Northland College researchers want to prepare Chequamegon Bay for the worst. In order to do so, first they need to better understand how the bay works. Four researchers will present their most recent findings to the community Tuesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. at the Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded the Northland College Center for Rural Communities (CRC) nearly $310,000 for a four-year research project focused on how to strengthen the community food system in Ashland and Bayfield counties. “The goal of this study is to…
Northland College Geoscience Professor Tom Fitz did not set out to become the key researcher of asbestos-like fibers in the Penokee Hills, the site of a proposed mine. In the absence of thorough scientific inquiry, he stepped in. Literally. In the last few years, he has walked nearly every inch…
A photobombing squirrel helped a Northland College student document the highest recorded observation of the gray tree frog in northern Wisconsin. As part of a larger study of old and large white pine canopies, senior Madison Laughlin of Edmonds, Washington, documented the tree frog almost seventy feet above the ground…
The Urban History Association awarded Josiah Rector, Hulings Assistant Professor of US and Environmental History and Culture, the Michael Katz Award for Best Dissertation in Urban History. Rector, who began at Northland College this fall, wrote his dissertation “Accumulating Risk: Environmental Justice and the History of Capitalism in Detroit, 1880-2015,”…
The Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute will host its second annual Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference November 9-10. The Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference is a symposium for educators, including public librarians, teachers, child care providers, parents, and college students enrolled in fields related to education. Held…
The American Sports Builders Association announced this week that the Northland College Ponzio Stadium has been named as one of the best single field facilities in country. The ASBA recognizes and promotes excellence in sports facility design and construction throughout the United States and will vote on the top facility…
The Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute will award Kurt D. Fausch the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for his book, For the Love of Rivers: A Scientist’s Journey Thursday, October 13 at 7 p.m. Fausch is an ecologist who spent a career studying how fish make a living…
Majoring in sustainable community development Grew up in Grand Marais, Minnesota Keeps busy making wildflower bouquets, painting portraits of friends, and drinking tea at the Black Cat. Northland College junior Sophie Holz has great memories from her EcoLeague semester at Green Mountain College—one of six EcoLeague schools, including Northland College….
An Apostle Islands collaborative carnivore diversity and abundance project between the National Park Service, Northland College, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison led to an unexpected surprise: the discovery of American marten on Stockton Island. The American marten is on Wisconsin’s endangered species list and not been sighted in the islands…
