Last week, UWM School of Freshwater Sciences hosted the 68th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research last week in Milwaukee. During the conference, the International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) honored several professionals for their contributions to large lake science and IAGLR. They also recognized several scientists for notable papers published in last year’s Journal of Great Lakes Research, as well as for outstanding support of the journal.
Brandon Gerig received the Outstanding Reviewer 2025 Award. The Editor’s Awards are given by the journal editor for outstanding support of the review process for the Journal of Great Lakes Research.
Dean Rebecca Klaper and associate dean Harvey Bootsma both received the IAGLR Conference Appreciation Award for serving as Conference Site Chair and IAGLR 2025 Program Chair, respectively.