The Commons – July 2024

  • 2024 Alumni Awards

    Nelson Institute Announces 2024 Alumni Award Winners

    More than 6,000 Nelson Institute alumni work in government, business, and nonprofit organizations, applying their knowledge and skills to make the world a better and more sustainable place.

  • Morgan Robinson

    Healthy World, Healthy Womb

    Would you choose to have kids if you knew they would be born into an environment riddled with toxic pollution, subjecting them to poor health throughout their lives?

  • Dry Land

    Your Summer Reading List

    In the fall semester, two distinct Nelson Institute’s research centers came together over books.

  • Groundwater on the Rocks

    New research will map naturally occurring contaminants in public wells across Wisconsin.

  • Carbon Content in Construction Materials

    WICCI infrastructure working group cochairs discuss the lesser known culprits of greenhouse gas emissions: the making of construction materials.

  • The Race to Capture Carbon

    UW–Madison faculty and students coauthored a landmark report on carbon dioxide removal.