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Research vessel helps unlock mysteries of the Great Lakes

By Laura OttoJune 30, 2022Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

Research vessel helps unlock mysteries of the Great Lakes

By Laura OttoJune 30, 2022Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

On this episode of Curious Campus, we talk with the new captain of the UWM research vessel Neeskay and Harvey Bootsma, a professor at the School of Freshwater Sciences who often uses the ship.

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Val Klump receives Lifetime Achievement Award

By Laura OttoJune 30, 2022Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

J. Val Klump, former dean and a professor emeritus of the School of Freshwater Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association for Great Lakes Research, the association’s highest accolade.

Center for Water Policy names PFAS expert as Water Policy Scholar

By Laura OttoJune 30, 2022Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

The Center for Water Policy at the UWM School for Freshwater Sciences has named Laura M. Suppes as the 2022-23 Water Policy Scholar. Suppes is an associate professor in public health and environmental studies at UW-Eau Claire.

UWM grads help provide domestic source of critical medical diagnostic material

By Kathy QuirkJune 6, 2022Science & Technology

Chemistry professor Mark Dietz and graduates of his lab are helping two Wisconsin companies produce a vital material that was until recently available only from foreign sources.

For frogs, the mating competition is mighty fierce

By Laura OttoMay 26, 2022Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

When it’s time to mate, the female Eastern gray tree frog goes to the pond, where hundreds of potential suitors await, each calling in wildly varying chirps. So how does she choose?

For songbirds, bigger or brighter might be better

By Genaro C. ArmasMay 19, 2022Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

On this episode of Curious Campus, UWM distinguished professor Peter Dunn talks about birding and his research into the common yellowthroat.

Funding from Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin helps UWM expand training

By UWM NewsMarch 29, 2022Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

UWM will receive $777,277 from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin this year to enhance its water-related academic programs designed to help students interested in water-related fields at the 13 UW System universities.

UWM students make a rare find while on a class hike

By Kathy QuirkMarch 21, 2022Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

Two students on a class expedition to the UWM Field Station discovered a rare four-toed salamander, the first of its kind ever documented in Ozaukee County.

Summertime salt: The mystery of chloride in Milwaukee’s rivers

By Laura OttoMarch 14, 2022Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

UWM researchers Charles Paradis is trying to answer a question: Tons of salt are spread on roads in the winter, so why do rivers and lakes get salty months later?

Hands-on water research leads to job at Wisconsin DNR

By Heidi JeterFebruary 21, 2022Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

For recent UWM grad Katie Schulz, working in water science means she has the ability to make a positive impact on the world.

For female yellowthroats, there’s more than one way to spot a winning mate

By Laura OttoFebruary 14, 2022Science & TechnologyScience

Two UWM researchers and a collaborator using cutting-edge techniques found a previously unclear link between characteristics in male songbirds that attract females, even as those signals differ in different geographical regions.

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