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.
Faculty Stories
Bryan Porter named interim dean
Dr. Bryan Porter has been appointed as interim dean of the School of Freshwater Sciences (SFS). Dr. Porter joined UWM in 2025 as dean of the Graduate School, a position he will retain while serving SFS during this transition. Dr. …
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 …
South Shore Beach honored in Mayor’s 2026 Design Awards
The South Shore relocation and redesign received a 2026 Mayor’s Design Awards on May 20 at UWM’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Sandra McLellan, Ph.D., and her lab have been involved with this project since 2000, working together with …
Rebecca Klaper named 2026 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Fellow
Dean and professor Rebecca Klaper has been named one of the sixteen 2026 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Fellows. These fellows have demonstrated a lifelong commitment to intellectual discourse and public service to receive the 2026 Fellows Awards. …
New documentary featuring Dr. Val Klump premieres on Earth Day at UW–Green Bay
Dean emeritus and professor emeritus Val Klump is part of “The Natural World of the Bay,” a new feature‑length documentary by filmmaker Dan Larson. This film is the third in a series Dan has produced highlighting the local environment. His recent …
From Lake Malawi to Lake Michigan: A scientist’s lifelong dive into freshwater research
Harvey Bootsma has spent more than 20 years studying the depths and complexities of Lake Michigan’s ecosystems. But the ripples of that work started halfway across the globe. In the early 1990s, after receiving a bachelor’s degree in marine biology, …
Center for Water Policy director Melissa Scanlan co-authors “Water Law in a Nutshell”
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan co-authored the 7th edition of “Water Law in a Nutshell,” published by West Academic. This newest edition, co-authored with water law professors Sandra Zellmer from the University of Montana School of Law and Adell Amos from the University of …
Dr. Aguilar collaborates with UWM alum to create water themed altar for art exhibit
Senior Scientist Dr. Carmen Aguilar-Diaz has teamed up with Milwaukee Water Commons Creative Arts Manager and artist Melanie Ariens (UWM BFA, Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking, 1993) to install a Lake Michigan themed water ofrenda for Día de los Muertos. This …