Nelson Institute alumna named Madison’s new sustainability and resilience manager
Price is graduate of the Nelson Institute Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development MS program and the Environment and Resources PhD program.
July 27, 2021Nelson Institute alumna fights climate change with data science
Using data for meaningful environmental impact is at the heart of Nelson Institute alumna Lea Shanley’s work.
July 27, 2021The Ho-Chunk Nation and the Village of Waunakee partner through UniverCity Year to address diversity and inclusion
Located just north of Madison, Wis. within the Ho-Chunk ancestral territory of Dejope, the Village of Waunakee is unique in many ways, but perhaps most notably it is the only Waunakee in the world. A …
July 13, 2021Student discovers passion for One Health approach in Environmental Conservation program
When Nelson Institute Environmental Conservation (EC) graduate student, Siyeun Kim, was accepted to the program nearly two years ago, she wasn’t yet sure where her career would take her. Having received an undergraduate degree in …
July 13, 2021Dean Robbins selected as 2019-20 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
As a 2019-2020 Phi Beta Kappa Scholar, Nelson Institute Dean Paul Robbins has been sharing his research with undergraduate students across America.
July 12, 2021CCR and Geoscience students awarded post-doctoral positions
The Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research (CCR) is proud to announce that two students have been awarded postdoctoral positions. Cameron Batchelor, a PhD student in the Department of Geoscience, under the advisement of assistant …
July 8, 2021CHE director explores the costs of leisure in Florida
Anna Andrzejewski, director of the Nelson Institute Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) and Bradshaw Knight Professor of Environmental Humanities, was recently published on PLATFORM, a digital space that supports the exchange of research. …
July 6, 2021Environmental Conservation student helps create framework to guide environmental justice work
Lifelong Wisconsin Resident Alli Wenman’s educational path has led her to help promote environmental and climate justice in Madison, Wis. Wenman began the Environmental Conservation MS program at the Nelson Institute in June 2020 and …
July 6, 2021Hunting and hidden deaths led to estimated 30 percent reduction in Wisconsin’s wolf population
New research into the implications of Wisconsin’s wolf hunt is helping to shed light on how the hunt has impacted the wolf population. Led by Nelson Institute professor and founder of the Carnivore Coexistence Lab …
July 5, 2021Wisconsin Humanities grant awarded to CHE
Exciting news for Edge Effects and the Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE). The Wisconsin Humanities Council has awarded CHE a grant to fund a new Edge Effects series (tentatively) entitled, “Land Cast: Stories …
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