Category: Faculty News

Turn off a light, save a life, says new UW–Madison study

The study was led by EAP alumnus David Abel and EAP faculty member Tracey Holloway.

Highlights from 2019 alumni panel and networking event

More than 25 EAP students, alumni, faculty, and staff gathered at Union South on February 6 for an alumni panel discussion and networking happy hour, featuring alumni from the Madison area. Panelists shared their experiences in the EAP program and their pathways to their current occupations, along with topics in the energy industry that excite …

Wilson elected to ANS Board of Directors

NASA Health and Air Quality Team brings research ‘down to Earth’

May 30, 2018 | by KAI BRITO When we think about the health impacts of air pollution, it’s important to know which pollutants are in the air we breathe. Fortunately, the U.S. has a large network of air monitoring instruments designed to measure this “nose-level” pollution, from ozone to particulates. In fact, the U.S. has …

Nemet, colleagues review negative emission technologies for reducing CO2

In three comprehensive studies, an international consortium of 20 researchers, including the La Follette School’s Greg Nemet and Sophia Rogers, found a major gap in climate change dialogue between science and policy. The journal Environmental Research Letters recently published results of the studies by researchers at La Follette, the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons …

Robert Anex part of team awarded $2.5M grant to study water and energy use in irrigated agriculture

Biological systems engineering professor Robert Anex is part of a team recently awarded a $2.5M grant from USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The goal of the project is to examine and identify strategies to increase water and energy use efficiency in irrigated agriculture. The project team includes scientists, farmers and policymakers, and they …