Sustainability Spotlights

• Compost changes: UW–Madison must overhaul food waste collection program
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• With an eye towards promoting sustainable food systems, UW researchers join three national artificial intelligence food systems
  The three institutes are among 11 funded by the National Science Foundation.
• UW–Madison students, staff, and faculty get free registration to October sustainability conference
  UW–Madison will be a Host Institution for this year’s Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education, a virtual conference taking place October 12-14.
• Teaching partnerships with the campus Green Fund
  Professor Andrea Hicks discusses the UW–Madison Green Fund, which offers students hands-on opportunities to improve campus sustainability.
• Dive Deeper into Metal Recycling, Inventions, and Sustainability at UW–Madison with Waste and Recycling staff
  Jake Dolence has helped the university transform how it deals with metal waste. 
• Creating effective public messaging about invasive species prevention
  Researchers analyzed which communication strategies are most effective and which may pose unintended problems.
• The Wisconsin Idea at work
  Through the UniverCity Year program, CALS works with local communities to address troublesome issues.
• Finding community at Eagle Heights Garden
  During the pandemic, the garden became so much more than a place to grow food.
• State administrators celebrate campus sustainability initiatives
  On August 12, leaders from the Wisconsin Departments of Administration, Safety & Professional Services, and Financial Institutions toured several campus facilities.
• After years of controversy, Chamberlain Rock has finally been removed from campus
  The Wisconsin Black Student Union and Wunk Sheek led the effort to remove the rock from campus.
• Four new projects will investigate water challenges facing Wisconsin
  The UW Water Resources Institute launches a new series of investigations. 

• With clock ticking on Dane County landfill, focus turns to reducing food waste
  A new study by the Department of Natural Resources found Wisconsin residents tossed more than 632,000 tons of food into the trash last year.
• Stories from the Flood
  Commemorating the devastating southern Wisconsin floods of 2018 through storytelling.
• Land Use and Community Planning Strategies Can Promote Health Equity
  Two national organizations are examining the challenges that communities face and encouraging planners to advance health equity.
• Midwest bumble bees declined with more farmed land, less crop diversity
  The researchers modeled the fluctuation of 13 bumble bee species and how these changes correlated with agricultural practices in 535 counties in six states.
• Alliant Energy expanding solar production in Wisconsin
  In total, Alliant Energy has proposed 12 solar projects, spanning dozens of communities across nine Wisconsin counties.
• Wisconsin Farm Bureau Launches Statewide Sustainability Series 
  The series of nine tours will take place across the state in each of the Farm Bureau districts, highlighting diverse commodities and sustainability practices.
• Construction underway for fast-charging electric vehicle hub in downtown Madison
  With power levels up to 350 kilowatts, the hub will feature some of the most powerful EV chargers in the Midwest.
• Climate change has far-reaching effects on your health
  UW–Madison Professor Jonathan Patz gave a TedX talk on the the public health impacts of climate change.

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STUDENT

Social Justice Podcast Intern, Aquatic Sciences Center – Partially Remote
The Wisconsin Sea Grant and Wisconsin Water Resources Institutes seek a Social Justice Podcast Intern to act as a co-producer for a new podcast series about diversity, equity and inclusion and the Great Lakes. 

Adventure Learning Programs Facilitator, Center for Leadership & Involvement –Campus/ Virtual
ALPs is a student organization on campus that facilitates team-building as well as high and low rope course workshops through experiential learning.

Internships, WI Governor's Office – Madison/ Milwaukee
We are looking for energetic, responsible, and passionate individuals to join our Madison and Milwaukee offices. In this position, you will be an integral part of our office helping in either the operations, scheduling, policy, legislative affairs, appointments, communications, constituent services, or proclamations department. It is essential that applicants to this position have strong communication skills, demonstrate maturity and responsibility, and understand the importance of attention to detail. 

ENTRY LEVEL

Milwaukee Community Engagement Lead, Department of Consumer Science, School of Human Ecology – Madison, WI
Build on your passion for working with the community to become a visible and active leader in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin health education and access efforts. You will spearhead and steward health insurance outreach, partnership development, and contribute active leadership and participation in health networks and coalitions to reduce inequities and increase access to coverage and affordable care.

All of Us Research Coordinator Team Lead, School of Medicine and Public Health – Madison, WI
The All of Us Research Coordinator will coordinate the All of Us Research Program, performing a variety of tasks and activities. Recruits, screens, selects, determines eligibility, and enrolls participants, and ensures participants follow the research protocol. Develops research documents. Applies expertise, knowledge, and skills to the All of Us Research Program navigates resources and identifies issues needing escalation. Contributes to development of new team and unit processes, procedures, staff, and tools.

Teaching Naturalist, Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center, UW–Extension – Wisconsin Dells, WI
The Upham Woods Teaching Naturalists are the primary programmatic personnel for Upham Woods. This position is responsible for teaching environmental education classes, leading the programmatic activities, interacting with center clientele, corresponding with schools before and after a group visit, assisting with program development, and care for programmatic equipment which includes our nature center animals.

PROFESSIONAL

Assistant Director, Center for Limnology, UW–Madison – Campus
Cardinal Glass Industries leads the industry in the development of energy-saving coatings on glass used in residential windows and doors. Cardinal’s 42 manufacturing sites include the production of float, coated, insulated, tempered, and laminated glass. The Coated Glass (CG) division of Cardinal Glass Industries is looking for a Sustainability Manager that has industrial experience to develop and implement a sustainability program building off the existing green manufacturing practices.

Continuing Education Program Director, Division of Continuing Studies
The Division of Continuing Studies (DCS) at UW-Madison seeks an energetic, forward-thinking leader who will work collaboratively to lead the non-credit programming unit at UW-Madison. Led by the dean and vice provost for lifelong learning, the Continuing Education Program Director will develop programs that are responsive and adaptive to educational needs and interests of scalable lifelong learner audiences, with special emphasis placed on outreach to residents of the state in keeping with the Wisconsin Idea ethos of extending benefits of Wisconsin's flagship, land grant institution to every household.

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Handshake, Career Services for Undergraduate Students - Campus
Handshake makes it easy for every UW-Madison student to explore career events, connect to jobs and internships, and even schedule on-campus interviews.

Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium Fellowship – Remote
HEASC Fellows are volunteers who spend three to five hours each week working on high impact projects that meet the strategic goals of HEASC and advance sustainability across the higher education sector.

UW–Madison Student Jobs Board
Student Jobs provides students access to thousands of part-time employment opportunities both through UW–Madison as well as businesses and families within the local community. 

Wisconsin Scholarship Hub - Madison, WI
A list of scholarship opportunities available to students with information about the applications, deadlines, eligibility criteria, award amounts, donors, and more.

City of Madison Jobs
We are looking for great people who want to make a real difference in their communities. Join the City of Madison and be part of a smart, innovative team looking to build a great city today and tomorrow.

Dane County Jobs
From Accountants to Zoo Keepers, Dane County Government has many different jobs available. We strive to recruit individuals who are passionate about making an impact on our communities.