by B.J. Hollars | Jul 20, 2015 | Magazine Article
After six months of searching, I stumble upon the last ivory-billed woodpecker the world has ever known. Though, admittedly, what I find in a file folder at a museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, hardly qualifies as an ivory-billed woodpecker. It isn’t exactly flesh, blood,...
by Nicole Miller | Jul 20, 2015 | Magazine Article
Generally it’s a bad thing to be called a “hoarder.” In David Nelson’s case, however, his pack rat tendencies are for a good cause—and will soon come to a very good end. Nelson, an emeritus professor of biochemistry and de facto historian for the UW–Madison College of...
by Jason Smith | Jul 20, 2015 | Magazine Article
The final verse to the living poem we all knew as Ellen Kort was completed when she passed this April at the age of 79. Appointed by Governor Tommy Thompson as Wisconsin’s first Poet Laureate from 2000–2004, Kort was also the author of numerous books about her local...
by Jason Smith | Jul 20, 2015 | Magazine Article
Now that I am entering my eighth year as editor of Wisconsin People & Ideas, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on what this magazine means to me—and to its readers. One way to think of the magazine is as a bridge to understanding. And I, as editor, am at turns...
by Jane Elder | Jul 20, 2015 | Magazine Article
This spring, the Wisconsin Academy brought together our Waters of Wisconsin Initiative leaders for a day of intense discussion about the state of Wisconsin’s freshwater ecosystems. Part of our discussion was devoted to the health of the Great Lakes. During a break, I...
