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Spotlight Stories
UW-Platteville Students Spotlight: Mussel and Fish Surveying
In summer 2022, students from UW-Platteville participated in research through “Collaborating to Protect and Monitor Streams in an Agricultural Landscape,” a grant funded by the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin. The project was a cooperative effort among UW-Platteville faculty, undergraduate students,…
Become a 2023 Freshwater@UW Summer Research Scholar
The FreshWater@UW Summer Scholar Research Program has 31 paid undergraduate research positions open at multiple UW System campuses. The program will run from May 31 through Aug. 5, 2023. Accepted students receive a $6,000 stipend, $600 meal allowance and provision…
Summer 2023 Student Field Research in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Want to explore one of the most unique aquatic ecosystems in the world? Applications are being accepted for semester abroad freshwater research in Mexico. This program is offered through the School of Freshwater Sciences at UW-Milwaukee with the support from…
UW-Green Bay Workshop Provides Freshwater Education to K-12 Educators
UW-Green Bay, Atlas Science Center, NEW Water and the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin partnered to offer K-12 educators a half-day workshop in August that promoted freshwater education. The goals for the summer teacher workshop were to 1) inform teachers about the NERR…
Camp Offers River Adventures, Water Education and Leadership Opportunities
Nadalee Thao, a high school junior from Milwaukee, had heard that the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse was a good science school, and she was interested in checking it out. She had the opportunity to do so as a participant in…
Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin Awards More than $500,000 for Projects Involving 10 UW Institutions
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 15, 2022—In its latest round of funding, the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin has awarded $544,541 for eight projects that will increase research and student training collaborations among 10 UW System universities. Students will be involved in projects and…