities are prepping for more extreme weather events.

Posted in March 2025

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