Campuswide unit of @UWMadison focused on interdisciplinary education and collaboration around critical environmental issues.

Joined February 2011
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Share your congratulations with our Nelson Institute winter class of 2024! Comment below and let these graduates know how proud you are of them! Just a reminder – our Winter Graduation Celebration is happening later this week! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Help us celebrate our graduates! Join us on Thursday, Dec, 12 from 10 a.m. to noon in Science Hall room 140 for our Winter Graduation Celebration. Stop by for a cup of coffee and some breakfast - RSVP at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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The November issue of the Commons is here! This issue centers around love – the love shared in Indigenous communities for Native November, love of our landscapes at UW–Madison, love of  insects, love of water, and so much more! Read and subcribe at nelson.wisc.edu/news/the-com…
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Voting for the Nelson Institute Sticker Competition is now OPEN! To cast your vote, visit uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/… Many thanks to everyone who took the time to submit a design!
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UW-Madison Nelson Institute retweeted
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The Business Sustainability Leadership Forum — co-led by OBE & @NelsonInstitute — is moving into its second year. After defining BSLF's scope, members will start diving into collaborative projects to advance public-private partnerships in sustainability. bit.ly/3O4VDlK
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Don’t miss out! Our free screening of Bad River happens a week from TODAY! For more information and to register, visit nelson.wisc.edu/events/tales…. Monday, November 18 6:00-8:30 p.m. Wisconsin Union Theater
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UW-Madison Nelson Institute retweeted
Senior @UWMadisonChem major Grace Gooley, one of our Dean's Ambassadors, believes in the power of student community. She co-organized this year's @HoldingHistory papermaking event on Library Mall. ls.wisc.edu/news/paging-the-… @EnglishUW @NelsonInstitute
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Join us for a free screening of Bad River, a documentary following the Bad River Band on their continuous fight for sovereignty, followed by a Q&A featuring some of the film's voices. Monday, November 18 6:00-8:30 p.m. Wisconsin Union Theater nelson.wisc.edu/events/tales…
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What are neonicotinoids ... and what do they mean for our environment? Find out at the first Wisconsin Neonic Forum! 🐞 Registration to attend virtually closes today! cleanwisconsin.org/support/e…
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🦩 Loves the beach 🦩 Prefers salty snacks 🦩 Known to chill on Bascom We’re talking about flamingos, of course (not Dean Robbins 👀). Here are some fla-mazing facts to kickstart Fill the Hill! 🎙Paul Robbins ℹ️Anna Pidgeon @UW_FWEcology #uwflamingos uwflamingos.com/nelson
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Today is your LAST CHANCE to join us for a film screening of An Invitation to Wonder: Waubesa Wetlands! The film will be showing at the Marquee Cinema at Union South from 6-8 p.m. and will be followed by a Q&A with Ben Albert and Cal DeWitt. Register NOW! nelson.wisc.edu/waubesa
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Happening TODAY! Join us at the Lussier Family Heritage Center from 3:30-7 p.m. for outdoor activities and programming, a film screening of An Invitation to Wonder: Waubesa Wetlands, and a Q&A with Ben Albert and Cal DeWitt. Register NOW! nelson.wisc.edu/waubesa
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Located just outside Madison is a place of mystery, wonder, and immense life. Screenings of An Invitation to Wonder: Waubesa Wetlands are right around the corner! Register at nelson.wisc.edu/waubesa. Can’t make it in person? Register to view the film virtually from Sept. 26-29!
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The Green Fund defines itself as a program that “supports student-initiated projects that address the environmental footprint, social impact and operating costs of campus facilities,” and at its heart is project manager Ian Aley. Read on at inside.fpm.wisc.edu/2024/06/…
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UW-Madison Nelson Institute retweeted
Dane County Deluge! Downpours in southern WI the past 24 hours have exceeded in one day our normal rainfall during the entire month. The 3.97 inches at Dane County Regional Airport since midnight make this Madison's 5th wettest day on record and the very wettest in September.
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🌳Full schedule now available!🍂 Will we see you at the Center for Ecology and Environment's Fall Symposium? Learn more and register today! ecology.wisc.edu/fall-sympos…
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OUR SHARED WATERS – HEEX HUU HOIK’OROS & WIIGWAASI-JIIMAAN (Ho-Chunk Cottonwood Dugout Canoe & Ojibwe Birchbark Canoe) Learn about the canoes that have navigated Wisconsin’s waters for millennia. oursharedfuture.wisc.edu/ Sept. 24 & 26, 12-2 p.m.
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Our Tales From Planet Earth screening of An Invitation to Wonder: Waubesa Wetlands is coming up! Join us on Sunday, Sept. 29 or Monday, Sept. 30 for a film screening and Q&A with Ben Albert and Cal DeWitt. For event locations and more information, visit nelson.wisc.edu/waubesa
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Happening soon! Hope to see you at Grainger Hall!
On Sept. 16, join the Nelson Institute in Grainger Hall as we hear firsthand from the EPA's chief of staff Dan Utech about their ongoing efforts to take the climate crisis and other environmental challenges. Register at nelson.wisc.edu/events/insid… @UWFedRelations @EPA @UWMadison
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