From advancing environmental justice to using technology to develop sustainable solutions, our students approach our planet’s most pressing environmental challenges from a diverse range of backgrounds, interests, and experiences. Check out how some of our future environmental leaders are making a difference, both locally and abroad.
A Full-Course Meal
Ashley Cheung’s life has always been intertwined with the environment.
December 1, 2023Top Podcasts in Earth Observation
Here are a few of our favorite Earth observation podcasts, ranging in topics from more focused remote sensing research topics to broad geospatial data and applications.
November 20, 2023How Satellites — and People — Saved the Chimps
A remote perspective highlighted the importance of involving humans in the work to protect chimpanzee habitat in Tanzania.
November 7, 2023Industry Revolution
Making copies, sorting files, delivering documents. These are tasks one might associate with your standard internship, but they’re nowhere to be found in the lineup of duties for students participating in UW–Madison’s Corporate Sustainability Internship Program.
September 14, 2023The Psychology of Sustainable Farming
Nelson Institute environment and resources PhD student Sophia Winkler-Schor has spent most of her life fascinated with both the environment and Latin America.
July 31, 2023
An On-Track Diversion
If Travis Blomberg is successful, only 10 percent of UW–Madison’s waste will end up in a landfill.
July 26, 2023EC Graduate and Board of Visitors Member Helps connect People to Urban Green Spaces
Hidden among the pavement and large buildings of many urban areas are small but sacred green spaces. From a young age Angélica Sánchez-Mora was able to appreciate both urban and rural living. Now, she works to help connect those living in urban spaces to the slices of nature around them.
July 24, 2023A Welcome Return
Caitlin Williamson’s connection with the Nelson Institute runs deep, having graduated with the very first cohort of students to complete the environmental conservation (EC) master’s degree in 2015.
July 6, 2023Continuing a Legacy
Being out in nature and working with the land is within graduate student Jesse Eddinger’s genes.
June 22, 2023Taking Stock of the United Nations Paris Agreement
Nova Tebbe, a PhD student in the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, exemplifies the interdisciplinary research of the Nelson Institute.
June 14, 2023Mitigating Wildlife Conflict in Botswana
From the age of three, Nelson Institute environment and resources PhD student Gabi Fleury wanted to travel to Africa and be a conservationist.
May 3, 2023The Reward of Research
As a recent runner-up for the Center for Climatic Research’s Reid Bryson Scholarship poster session, undergraduate senior Sean Bertalot never expected such a distinction just a few short years ago.
April 7, 2023EOI Graduate Passionate to Provide Climate Solutions using Remote Sensing and GIS
Recent graduate of the environmental observation informatics (EOI) MS program, David Kolodziejski found his niche in geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing after a long period of career exploration.
March 17, 2023Bikepacking for Credit
Imagine biking 50 miles up a mountain carrying nearly 100 pounds of gear with only peanut butter, tortillas, and applesauce to keep you going.
March 8, 2023
