The School of Freshwater Sciences offers a graduate “Practicum” course. Professor Scanlan designed the practicum to model a water consulting firm with public-sector clients. In Spring 2023, the graduate students donated their time to the City of Milwaukee’s Environmental Collaboration …
Professor Scanlan will be teaching at this year’s State Bar of Wisconsin Continuing Legal Education Environmental Law Section Annual gathering. She will be giving an update on recent developments in water law, and discussing how they could impact Wisconsin’s waterways. …
The New York Times recently published our Journalist in Residence Dan Egan on the alarming environmental crisis surrounding Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. The article, titled “Toxic Algae Blooms Threaten Florida’s Largest Lake,” serves as a stark reminder of the urgent need to …
Center for Water Policy and Brico Fund Journalist in Residence, Dan Egan, has been featured in multiple major media outlets to discuss society’s delicate relationship with phosphorus, which is the focus of his newest book, “The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and …
In a recent webinar hosted by the National Sea Grant Law Center, Anya Janssen and Andrian Lee, postdoctoral fellows at the Center for Water Policy, shared their experiences and highlights from over the last year. Anya’s research focused primarily on …
We’re seeking an Assistant Director to support the Center for Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Assistant Director will work alongside the Director and a talented team of researchers and students to address regional and global challenges related …
A U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrows the scope of federally protected wetlands has water quality and wetland advocates around the country concerned. In an interview with WUWM, Melissa Scanlan, UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences professor and director of the Center …
Center for Water Policy director Melissa Scanlan will lead a workshop at the 2023 Wisconsin Lakes and Rivers Convention that will explore the status of the Public Trust Doctrine today by drawing on recent changes in statutes, rules, and case …
The Center for Water Policy recently partnered with Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin for two events to engage partners in discussions around phosphorus and to help set a phosphorus research and policy agenda for the next decade. On Feb. 7, 2023, …
UW-Milwaukee Supply Chain Management Institute hosted UW-Milwaukee Center for Water Policy to discuss the dual discipline review of how water affects supply chain.
