UWM Atmospheric Science graduate student Lillie Farrell received an Outstanding Student Presentation award at the American Meteorological Society 6th Conference on Weather Warnings and Communication. Her presentation, “The Communication of Weather Safety Through Song,” evaluated whether text-based graphics or music… Read more
UWM’s Curious Campus podcast featured Rebecca Klaper, vice dean and a professor, who discussed her research into nanomaterials and building safer chemicals to help protect plants, fish, algae and other organisms that call the Great Lakes home. Listen here.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stacy Vogel Davis (414) 988-8754 sdavis@thewatercouncil.com The Water Council Collaborates with U.S. Army Reserve to Strengthen Global Water Security Milwaukee, WI, JUNE 23, 2022 – The Water Council (TWC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S. Army… Read more
J. Val Klump, former dean and a professor emeritus of the School of Freshwater Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Great Lakes Research. The association’s highest accolade recognizes important and continued contributions to… Read more
The plankton that feed baby perch were a subject of spring study by School of Freshwater Sciences scientists and students and a guest scientist in June 2022. Incoming freshwater sciences student Andrew Vail (left), master’s student Ryan Roekle (3 years),… Read more
Professor John Janssen spoke with Kent Wainscott from Channel 12 about the alewife die-offs washing onto the lakeshore on June 6, 2022. Watch the clip: https://www.wisn.com/article/something-s-fishy-at-milwaukee-s-lakefront/40210985#
Laguna Bacalar, Mexico’s second largest natural lake, is one of the most unique freshwater lakes on Earth. Part of an important ecological corridor, ranging from tropical forest to the Caribbean Sea, it is also threatened by economic development. Last spring,… Read more
Want to explore one of the most unique aquatic ecosystems in the world? Join the School of Freshwater Sciences’ International Research Experience for Students this fall. The program provides an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to enroll in a… Read more
The laboratory of Rebecca Klaper just had a study published in the journal Nature Nanomaterials! Read the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-022-01096-2 Engineered nanomaterials — particles that are 100 nm in one dimension and are made of various chemicals — are being incorporated into everything… Read more
Want a glimpse of what learning is like on the R/V Neeskay? Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin reporter Phillip Boudreaux joined students from UWM’s spring Oceanography class who got a taste of what it’s like to take samples and monitor for… Read more
