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Northland College student Andy Kasun stands with his winning academic poster

Burke Center Student Researchers Take Top Prizes

Kasun and Ulman Showcase Freshwater Research at AGU

…and Research Scientist Matt Cooper. “Marisa took on a challenging project for an undergraduate and did a great job of applying all the field, lab, and analytical skills she’s learned at the Burke Center and through coursework at Northland College,” Hudson said. “The dataset she produced will play an important…

Four Northland College students sit in a boat with survey equipment

The Life Aquatic of the Penokee Hills

Students Survey Fish Populations

…research scientist Matt Cooper. Mader is a double major in water science and natural resources with an emphasis in ecological restoration and a writing minor. She is a member of the Northland softball team, ski club, enjoys fishing and hiking in the area and has led an Outdoor Orientation trip….

Angela Stroud's Good Guys with Guns cover

"Good Guys with Guns" Released

…publicly armed citizenry means for society. Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Justice Angela Stroud has researched for eight years the reasoning behind concealed carry. She presents her results in, Good Guys with Guns: The Appeals and Consequences of Concealed Carry, published by the University of North Carolina Press in…

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SA: Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns?

…lives. Taken together, these studies describe a population that is struggling to find a new story—one in which they are once again the heroes. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HARD WORK? When Northland College sociologist Angela Stroud studied applications for licenses to carry concealed firearms in Texas, which exploded after President Obama…

WPR Hear Me Out: Stroud on Gun Violence

Angela Stroud, assistant professor of sociology and social justice at Northland College in Ashland, will speak with us about her newly released book Good Guys With Guns: The Appeal and Consequences of Concealed Carry. We’ll talk about why people choose to arm themselves after mass shootings like the one in…

Northland College student Adrian Diaz in Nicaragua

Diaz Looks at Eliminating Waterborne Illness in Nicaragua

…tablets to disinfect a community’s water source. Diaz spoke with Angela Kuan, head of the water committee in Siares, a small village in the mountains of northern Nicaragua. This January, Kuan mobilized her neighbors to split the cost of the chlorinator, and as a result, 1,500 people in her community…

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WPR: Orlando Mass Shooting Renews Gun Control Debate In Wisconsin

Northern Wisconsin Professor Says Concealed Carry Not Answer To Gun Violence

Gun sales usually spike following mass shootings like the one in an Orlando, Florida, nightclub last weekend. A northern Wisconsin professor warns arming ourselves might not be the answer, but some gun rights advocates say people should be able to defend themselves. Angela Stroud, assistant professor of sociology and social…

Apostle Islands Devils Caves

Apostle Islands Stewardship Symposium

…and by Merri V. Lindgren and Megan Schliesman, librarians at the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC); five breakout sessions that will focus on practical ways for educators to integrate environmental ideas through reading, language arts, and outdoor activities; hundreds of new books on display by the CCBC for review and…

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Timber Wolf Alliance Teacher Resources

At the start of the Timber Wolf Alliance, 1987, only 18 wolves were estimated to live in Wisconsin and fewer in Upper Michigan. That year, the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute began the Timber Wolf Alliance assisting twenty-one organizations and many private individuals interested in promoting wolf recovery in Wisconsin and…