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Celebrating Native November

Posted on December 5, 2024

Bad River Band documentary screening highlights love and resiliency.

Posted in December 2024, diversity, News

Paging the Community

Posted on December 3, 2024

Senior Grace Gooley builds community with students of different fields through one of the most common objects you’ve never made — paper.

Posted in December 2024, News

Books for Future Environmentalists

Posted on December 2, 2024

Celebrate 10 years of Edge Effects with this book list from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center.

Posted in December 2024, News

Teachers’ Pets: Steph Tai and Megyn Kelly

Posted on November 29, 2024

When it comes to exercise, dressing up, or coming to campus, this iguana don’t wanna.

Posted in December 2024, diversity, News

Shared Solutions

Posted on November 20, 2024

Sustaining partnerships, progress with Business Sustainability Leadership Forum.

Posted in December 2024, News

Shaping Waterscapes

Posted on November 13, 2024

Sophie Van Alsburg has always felt a deep connection to water in all its forms. Whether she’s carving through snowy slopes in winter or diving into lakes in summer, her favorite pastimes are tied to H₂O.

Posted in News, November 2024, Students, Water Resources Management

A Kaleidoscope of Beings

Posted on November 11, 2024

Heather Swan didn’t have the most conventional upbringing. As a girl, she lived with her mother, an artist, and traveled between artist communities across the country.

Posted in News, November 2024

Turning Passion into Progress

Posted on November 8, 2024

When Tiffany Clark first started as an undergraduate student, she didn’t plan on majoring in environmental studies.

Posted in Alumni, News, November 2024

Raise Your Own Nematodes

Posted on November 1, 2024

Scientists are providing growers with a DIY process to fight insect pests.

Posted in November 2024

The Bright Side of AI

Posted on October 31, 2024

Third-annual Sustainability Symposium highlights the AI in sustainability.

Posted in November 2024

Climate Impacts on Tribal Nations

Posted on October 30, 2024

Nelson Institute alum Dylan Bizhikiins Jennings discusses the cultural, economic, and recreational changes that will result from climate change in Wisconsin.

Posted in November 2024

Where Climate Meets Health

Posted on October 24, 2024

As the nation and the world race to mitigate climate change, sweeping climate policies are emerging — and fast.

Posted in News, November 2024

The Chronicles of Cal

Posted on October 10, 2024

Cal DeWitt considers his childhood normal — that is, except for the zoo he kept in his backyard.

Posted in News, October 2024

Illustrating Prairie Ecology

Posted on October 9, 2024

While attending the Rhode Island School of Design for her undergraduate degree, Liz Anna Kozik became very aware of the fact that she was a Midwesterner on the East Coast.

Posted in Alumni, News, October 2024

(Don’t Fear) the Weather

Posted on October 8, 2024

Remember when you were a kid, and Halloween was so cold?

Posted in News, October 2024

Can’t-Miss Moments from Rendezvous 2024

Posted on October 7, 2024

Rendezvous on the Terrace, the annual gathering for alumni of the Nelson Institute, looks a lot different today than when it started.

Posted in Alumni, News, October 2024

Four Things You Didn’t Know about Land Tenure

Posted on October 4, 2024

“I’ve found, over the years, that the terminology with land tenure is often kind of murky,” says Lisa Naughton, faculty affiliate in the Nelson institute’s Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE).

Posted in News, October 2024

Fall 2024 Media Mentions

Posted on October 3, 2024

Would Jesus park in a bike lane? For Philadelphia churches, it’s a real question

Posted in News, October 2024

Don’t Go Changing Waterfalls

Posted on September 18, 2024

Anita Thompson’s lab finds insights in climate change’s impacts on water resources.

Posted in November 2024

Al Ritmo de la Confianza

Posted on September 17, 2024

“Este es un lugar al que realmente pertenezco”. Así se sentía Gloria Castillo Posada durante su infancia en Bogotá, Colombia.

Posted in Alumni, diversity, News, September 2024

Zedler vs. The Woodpecker

Posted on September 11, 2024

Paul Zedler has devoted his life’s work to studying ecosystems and teaching the next generation of environmental professionals … but it seems nature isn’t done with him yet.

Posted in News, September 2024

The Speed of Trust

Posted on September 9, 2024

“This is a place I belong.” That’s how Gloria Castillo Posada felt as a girl growing up in Bogotá, Colombia.

Posted in Alumni, diversity, News, September 2024

Ankur Desai Named CCR Assistant Director

Posted on September 5, 2024

Professor Ankur Desai will be stepping into the role of assistant director for the Center for Climatic Research this fall. 

Posted in News, September 2024

Real-World Relevance

Posted on September 4, 2024

Energy Analysis and Policy capstone team publishes journal article on renewable natural gas.

Posted in August 2024

Selling the Dream

Posted on September 3, 2024

It’s Friday night in Washington, DC’s Anacostia neighborhood. Laura Miller is outside washing her car as a neighbor stops by the yard to borrow a few hand tools.

Posted in Alumni, diversity, News, September 2024
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