University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: July 2019

WXPR’s ‘We Live Up Here’ Features Lake Superior and Nancy Langston

Nancy Langston, a professor of environmental history at Michigan Tech in Houghton, Michigan, shares how she finds inspiration to fight climate change in the collaborative efforts–past and present–of Native communities who live along the shores of Lake Superior, including the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Langston is a Wisconsin Idea …

WXPR’s ‘We Live Up Here’ Features Lake Superior and Nancy Langston

Nancy Langston, a professor of environmental history at Michigan Tech in Houghton, Michigan, shares how she finds inspiration to fight climate change in the collaborative efforts–past and present–of Native communities who live along the shores of Lake Superior, including the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Langston is a Wisconsin Idea …

Viroqua Chef Luke Zahm New Host of WPT Show

Chef Luke Zahm, owner of Driftless Cafe in Viroqua since 2013, is the new host of “Wisconsin Foodie” on Wisconsin Public Television. His episodes will begin in January 2020. The 2019 Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants met Zahm at the Driftless Cafe to learn about his perspectives on food, and how his identity as a chef …