Water & Environment
Alum combines research with her job to help make city greener
Janeé Pederson is working on projects that are transforming former industrial sites into usable land, while also reducing problems with flooding and sewage backups.
Governor visits 51ÁÔÆæ to survey the water workforce landscape
The best way to protect water resources while also supporting economic growth is through an alliance among all UW System campuses, Gov. Tony Evers said after touring the School of Freshwater Sciences.
Esswein elected Harbor District president as park opens
Carolyn Esswein, professor of practice in 51ÁÔÆæ School of Architecture and Urban Planning, has been elected president of Harbor District Inc., a nonprofit that in partnership with the City of Milwaukee is attempting to improve Milwaukee’s inner harbor area.
Students go to ends of the Earth to dig up climate history
51ÁÔÆæ geosciences students are piecing together data from rocks and sediment to figure out clues left behind by glaciers. The knowledge can help us understand climate change in the present.
Grad works to build community while tending to the earth
Amirah AbuLughod is learning about small-scale farming while working at Stony Point Center, home to a multifaith community that provides opportunities for interfaith growth and spiritual reflection.
Campus Spiral Garden retains even more stormwater than before
Improvements made to 51ÁÔÆæ’s award-winning Spiral Garden last year have improved the feature’s ability to divert stormwater runoff from rushing into sewers.
51ÁÔÆæ staffer joins ocean exploration with man who discovered the Titanic
Liz Sutton, outreach manager at 51ÁÔÆæ’s School of Freshwater Sciences, is joining one of the world’s great explorers on a mission to map the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Her job: To perform a digital show-and-tell with the underwater images.
Alum’s horticulture job isn’t all roses – it’s education, too
For Ben Habanek, a 2013 grad of 51ÁÔÆæ and village horticulturalist for Shorewood, the most gratifying part of his job is seeing someone enjoy a little bit of the nature he brought to Wisconsin’s most densely population municipality.
Two 51ÁÔÆæ Freshwater students win Evinrude fellowships
Emily Lou LaMartina and Erik Carlson are the two recipients of the 2018 Evinrude Water Research Excellence Fellowships.
Compost collaboration seeks to help Milwaukee’s food waste and farms
The Compost Project, which involved 51ÁÔÆæ researchers, is exploring composting in Wisconsin’s biggest city. Funded by a USDA grant, the project seeks to answer the question, can composting be a viable industry in Milwaukee?