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NPR: Public Speaks Out on Waukesha’s Proposal to Tap into Lake Michigan

By SUSAN BENCE • AUG 18, 2015 Opinions dramatically conflicted, yet the first public hearing coordinated by the Wisconsin DNR ran smoothly and with civility at the jam-packed Carroll University. Two more sessions will take place today: 1 pm in Milwaukee at the Zilber School of Public Health and at…

Angela Stroud's Good Guys with Guns cover

"Good Guys with Guns" Released

…publicly armed citizenry means for society. Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Justice Angela Stroud has researched for eight years the reasoning behind concealed carry. She presents her results in, Good Guys with Guns: The Appeals and Consequences of Concealed Carry, published by the University of North Carolina Press in…

Peter Annin, Great Lakes Water Wars, Lake Superior

Annin Book Tour Scheduled

The Great Lakes Water Wars, Second Edition

…twenty percent of the world’s fresh surface water.” Preorder your copies through Island Press and other outlets here. Book Tour Schedule Fall Fest Hometown Pre-launch Northland College, Ashland Friday, September 28, 2018, 4–5 p.m. Official Book Launch Discovery Center, Milwaukee Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 5–7 p.m. Author Talks and Panel…

Together Farm

Alumna Combines Arts, Science for Sustainable Farming

…that’s something Andy and I need to do well if we are to succeed at our goal of working full time on our farm.” Stephanie earned a masters from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in environmental science and policy and now works as a nutrient management specialist with the Wisconsin Department…

Great Lakes

Foxconn finds way to stick 7 million-gallon straw into Lake Michigan

Peter Annin says proposed diversion could be vulnerable to a legal challenge.

…review by other Great Lakes states, including those that lost out on the factory. Peter Annin, co-director of a Northland College water center and author of “The Great Lakes Water Wars,” said the proposed diversion could be vulnerable to a legal challenge given the lack of agreement among drafters of…

Northland College student Kim Oldenborg measures water on a stream.

Oldenborg Headed for Future in Water

For senior Kim Oldenborg, water is more than a life-sustaining resource. Water is her inspiration—academically, personally, and professionally. Initially attracted to Northland College for its proximity to Lake Superior, Oldenborg was excited to begin working as a research technician for the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation in 2013….

Research in lake

Lehr Speaks at UMD

By Marie Zhuikov, Wisconsin Sea Grant February 15, 2016 Wisconsin Sea Grant Researcher and Northland College Professor, Randy Lehr, was in Duluth on Feb. 2, speaking about his climate change research in the Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior and a new integrated assessment project he’s starting for the same area….

Northland College alumnus Ed Morales goofs around with kids

Collaborative Problem Solving for Kids

Ed Morales '10

…his degree from Northland in peace, conflict, and global studies, a master of social work from the University of Minnesota in 2013, and a master of public policy from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs in 2014. Morales recently accepted a full-time position with the Minnesota Department of Human Services…

Glacier National Park

Keynote Rolf Peterson: Wolves and America's National Parks

The Timber Wolf Alliance is bringing biologist Rolf Peterson as its keynote speaker for Wolf Awareness Week. Peterson, widely known for his field studies of wolves in Isle Royale National Park, will present “Wolves and America’s National Parks” at the Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Friday, Oct. 21 at…