Nelson Institute Featured Events
Weston Roundtable – Mental Carbon: the Toll of Climate Change on Our Sanity – and What We Can Do
Speaker: Jeremy Hance, Journalist.
CPEP Seminar – How Groundwater Impacts the People and Ecosystems of the South Pacific Islands
Speaker: Matthew Becker, Conrey Chair in Hydrogeology and Professor of Earth Sciences, California State University Long Beach
Weston Roundtable – The Making of Environmental Law: The Challenges of Climate Change and Environmental Justice
Speaker: Richard Lazarus, Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
CPEP Seminar – Water-Wave-Driven Transport of Particles and Heat
Speaker: Nimish Pujara, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, UW–Madison.
Earth Fest
Get ready for a week of engaging, hands-on, educational events celebrating the environment and sustainability.
Events have concluded for the semester. Stay tuned for future events!
Events contact: Emily Reynolds, Director of Community Engagement and Alumni Relations, ereynolds2@wisc.edu
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Video Library
View recordings of past events on topics ranging from climate change to environmental justice. The library includes videos from Nelson Institute signature events such as Earth Day, as well as seminars hosted by our research centers.
Nelson Signature Events
Campuswide Environmental Events
- March
- March 19
- March 20AOS Department Seminar - Taydra LowNew indirect estimates of North Atlantic thermohaline circulation2:30 PM, 811 AOSS, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building
Also offered online - March 21Arboretum Land Care Spring News and UpdatesArboretum Winter Enrichment Lecture (in person)9:00 AM, Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
- March 21Weston RoundtableMental Carbon: the Toll of Climate Change on Our Sanity – and What We Can Do4:15 PM, 1163 Mechanical Engineering Building