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Pebble beach

Complexities of Chequamegon Bay

Researchers study vulnerabilities.

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…

Chaplain David Saetre at podium

Saetre Awarded Doctor of Humane Letters

…our mission of inclusiveness and environmental stewardship. Today, we honor you for your service to Northland College, the United Church of Christ, the Wisconsin Humanities Council, the Chequamegon Unitarian Universalist Congregation, and numerous other organizations. Your commitment to seeking and embodying truth and justice have made you a respected contributor…

Ojibwe Coloring Books

Northland Grad Pens, Illustrates Ojibwe Coloring Books

WHSP Publishes Ojibwe Traditions

…member of the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe Community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, writer and illustrator Cassie Brown produced these informative books. The series is compliant with Wisconsin Act 31, which directs public schools to teach students about the history and culture of Wisconsin’s American Indian nations. The books will be featured…

Northland College students doing field research.

Focusing on the Environment, as a Discipline and as an Attraction

Chronicle of Higher Education Special Report of Geographic Diversity

In 2014, Matthew Cooper had what many newly minted faculty scientists dream of: his own laboratory and a generous start-up package at a public research university. Then he heard about an opening at a liberal-arts college in rural northern Wisconsin and decided to give it all up. Today, Cooper is…

wolf laying down

Scientists Divided Over Delisting Wolves in the Midwest

Whether wolves in the Upper Midwest are better off being managed by the states and Native American tribes or should continue to be managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act is a subject of much debate. On November 18, 2015, twenty-six wildlife professionals sent…

Northland College Joins Partnership to Develop Hazelnut Production

Northland College has joined a public-private partnership designed to accelerate the development of hazelnuts as an agricultural product found in wild form throughout the region. The College, American Hazelnut Company, Bayfield Foods Cooperative, the UW-Extension Service, and the University of Wisconsin’s Biological Systems Engineering department, together are undertaking a two-year…

Northland College alum Alex Alvarez

Climate Change and the Risk for Mass Violence

Alex Alvarez '85 leads the Genocide Resource Project

…newspaper that will be translated and tagged so that visitors can search the database for specific issues and themes, as well as a GIS-based tool for searching for genocide-related locations around the world with links to further resources. As of yet, however, it isn’t really accessible to the public. You…