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Spotlight Stories
UW-Eau Claire Workshop Teaches Educators About Groundwater
Dr. Sarah Vitale, associate professor of geology and environmental science at UW-Eau Claire, is helping Wisconsin educators teach their students about groundwater flow and its impact. During a workshop on June 26, 2026, she guided K-12 educators through exercises and…
What’s It Like to Be a Marine Tech? Students Board the Research Vessel for Expedition to Lake Michigan Course
What’s it like to work as a marine tech? Four UW-Milwaukee students took a five-day crash course that taught them all about this career — and earned them a marine tech deck microcredential from the Marine Technology Society. The 2026…
Students Explore Water and Farming Practices in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area
With its bluffs, caves and cold-water trout streams, Wisconsin’s Driftless Area — the only area of the state not covered by glaciers during the last ice age — is uniquely beautiful. The topography also creates unique farming challenges such as…
Summer Field Hydrology Course Offers Experiences at UW-Eau Claire, UW-River Falls and UW-Stout
Students from UW-Eau Claire, UW-River Falls and UW-Stout recently participated in a three-week field study course in hydrology, the study of water, its movement and interactions with the environment. They spent a week with faculty on each campus examining the…
Freshwater@UW Orientation Week Kicks Off Summer of Research in Wisconsin
The fifth cohort of the Freshwater@UW Summer Research Opportunities Program kicked off with activities at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences May 27-28, 2026. Twenty-nine undergraduates from 23 universities in Wisconsin and beyond will work on a freshwater research…
Undergrad Researcher Becomes Navy Scientist
Austin Draper had two career goals when he enrolled at UW-Whitewater. He wanted a job that aligned with his passion for fish and oceans. He also wanted financial security and stability, which he lacked as a child. A Freshwater Collaborative–funded…