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 …
Brazil
UW–Madison’s Bal, Bravo speak at online conference in Rio, Brazil
UW–Madison’s Aydin Bal delivered the keynote address for an online conference at the Centro Universitário Carioca (Unicarioca), in Rio, Brazil, in Dec. 2021. Bal is a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation …
School of Education well represented at INEI webinar focused around literacy
Several individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education were presenters at an INEI virtual webinar, “Language and Literacy Education: Cross-National Experiences,” that took place on Dec. 10. The webinar, hosted by the School …
UW–Madison’s Apple delivers keynote for conference in Brazil honoring Paulo Freire
UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple gave the opening keynote address on Sep. 27 at a conference honoring the centenary of the birth of the great critical educator Paulo Freire at Pontifical Catholic University in Sao Paulo, …
Anthropology professor Karen Strier recognized as prominent primate conservationist in Brazil
Karen Strier, a Vilas research professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been featured in the Women in Conservation series by National Geographic Brazil. For 38 years, Strier has maintained a long-term study site on a protected reserve …
All in the family: Emily Perez’ journey from Wisconsin around the world
Emily Perez caught the travel bug young. When Perez’ mom played games with her as a child, she spoke German. Perez’ father told her stories of his time in France and Spain, hitchhiking cross-country with …
Monkey study shows a path to monitoring endangered species
A Brazilian-American research group has just published an unusual study outlining data needs for monitoring the survival of monkeys called muriquis that live in patches of forest in Brazil.