With the new year right around the corner, we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on the many ways sustainability is shaping the UW–Madison campus and experience.
Academics
‘Conscious capitalist’ puts sustainability into practice
December 8, 2015 | by Sarah Olson University of Wisconsin–Madison senior Alana McKeever (left) has worked for the nut butter company Yumbutter since fall 2014. Creamy or crunchy, peanut butter is more than just sustenance …
Great Lakes MOOC builds on SIRE support
From an improved online undergraduate course on climate change, atmospheric sciences professor Steve Ackerman and outreach specialist Margaret Mooney have leveraged their efforts into a massive open online course (MOOC) that is reaching thousands of …
Middlecamp honored for encouraging disadvantaged students in chemical sciences
Cathy Middlecamp, a UW–Madison professor of environmental studies, has been honored with a national award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) for encouraging disadvantaged students into careers in the chemical sciences.