Stories by Jo Handelsman

Jo Handelsman is director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a former science adviser to President Barack Obama. She is author of the book A World Without Soil, forthcoming from Yale University Press. Credit: Nick Higgins

Climate Change

How Dirt Could Help Save the Planet

Farming practices that retain carbon in the soil, or return it there, would limit both erosion and climate change

March 14, 2021 — Jo Handelsman | Opinion

The Sciences

Obama Administration Aims to Erase Science Talent Deficit

Attracting women and minorities to science-related fields is essential to meeting demand for high-tech workers

March 23, 2015 — Jo Handelsman