It is estimated that about 60 percent of the plastic produced in the last seven decades is in a landfill or natural environment. This sobering statistic is part of what motivates Barbara Hendrie, the Director …
Month: February 2022
Moonshine: Celebrating poetry and dance
UW–Madison dance students and others got a chance to learn from professional dancers and choreographers in a Moonshine Masterclass, held after the Dance Department’s live performance of Moonshine, a mix of music, theater, dance and …
Alumna Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, to speak at spring commencement
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a top diplomat on the world stage, will take to the Camp Randall stage this May to address University of Wisconsin–Madison graduates. Thomas-Greenfield, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, will …
Kaplan receives IES grant to develop forecasting models for UN Sustainable Development Goals
UW–Madison’s David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, has received a three-year, $897,000 grant from the Institute for Education Sciences to work on the …
Holly Gibbs featured in The Guardian article highlighting loopholes in Amazon soy moratorium
Nelson Institute Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) and Department of Geography professor Holly Gibbs is featured in a recent article from The Guardian highlighting the challenges surrounding a landmark Amazon soy moratorium. […] Read the full …
WICCI releases assessment report, ten years in the making
The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI), a nationally recognized collaboration of scientists and stakeholders working together to help Wisconsin policymakers and citizens understand the impacts of climate change, has released an assessment report …
Fellowship will bring Thai cheese retailers, marketers to Wisconsin to learn about specialty cheeses
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the Center for Dairy Research will help host a group of cheese retailers and cheese marketing specialists from Thailand later this year thanks to …
WRM student, Daniel Igirimbabazi aspires to create solutions to the world’s water resource challenges
Maintaining clean, sustainable water resources for future generations is a personal and professional goal for Nelson Institute Water Resources Management student Daniel Igirimbabazi, who experienced water scarcity as a child. His own experiences, coupled with …
Assist Prof Horowitz new article addresses Global Standards, Corporate Diagrams & Indigenous Agency
This paper, Global Standards, Corporate Diagrams and Indigenous Agency: ExxonMobil in Russia and Alaska, co-authored by Assistant Professor Leah Horowitz, discusses how the government, and others may play important roles in influencing how corporate policies …
UW–Madison’s Li to present work at 2022 SoloDuo Dance Festival in New York City
Work by UW–Madison’s Li Chiao-Ping will be featured at the 2022 SoloDuo Dance Festival, taking place Feb. 6-7 in New York City. Li is the Sally Banes Professor of Dance and a Vilas Research Professor …