“Linking knowledge to action:” the motto for EOI alumna while completing her MS degree

“Linking knowledge to action.”

This is the phrase Environmental Observation and Informatics (EOI) graduate Grace Stonecipher says is the embodiment of her time at the Nelson Institute. “The courses really dove into that subject of ‘Great, we can do all this science, but if we’re not using it to actually make decisions, then what’s the point?’”

Originally from Seattle, Stonecipher attended Yale University and earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies. “That led me to get more interested in conservation and I did a study abroad program in Canada which I guess was abroad but still pretty close to home,” Stonecipher laughed. “That [program] was all about conservation and thinking about how land management works and how do you incorporate the human side [with] the wildlife side.”

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