Newton awarded $2 million grant for antimicrobial resistance study

From the UWM Report: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded UWM scientist Ryan Newton $2 million to study antimicrobial resistance in wastewater. Newton, associate professor in the School of Freshwater Sciences, will lead a team that will quantify antimicrobial …

Roebber named fellow of the American Meteorological Society

UWM Distinguished Professor Dr. Paul Roebber, of the Atmospheric Science Program, has been named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS)! Election to the grade of Fellow serves as recognition of outstanding contributions to advance the atmospheric and related …

Water Policy Paper Published in Notre Dame Law School Journal

Center for Water Policy Director Melissa K. Scanlan, Water Policy Specialist Cora L. Sutherland, and former Water Policy Specialist Andrian Lee, wrote a paper that is now published in the Notre Dame Law School’s Journal on Emerging Technologies. The paper: Great …

Kohler Trust for Clean Water donation of $1.3 million for RV Maggi Sue

The Kohler Trust for Clean Water has given the UWM Foundation $1.3 million toward construction of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences’ state-of-the-art Research Vessel Maggi Sue. The vessel will be the most sophisticated floating research platform on …

New Paper in Climate Change Mitigation: et al. and Cuhel

Dr. Russell Cuhel, Senior Scientist in the School of Freshwater Sciences, is a contributor on a paper recently published in the journal One Earth. The paper is titled: Deep-ocean seaweed dumping for carbon sequestration: Questionable, risky, and not the best …

City of Milwaukee Health Department Program Started at SFS

Press release from the City of Milwaukee Health Department on the transfer of the wastewater monitoring program that started here at the School of Freshwater Sciences. SFS helped train the Milwaukee Health Department and then transferred the twice weekly surveillance …

Congratulations SFS Graduates!

The School of Freshwater Sciences is excited to celebrate with our recent graduating students. This fall, our graduates included the first undergraduate student from the Freshwater Sciences Program to receive a bachelor’s degree and an Atmospheric Science Program undergraduate student …

Guo honored with UWM Office of Research Senior Research Award

Dr. Laodong Guo, professor in the School of Freshwater Sciences, was honored with a UWM Office of Research Senior Research Award at the Fall Awards ceremony on October 25, 2023 at the Zelazo Center. “Laodong Guo’s research spans the field …