Water & Environment
Research vessel helps unlock mysteries of the Great Lakes
On this episode of Curious Campus, we talk with the new interim captain of the UWM research vessel Neeskay and Harvey Bootsma, a professor at the School of Freshwater Sciences who often uses the ship.
Center for Water Policy names PFAS expert as Water Policy Scholar
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.
For frogs, the mating competition is mighty fierce
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
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
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
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
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
For recent UWM grad Katie Schulz, working in water science means she has the ability to make a positive impact on the world.
UWM Great Lakes research projects funded through Wisconsin Sea Grant
Four UWM research projects have been awarded funding of just over $1 million from Wisconsin Sea Grant and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
UWM team takes first place in national clean water design challenge
A team of students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee recently won first place in a national competition to come up with inexpensive and practical solutions to improving drinking water in remote areas.