Jablonski named to lead Freshwater Collaborative
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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Jablonski named to lead Freshwater Collaborative
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.
Sewage could provide early warning sign of COVID-19 outbreaks
Two researchers at the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences are undertaking an unusual way of monitoring the incidence of COVID-19 in a community – by analyzing its sewage.
McLellan earns distinction in microbiology
Sandra McLellan, a professor of freshwater sciences, has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, the honors leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology.
UWM scientists appear in MSNBC series on climate change and food
Russell Cuhel and Carmen Aguilar-Diaz, scientists at UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences, will be featured on the MSNBC food series “What’s Eating America,” airing Sunday, Feb. 23.
National Science Foundation grant boosts UWM’s clean water research
A UWM engineering faculty member was accepted into the national I-Corps Program to help him further commercialize miniature electrochemical water sensors that he developed.
Amid city’s grit, grad maps wild underwater world of Milwaukee’s estuary
Brennan Dow is finding and documenting the habitats of fish and other creatures where Lake Michigan meets the rivers flowing through the city.
Couple’s $1.5 million gift for UWM research vessel memorializes children
Sally Wilmeth and Terry Geurkink have committed $1.5 million for the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences’ new research vessel, the Maggi Sue. This gift is given in memory of the couple’s two children, Jenni and Kyle Geurkink.
‘Troubled Water’ author calls attention to drinking water crisis in US
Flint, Michigan, is the poster child for contaminated water. But Seth Siegel, an attorney author and activist, warns that the problem is not contained to just one city. It is, he argues, is a national problem.
UWM alum provides research basis for books on water quality
Katie Hall provided crucial research for author Seth Siegel’s new book about the problems with America’s drinking water supply.