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The Indirect Costs of Partnership
Johanna Crane, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Washington-Bothell, presents “The Indirect Costs of Partnership: Administrative Labor and African Invisibility in Global Health Science” as part of the Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies Visiting Lecture Series. Crane focuses her ethnographic work on the complexities of “global…
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Could squirmy livestock dent Africa’s protein deficit?
Valerie Stull and Rachel Bergmans look at mealworms as an inexpensive microlivestock that produces an easy source of protein. And win the Climate Quest Competition.
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2015 Sustainability Forum
At the 2015 Sustainability Forum, academic, industry, and nonprofit leaders will examine the reasons for and impacts of our everyday consumption habits, focusing on our use of food, clothing, shelter, and personal electronics. “Rethinking Our Consumption: Beyond Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” will be held 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 26, in Union South’s Varsity…
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20th Anniversary Wetland Science Conference
Join the Wisconsin Wetlands Association to share and discuss wetland science, management, restoration, and protection issues at Telling Our Stories, Wisconsin Wetlands Association’s annual Wetland Science Conference. The Nelson Institute is proud to be a sponsor of this conference, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary. For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.uwlax.edu/conted/wwa/index.html
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Climate change driving brutal weather?
UW-Madison climate scientist Stephen Vavrus and colleagues find more evidence linking a wavy jet stream to brutal weather–and a warming Arctic, where climate change is happening faster than in Earth’s middle latitudes.