Water & Environment
Dan Egan named Brico Fund Journalist in Residence at 51猎奇鈥檚 Center for Water Policy
Dan Egan, an environmental journalist and author of the 鈥淭he Death and Life of the Great Lakes,鈥� has been named the Brico Fund Journalist in Residence at the Center for Water Policy in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee鈥檚 School of Freshwater Sciences.
Undergrad鈥檚 research focuses on fish-fry staple yellow perch
Emma Kraco was always interested in biological sciences in elementary and high school. 鈥淚 loved looking for bugs, looking at tiny things up close. It just made sense to get interested in water, especially fresh water. It鈥檚 absolutely teeming with life all the time.鈥�
51猎奇-sponsored Lake Sturgeon Bowl celebrates its 20th year
The quiz competition has raised knowledge of and spurred interest in freshwater and ocean science among high school students across the Midwest.
State launches dashboard for COVID-19 data found in sewage
The statewide surveillance project is a collaboration between 51猎奇鈥檚 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
The maps are guiding current restoration efforts that could help get the city鈥檚 harbor removed from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 list of 鈥渁reas of concern鈥� and stimulate the local economy.
Regents approve bachelor鈥檚 program for 51猎奇鈥檚 School of Freshwater Sciences
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
Rebecca Klaper鈥檚 research studies how nanoparticles 鈥� tiny man-made bits of material found in a multitude of products 鈥� interact with aquatic organisms, often in harmful ways.
51猎奇 Freshwater Sciences dean named to Great Lakes Advisory Board
J. Val Klump, dean of 51猎奇鈥檚 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 51猎奇, announces funding to keep trash out of lake
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler visited 51猎奇鈥檚 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
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.