Kevin Shafer of Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District envisions a greener, climate-ready Milwaukee. Including help from the School of Freshwater Sciences, MMSD is tackling PFAS and microplastics flowing into Lake Michigan. “Water is the gold of this century—we just need to …
Dr. Brandon Gerig is cited as a senior author in two new published papers: “Intraspecific variation in stable isotopes provides insight into adfluvial migrations and ecology of brook trout in Lake Superior tributaries.” Abstract: Lake Superior is one of the …
Peyton McCauley, Water Policy Specialist, was a featured speaker at the Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal “Guardrails for Green Tech: Legal Perspectives on AI’s Environmental Impacts” symposium on April 25, 2025. Peyton presented on her legal research into the …
Many Freshwater Sciences undergraduate students participated in the 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Friday, April 25th. Out of 275 presenters across campus, there were 21 finalists. School of Freshwater Sciences students Jena Choi and John De Tuncq were finalists. …
Dr. Ben Peterson is cited as a co-author in a new article in Environmental Science & Technology titled “Sulfate Reduction Drives Elevated Methylmercury Formation in the Water Column of a Eutrophic Freshwater Lake.” The microbial factors underlying environmental formation of …
Frequent closures at Milwaukee’s South Shore Beach led Sandra McLellan and her lab team to discover a localized pollution problem. McLellan speaks with WISN12 in an interview.
UWM School of Freshwater Sciences Fred Binkowski, Senior Scientist Emeritus, and his work with the Wisconsin DNR has been cited in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article about the next phase of sturgeon rehabilitation. Binkowski’s work with the DNR successfully raising …
From Center for Water Policy: Clean Energy In 2023, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory identified extensive potential offshore wind resource in the Great Lakes. All eight Great Lakes states have some type of clean, renewable, or alternative energy goal, and …
UrbanMilwaukee shares a photo gallery of construction and design progress of the new South Shore Park beach. The McLellan Lab worked with Milwaukee County Parks to study the beach and local water conditions.
Water Policy Specialist Peyton McCauley, Director Melissa Scanlan, and UWM-SFS Master’s student Dan McLennon recently explored private environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting to assess water consumption of AI and data centers and discuss the limitations. Article Summary: Peyton McCauley, Dan McLennon …
