…or that I would be a coauthor of a technical report and manuscript for publication as a junior.” As Johnson’s work-study research assistant, Leonard added data from summer 2013 Canadian Yew studies into a global information system. She then created maps, comparing 2013 to data from the 1990s to look…
Research, Analyze, Communicate: The Student Experience We take our location next to the largest freshwater lake in the world seriously. Through our laboratory, field research, and communications, we provide paid graduate level opportunities for undergraduates. Our student researchers, analyze, and communicate freshwater science—including climate change, toxic chemicals, Great Lakes policy,…
…News & World Report uses such factors as classes with fewer than 20 students (70 percent at Northland College) and student-faculty ratio (11:1). Assessments by high school guidance counselors, freshman retention rates, the percentage of alumni giving and acceptance rates also are among the data included in the methodology. This…
…for wildlife. In the Great Lakes, Cooper and his collaborators have collected and analyzed data on land use practices, water quality, aquatic life and the people who use, recreate and rely on the lake and what they value. From this, they will develop a coastal wetland prioritization tool to determine…
…part, we get excellent data collected for monitoring the levels of mercury in these parks.” This agreement will expand Dr. Lehr’s capacity to oversee students to collect, manage, analyze, and report on data at up to nine other NPS locations. Students will learn about the process of mercury deposition, methylation,…
…Rural Communities on campus collecting data for improving the City, the region, and the islands of the Great Lakes. In the fall, I will potentially be working as a solar designer for a solar installation company in Iowa, or as an assistant to the sustainability manager of a manufacturer in…
…records. He now gets paid to track weather at the National Weather Service in Duluth, along with colleagues and fellow Northland alums Kevin Huyck ’03 and William Mokry ’12. Wolfe is responsible for developing a piece of software called the Enhanced Data Display, or EDD, which is being used in…
…red wolves [Canis rufus] or eastern wolves [Canis lycaon]) across the world, in North America, and especially in the United States. In making their case, the authors seem to accept any data regardless of quality that support their case, but dismiss, deny, or ignore data that does not support their…
…been conducted every five years since 1985. Some 210 volunteers collected data July 18, 2015, surveying 204 lakes in twenty-seven northern Wisconsin counties. LeMoine credits the improved population, in part, to improved communication about loons, expanding volunteers, and the LoonWatch Get the Lead Out! program. “LoonWatch has had a positive…
