From a press release issued by the UW-Madison:
MADISON - Graduate students intrigued by large-scale environmental challenges like climate change will have a new opportunity this fall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies will introduce a graduate-level Certificate on Humans and the Global Environment (CHANGE) that prepares students to tackle global environmental problems. The certificate program will be open to any graduate student at UW-Madison, regardless of major.
"Today's global environmental crises demand problem-solvers who can benefit from multiple perspectives on sustainable solutions," says CHANGE director Jonathan Patz, an associate professor in the Nelson Institute and the Department of Population Health Sciences. "Our students must be fully equipped with the leadership skills and transdisciplinary orientation needed to take on these concerns - CHANGE students will ultimately become change agents."
. . . CHANGE interweaves natural and social sciences and the humanities to explore the vulnerabilities and resilience of human communities facing complex environmental hazards. It draws on the university's strengths in fields such as atmospheric and oceanic sciences, conservation biology, environmental studies, geography, history, public health, sociology and veterinary medicine. . . .
The CHANGE program is closely tied to the Nelson Institute's Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, which conducts research and outreach on the same broad theme.
For more information on the CHANGE certificate and other Nelson Institute programs, visit the
Nelson Institute.
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