Scanlan featured in WPR interview about beach walking
Melissa Scanlan, professor and director of the Center for Water Policy, was recently featured on Wisconsin Today, a live Wisconsin Public Radio segment. The story was about beach walking.
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Klaper reflects on time as dean of the school
Former dean Rebecca Klaper was interviewed by WUWM’s Susan Bence, reflecting on her time at UWM School of Freshwater Sciences, both as a founding faculty member and a dean for the past three years. In a conversation with WUWM reflecting …
Peterson lab makes trip to Georgian Bay for multiyear mercury study
Dr. Ben Peterson’s lab stepped aboard the R/V Neeskay and made the trip to Georgian Bay in Lake Huron to conduct research on mercury contamination, with a specific interest in how the quagga mussels are impacting mercury fate and transport …
McLellan Lab’s research crucial to South Shore beach restoration
Melissa Schussman and Maria Steadmon, along with Dr. McLellan were interviewed and their work was featured in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article. On a late July afternoon, with temperatures pushing 90 degrees, about 100 beachgoers spread across the sand and …
Bootsma and Lemke provide interesting facts about Lake Michigan
Associate dean and professor Harvey Bootsma along with affiliate professor Ashley Lemke contributed facts about Lake Michigan for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Monitoring change on Wisconsin’s Shipwreck Coast
Research Specialist Jessie Grow was featured in a recent Environmental Monitor article on the development of National Marine Sanctuary’s “Shipwreck Sentinel” buoy. Grow is part of a collaborative effort by UWM-SFS and NOAA working on the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast Sentinel …
Diving deep: high school students compete in 8th annual underwater robot competition
For the eighth year, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hosted the Southeast Wisconsin Regional SeaPerch Competition. The future of STEM was on display at the Klotsche Center pool on Sunday, March 15. This event brought together 26 teams from across the state …
Center for Water Policy director featured on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel data centers panel
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan was a featured expert on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Town Hall February 23rd panel on water use by AI-data centers at Turner Hall Ballroom. Professor Scanlan …
Freshwater Sciences alum featured in New York Times for methane gas in wetlands research
Gage Hunter, a Freshwater Sciences alum, is featured in this article from The New York Times. Gage is now pursuing a PhD at LSU and is doing research on methane gas and how it’s leading to climate warming in wetlands.
Center for Water Policy quoted in Washington Post story
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan was quoted in a Washington Post article examining a recent report from the United Nations University, the U.N.’s research arm, that finds climate change, pollution and decades of overuse have pushed the …