News
Student sustainability competition a springboard for local development, global solutions
February 15, 2012
A new way to produce energy from agricultural waste, a recycled device that can provide cheap and efficient electricity in developing countries, and a smart phone application that allows shoppers to …More »
Win your choice of favorite Tales from Planet Earth filmsFebruary 21, 2012
In anticipation of this year’s Tales from Planet Earth film festival, the Nelson Institute is giving away five DVDs from a collection of Tales …More »
Proposed hunt poorly designed, says UW wolf expertFebruary 20, 2012
Legislation outlining a proposed state wolf hunt is likely to hurt wolf populations while failing to resolve existing conflicts with humans, says UW–Madison professor Adrian …More »
Does history repeat? Using the past to improve ecological forecastingFebruary 20, 2012
To better predict the future, Jack Williams is looking to the past. “Environmental change is altering the composition and function of ecological communities,” says Williams, the Bryson Professor …More »
UW–Madison names finalists for Nelson Institute directorFebruary 14, 2012
UW-Madison has named three finalists for the director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental …More »
Treves testifies on proposed wolf hunting and trapping in WisconsinFebruary 11, 2012
Adrian Treves, an associate professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and director of the Carnivore Coexistence Lab, recently provided testimony before the Wisconsin Assembly …More »
Notes
Baron named president-elect of Ecological Society of America
December 16, 2011
U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist Jill Baron, who earned a master's degree in land resources from the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies in 1979, has been named President-Elect of the …More »
Candidates sought for environmental justice faculty position
December 13, 2011
The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Community and Environmental Sociology in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at UW-Madison are seeking applicants for a …More »
Zedler appointed associate director for research and education
December 8, 2011
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of environmental studies Paul Zedler has been named associate director for research and education at the Nelson Institute for Environmental …More »
Marotz recognized for exceptional service to students
November 30, 2011
Tristin Marotz, the Nelson Institute’s undergraduate student services coordinator, has been selected to receive the Dr. Brenda Pfaehler Award of Excellence by the Center for Educational Opportunity …More »
Lim awarded scholarship for tiger conservation research
November 23, 2011
Anya Lim, a Ph.D. candidate in the Nelson Institute Environment and Resources program, has been awarded a fellowship from the Kaplan Graduate Awards Program in support of her research mitigating …More »
In the Media
Sustainability contest aims to solve environmental problems
February 16, 2012
A University of Wisconsin center for environmental studies is expanding the range of global issues addressed at an annual student competition to promote new ideas to approach sustainability. (The …More »
UW-Madison professor gets top honor for work in South Korea
January 30, 2012
An engineering professor who worked around the clock to juggle his day job at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a complex service project halfway around the world has received the South Korean …More »
Federal officials will allow the DNR to control wolf population due to safety concerns
January 30, 2012
After a 50-year struggle to rebuild a population in Wisconsin, the gray wolf has been taken off the federal endangered species list in the Midwest and has become the center of a hunting controversy …More »
Wisconsin farmers now allowed to shoot problem wolves
January 30, 2012
Wisconsin landowners can now legally shoot and kill gray wolves after they were removed from the Wisconsin endangered species list and are no longer protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act …More »
Agriculture and climate change, revisited
January 20, 2012
Agriculture has long been a stepchild in global negotiations over the climate. Hopes had risen that this might change at the latest big global climate session, in Durban, South Africa, in December. …More »
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