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Northland College alum Alex Alvarez

Climate Change and the Risk for Mass Violence

Alex Alvarez '85 leads the Genocide Resource Project

…had used. Northland also first raised my awareness about the natural world and environment that has always stayed with me. Since Northland, I have had a deeper appreciation of and sensitivity to environmental issues, ecology, and climate. Usually, that was largely part of my personal life, but not the professional….

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Rewriting the Small Town Narrative

…future ahead, and some of the most promising options for rural development mean capitalizing on community resources,” he said. Hofstedt has been instrumental in the formation of the Northland College Center for Rural Communities, developed to research and address the reshaping of the rural narrative. He and his students have…

Annin Judges Our Waters, Our Future Writing Contest

…a positive future for water and people in south-central Wisconsin. “We are leaving the century of oil and entering the century of water, which means water will become the most important natural resource in the world by 2100. Communication—especially writing—can play a key role in helping people understand just how…

Northland College student

Self-Directed Research Creates Pathway to Grad School

…Alexson worked on a zero stormwater runoff initiative to neutralize human impact on the amount of runoff on campus. According to Matt Hudson, watershed program coordinator, Alexson was a student who “excelled naturally” and contributed extensively to the project. Alexson trained alongside natural resource professionals in order to learn modern…

Northland College senior Katie Tapper sits at a table.

What Do Fish Eat?

Katie Tapper ’21 catalogs the culinary quirks of Lake Superior fish.