The Center’s mission is to provide world class interdisciplinary solutions to resolve regional, national and international problems related to the protection, restoration and conservation of freshwater resources to ensure long term environmental health and quality of life.
Established in 2011 through a $2.6 million endowment from Lynde B. Uihlein, the center builds on the research of the School of Freshwater Sciences, the UW System, and networks and partnerships with top scholars, scientists and policy institutions across the country and around the world.
Spotlight Stories
- New Short Film: Envisioning New Futures for the Lakefront at the Port of Milwaukee“We are creating new land here in the heart of the city—in the lake. When it’s finished, years from now, it …
- School of Freshwater Sciences Graduate Students Provide Water Consulting Services to Wisconsin DNRAs coastal land manipulation and flooding increase along Wisconsin’s Great Lakes regions, two graduate student teams at UW-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater …
- Water Policy Specialist Peyton McCauley Presents Hidden Environmental Costs of Data Centers and AI at Rutgers Law SchoolWater Policy Specialist Peyton McCauley of the Center for Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences recently …
