The Commons – September 2024

  • Gloria Castillo Posada

    Al Ritmo de la Confianza

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

  • Paul Zedler

    Zedler vs. The Woodpecker

    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.

  • Gloria Castillo Posada

    The Speed of Trust

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

  • Ankur Desai

    Ankur Desai Named CCR Assistant Director

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

  • Laura Miller

    Selling the Dream

    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.

  • Anna Weinberg

    Connect, Adapt, and Thrive

    Anna Weinberg has called many different habitats home. From the rolling hills of rural Georgia to the towering mountains of Montana, she can adapt and thrive just about anywhere.

  • Naomi Louchouarn

    Scientific Service Provider

    Naomi Louchouarn never wanted to work with water. In fact, during her master’s coursework in California where “every project was focused on either the ocean or the lack of water,” she says, “I was actively fighting working on anything water related.”

  • Norman Muhammad

    Protecting Water for the Present and Future

    Water rippling. Birds chirping. Wind whispering.

  • What’s Your Job?

    Learn how the Office of Sustainability’s Ian Aley helps campus be sustainable and successful.

  • An Invitation to Wonder

    Explore the Waubesa Wetlands through a new documentary, screening across Madison for free though the Tales from Planet Earth film series.