…we are today without her,” Stephanie said. “We all benefit from the small yet connected world of NC alumni.” Their first year of farming, Stephanie and Andy, faced extreme weather problems. So they learned about permaculture—a type of farming that works with nature and creates a resilient farm that can…
By Dan Kraker, MPRNews With its groundwater wells contaminated with radium and city leaders under court order to find a new water source, Waukesha, Wis., saw an obvious fix — tap Lake Michigan, just 15 miles to the east. The massive lake, one of the world’s largest freshwater sources, would…
…a Northland grad (pictured above). His favorite professor. Jennifer Kuklenski, adjunct instructor in business. She was thorough in her teaching style and could tie in real-world experiences into her lectures. She also challenged us by holding our work to a higher standard. Advice for new students. Get involved in a…
…he has a similar story as me, having to gain weight as an athlete. Today he is one of the world’s top competitive eaters. It is the “mind over matter” mentality that inspires me so much to eat even when I am not hungry. I myself have shared his videos…
…will be interested in Superior Connections. I grew up in Duluth, Minnesota, within five miles of the world’s largest lake by surface area, and it has always seemed bipolar to me—sometimes serene, sometimes deeply destructive, always unpredictable. Summertime is as hospitable as the lake gets, and for the past few…
Calling themselves the Paddlin Madelines, high school camp friends Mitzi Peine ‘14 and Emma Burgeson made up the first all-women canoe team in 2014 to attempt the Yukon 1000, the world’s longest paddling race on the Yukon River in Alaska. Five hundred miles in, they made the decision to withdraw…
…about the subject and about the issues,” Terry said. This also connects graphic design students with the Northland College environmental mission. “Art fulfills the role of communicating the complex ideas — of moving science out of the lab and into the world,” Terry said. Northland College junior Timothy Cline said…
…we end up using less oil and we stop burying valuable chemicals,” Robertson noted. “We can get there if the economics works. Or if we have policy that values those things.” In March, Chemistry World announced the research team’s results in the publication Chemical Communications, the Journal of the Royal…
…Earth to make new insights into our world.” In this case, capturing frogs in unexpected places. Tree frogs are small and similar in temperature to their environment so do not set off the motion sensitive cameras. However, flying squirrels do. And on four different occasions, flying squirrels have exposed tree…
