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New tools for action on ocean health
WrightImage: Shrimper_Heist_05.jpgHow can people set goals for taking care of a system as large as the world's oceans? How is it even possible to know what is needed to keep oceans healthy and...
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Fossil fuels: reduce, reduce, reduce
HowarthImage: GreenMountainWindFarm_Fluvanna_2004.jpgFor the first two decades after it is released into the atmosphere, methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. In assessing impacts of...
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A path to coexistence with lions
PimmImage: Lion_looking_back.jpegStuart Pimm (1999) and his colleagues estimate that lion populations on Africa's savannahs have decreased by almost two-thirds over the last 50 years due to habitat...
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New Panama Canal: Hope for the Gulf Coast
ReedImage: R0000252_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpgIn discussions about saving the Louisiana coast from sinking into the rising Gulf, Denise Reed (2006) highlighted an eye-opening idea -- the...
View Article2013 Leopold Leadership Fellows selected
Congratulations to the 2013 Leopold Leadership Fellows! Twenty outstanding researchers have been selected from 17 institutions in Canada, Mexico, and the United States for this year's fellowships. They...
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Welcome!
The Leopold Leadership Program provides researchers with the skills, approaches, and theoretical frameworks for translating their knowledge to action and for catalyzing change to address the world's...
View ArticleCall for 2015 Leopold Leadership Fellowship applications now open
The Leopold Leadership Program seeks applications from outstanding midcareer academic environmental researchers from North America for the 2015 Leopold Leadership Fellowships. The program provides...
View ArticleAnnouncing the 2015 Leopold Leadership Fellows
Congratulations to the 2015 Leopold Leadership Fellows! Twenty outstanding researchers have been selected from 16 institutions in Canada and the United States for this year's fellowships. They come...
View ArticleOur Work in 2017
The Leopold Advisory Board is exploring four strategies for deploying our program’s strengths to influence changes needed within the academy and beyond to support researchers in linking their knowledge...
View ArticleMultidisciplinary problem-solving
Source: Karen LipsPurpose: Teaching a collaborative problem-solving course with business and biology graduate studentsAudience: Faculty who want to develop a consulting-based courseInformation...
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Mindmapping
Source: Barefoot Thinking Purpose: StrategizingMindmapping is a tool to use when exploring an idea or concept in depth. Peter Redstone and Martin Bloxham shared it as part of the strategic thinking...
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Celebrating Pam Matson's Contributions to Leopold Leadership Program
Dec 18 2017Pam Matson announced that she will step down as faculty co-director after more than 15 years of contributing her vision, fund-raising savvy, and input on program design. Beginning in January...
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Partnering: Shaping the research experience for grad students
Dec 16 20172013 LLP Fellow and Professor of Ecology at the University of Notre Dame, Jennifer Tank talks about her community based research. Read her recent article, Translational ecology in my own...
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In Memoriam: Susan Williams, Restoring Life to the Sea
May 4 2018 Photo: Aquarium of the Pacific.We are heartbroken at the news of Susan's passing on April 24th in a car crash near Petaluma. Please read Chris Field's tribute to Susan below.Susan and I both...
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