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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

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Dan Egan named Brico Fund Journalist in Residence at UWM’s Center for Water Policy

By UWM NewsApril 6, 2021Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

Dan Egan, an environmental journalist and author of the “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes,” has been named the Brico Fund Journalist in Residence at the Center for Water Policy in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences.

Undergrad’s research focuses on fish-fry staple yellow perch

By Kathy QuirkMarch 29, 2021Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

Emma Kraco was always interested in biological sciences in elementary and high school. “I loved looking for bugs, looking at tiny things up close. It just made sense to get interested in water, especially fresh water. It’s absolutely teeming with life all the time.”

UWM-sponsored Lake Sturgeon Bowl celebrates its 20th year

By Lauren BreunigMarch 2, 2021Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

The quiz competition has raised knowledge of and spurred interest in freshwater and ocean science among high school students across the Midwest.

New maps show what lies beneath the water in the Milwaukee harbor

By Laura OttoNovember 24, 2020Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

The maps are guiding current restoration efforts that could help get the city’s harbor removed from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s list of “areas of concern” and stimulate the local economy.

Environmental law professor named director of UWM Center for Water Policy

By Laura OttoSeptember 23, 2020

Melissa K. Scanlan has been named the new Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair in Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In this position she also directs the Center for Water Policy at UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences.

Regents approve bachelor’s program for UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences

By Gemma TarlachAugust 20, 2020Science & TechnologyWater & Environment
A man lifts a sample of water into a ship.

A pioneer in water-focused research and the largest institution of its kind on the Great Lakes, the School of Freshwater Sciences at UW-Milwaukee will offer its first undergraduate program beginning in Fall 2021.

Renewed funding fuels study of sustainable nanotechnology

By Laura OttoJuly 7, 2020Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

Rebecca Klaper’s research studies how nanoparticles – tiny man-made bits of material found in a multitude of products – interact with aquatic organisms, often in harmful ways.

UWM Freshwater Sciences dean named to Great Lakes Advisory Board

By Genaro C. ArmasJune 18, 2020Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

J. Val Klump, dean of UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences, has been named to serve on the Great Lakes Advisory Board, an advisory committee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Head of EPA visits UWM, announces funding to keep trash out of lake

By Genaro C. ArmasJune 15, 2020Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler visited UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences to announce a $492,000 grant for the Harbor District in Milwaukee to build and install a trash collector on the Kinnickinnic River designed to help protect Lake Michigan.

Jablonski named to lead Freshwater Collaborative

By John SchumacherMay 21, 2020Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

Environmental engineer Marissa Jablonski was named as executive director of the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, a first-of-its-kind statewide research hub around freshwater topics.

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