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Saturday, March 6, 2021

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Water & Environment

UWM-sponsored Lake Sturgeon Bowl celebrates its 20th year

By Lauren BreunigMarch 2, 2021Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

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.

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State launches dashboard for COVID-19 data found in sewage

By Laura OttoDecember 11, 2020Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

The statewide surveillance project is a collaboration between UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene.

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.

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.

Jablonski named to lead Freshwater Collaborative

By Laura OttoMay 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.

McLellan earns distinction in microbiology

By Laura OttoMarch 4, 2020Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

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

By Laura OttoFebruary 21, 2020Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

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.

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