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Month: February 2019

New Communications Intern Brings Passion for Outdoors and Writing to the WIS

February 20, 2019 by Bethany Prochnow

  What drew you to apply to intern for the Wisconsin Idea Seminar? Who wouldn’t want to work for an immersive tour that shows off the cultural, educational, industrial, social, and political realities of Wisconsin? … Read More »

Posted in Hello, Wisconsin! Profiles, profilesTagged Bethany Prochnow, internship, UW-Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Idea Seminar

WIS’17 Alum Uses ‘Badger’ to Study Bluff Erosion in Wisconsin

February 15, 2019 by Bethany Prochnow

  Lucas Zoet, an assistant professor of geoscience traveled along with the Wisconsin Idea Seminar in 2017. Since then, he has been working on a project that studies the bluffs of Wisconsin’s eastern shores. Lake … Read More »

Posted in faculty, news, River Tour 2017Tagged Lucas Zoet, WIS alumni, WIS'17, Wisconsin

WIS’18 Alum Talks Hygge – Pleasant Togetherness

February 13, 2019 by Bethany Prochnow

  Claus Andersen spoke to Wisconsin Public Radio about hygge, the notion of pleasant togetherness, that is embedded in Scandinavian culture and which has recently caught on in the United States. Andersen, an assistant professor of … Read More »

Posted in Big Lake Tour 2018, faculty, newsTagged Claus Andersen, WIS alumni, WIS'18, WPR

WIS’16 Alumna Thea Whitman Burns Biomass to Study Climate Change

February 11, 2019 by Bethany Prochnow

  Thea Whitman, who traveled along with the Wisconsin Idea Seminar in 2016, studies microbes here at UW-Madison, burning wood in a large furnace in order to look at carbon and its role in soil. … Read More »

Posted in Bay Tour 2016, faculty, news, researchTagged CALS, Thea Whitman, WIS alumni, WIS'16

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