Please join us in welcoming environmental law professor Melissa Scanlan as the new director of the Center for Water Policy. Professor Scanlan, the School of Freshwater Sciences’ newest faculty member, is also the Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair in Water… Read More

Each season, the School of Freshwater Sciences deploys several buoys around Lake Michigan to collect data used by a range of groups, including scientists, anglers and boaters. If you use the buoy data, we’d like to hear from you. We… Read More

A collaborative effort, which includes School of Freshwater Sciences professor Harvey Bootsma’s team, has announced an impressive decrease in the density of invasive quagga mussels at a test site in Lake Michigan. The experiment also led to a notable decrease… Read More

An online dashboard monitoring community levels of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is now live. The project is a collaborative, statewide effort, with School of Freshwater Sciences professor Sandra McLellan playing a key role, to detect levels of the… Read More

It takes a village to map a giant “fish tank.” Working closely with other members of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee family and additional organizations, School of Freshwater Sciences students and faculty members have created stunning maps which reveal, for the… Read More

In recognition of a remarkable career, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences has established and endowed the Jerry L. Kaster Scholarship Fund. The fund will support both graduate and undergraduate student presentations at professional conferences. For more than… Read More

Prospective graduate students who attend the School of Freshwater Sciences’ presentation during the upcoming UWM Graduate School Open House will have their 2021 application fee waived. Advance registration for the Nov. 11 event is required. For more information, or to… Read More

A just-released documentary follows two University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alumni as they trek across our state to raise awareness of the need to protect the Great Lakes. The Worth of Water: A Great Lakes Story features faculty and students from the… Read More

Congratulations to Geoff Anderson, captain of the R/V Neeskay and recipient of UWM’s 2020 University Staff Outstanding Service Award. The much-deserved honor recognizes Anderson’s 13-plus years of work for the School of Freshwater Sciences, both at the helm of our… Read More

School of Freshwater Sciences professor Tracy Boyer will take on the role of undergraduate coordinator for the new Bachelor of Science in Freshwater Sciences program. Boyer, an environmental economist, will serve as faculty liaison for the program, advising prospective and… Read More