…a living as artists. While teaching at Northland, Eckels opened an independent pottery studio with his friend Glenn Nelson. The Pot Shop opened in 1960 on the Fish Creek isthmus west of Ashland. Eckels was at the leading edge of a national revival of craft arts and independent pottery studios….
…College that he pursued it. In his third semester, he took Glacial Geology with Professor Dave Ullman, who was impressed by Wroblewski’s academic vigor and desire to pursue research. For the class, Ullman asked students to write a National Science Foundation-style proposal on a topic of their choosing. Wroblewski’s proposal…
…that continues to this day. In 2000, the criteria for the award was expanded beyond its initial focus on the Northwoods, and since that time has been open to national and international submissions that capture the spirit of the human relationship with the natural world and that promote values that…
…have seen this movement ebb and flow over the past thirty years, with increasing focus solidifying around Black Lives Matter in 2013 with Trayvon Martin’s murder. I am hopeful because the response to George Floyd’s murder is now much more widespread—it is both national and global—and much more multiracial and…
…accomplish everything without falling behind.” Robertson says to stay tuned for more exciting projects coming out of his lab. *The Northland authors include Christopher R. Langsted, Samuel W. Paulson, John A. Aguirre, Emily J. Saumer, Amelia R. Baclasky, Kyle H. Salmon, Ariah C. Law, Ryan J. Farmer, Casey J. Furchtenicht,…
…Are They Hiding? New York Magazine, The Cut Scientists Find Platypuses Glow Under Black Light National Geographic We Knew Platypuses Were Incredible. Now we know they glow, too. The fur of the platypus glows under a blacklight—a finding that raises questions about its role in these strange mammals. Smithsonian Magazine…
…will be at the new outdoor kiln site behind the Mary Van Evera Visual Arts Center on the Northland College campus. Both events are supported by Northland College and a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts….
…lead author on the project and now a graduate student in wildlife and fisheries at Texas A&M. First came an article in Nature, one of the top scientific magazines in the world. And then came The New York Times, National Geographic, Newsweek, Smithsonian, and other publications, seventy-plus and counting. And…
…instruction in a virtual learning environment. During our most recent May term, fifteen of our faculty colleagues taught or facilitated a nationally recognized pandemic course, which was made available to the broader Ashland community as a shared learning opportunity. Also, this past weekend, we honored our graduating seniors with an…
In the last year, Seth Bayliss ’20, a sociology and social justice major, has sifted through stacks of invoices, researched thousands of food items, and entered over 11,000 bits of data into a spreadsheet. Bayliss’ deep dive into food purchases was part of the Real Food Standards, a national initiative…
