College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Story by Ysabella Bhagroo. Ysabella is an undergraduate student majoring in LSC and the Department of Life Sciences Communication 2017-18 Lenore Landry Scholar. It’s the stuff of science fiction – artificially whitening clouds, injecting reflective particles into the stratosphere, seeding the oceans with iron – all to reverse the escalating consequences of climate change. With …
LSC alumna Jenny Seifert (MS, 2011) recently accepted a position as Science Writer/Outreach Coordinator for the Water Sustainability and Climate(WSC) project at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a project funded by the National Science Foundation. Seifert joins an interdisciplinary team that is investigating challenges for water quality and quantity in Wisconsin’s Yahara watershed, where the UW–Madison resides, under pressures …
LSC doctoral student Sara K. Yeo and doctoral candidate Michael Cacciatore are recipients of Precourt Energy Efficiency Center Student Fellowships to defray the cost of attending this year’s Behavior, Energy and Climate Change conference in Sacramento, California November 12 to 14. The conference is focused on “understanding individual and organizational behavior and decision-making related to energy usage, …