Nelson Institute Featured Events
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Leveling Up Hits the Road
With stops including businesses, nonprofits, and nature organizations, you’ll spend the day learning about an array of environmental careers — and making real connections with environmental leaders and Nelson alumni.
Events contact: Alessandra Rella, Outreach Specialist, arella@wisc.edu
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Research Center Events
Climate, People, and the Environment (CPEP) Program
Hosted by the Center for Climatic Research
- Progress and Challenges in Hydrology
March 17, 2026
- Perennial Grasses, Carbon, Water and Nitrogen
March 24, 2026
Weston Roundtable
Hosted by the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment
CHE Environmental Colloquium
Hosted by the Center for Culture, History, and the Environment
Video Library
View recordings of past events on topics ranging from climate change to environmental justice. The library includes videos from Nelson Institute signature events such as Earth Day, as well as seminars hosted by our research centers.
Campuswide Environmental Events
- March
- March 14Lakeshore Nature Preserve Volunteer OpportunityEcological Restoration Work Party9:00 AM, Meet at Frautschi Point parking lot, 2662 Lake Mendota Drive, Madison, 53705
- March 15Family Nature Program: Welcoming SpringArboretum1:30 PM, Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
- March 17Climate, People, and the Environment Program (CPEP)Progress and Challenges in Hydrology12:30 PM, 811 Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building
- March 18Forestry and Wildlife Ecology SeminarDr. David Brundage — From Pixels to Pathogens: A Multimodal Deep Learning Pipeline for Wildlife Health1:30 PM, 216 Russell Laboratories