Category: Goals Pages

“How do I contribute to making society better?” For Melissa Bublitz, the answer can be found in food.

This article, by Zach Lewis, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories. Beginning in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the death of …

Ankur Desai’s research benefits both local farmers and the International Panel on Climate Change

This article, by Zach Thomas, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories.  As the world makes plans to mitigate and adapt to a …

How do we make sense of sense? For Noah Feinstein, the answer is plural.

This article, by Chelsea Severin, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories.  Dr. Noah Feinstein is worried about climate change.   “Lots of academics …

Driven by the Wisconsin Idea, Claudio Gratton works to understand and support communities of Wisconsin insects — and people

This article, by Talia O’Shea, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories.  Insects often get a bad reputation, triggering feelings of annoyance at …

Anita Thompson’s lab finds insights in climate change’s impacts on water resources

This article, by Kally Arnzen, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories. As a native Midwesterner, Anita Thompson recalls that her childhood winters …

Emotion, rather than information, influences climate denial, Lyn Van Swol’s research finds

This article, by Dinesh Baskaran, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories. Accessing knowledge has become increasingly easy in recent decades. Scientific facts …

Mohan Qin’s lab uses technology to create a new alternative for fertilizer

This article, by Cole Diepersloot, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories. According to the USDA, in 2022 more than 22 million acres …

Feng He’s research looks “to reproduce past climate change to predict the future”

This article, by Matheus Pupo, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories.   Venice—a city renowned for its intricate canal system—faces increasingly frequent …

New research by Philip Mulder studies the equity of crowdfunding support for natural disasters

This article, by Talia Bartosch, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories.  A new study finds that those with a higher income receive …

For Gregory Nemet, hope for the climate’s future may just come from the past

This article, by Bryce Johnson, is part of a series highlighting members of the Office of Sustainability’s Experts Database. In a collaboration with instructor Hannah Monroe’s course, LSC 561: Writing Science for the Public, students interviewed campus sustainability experts and produced short feature stories.  Many Americans look to the future to solve climate change, whether …