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Aquaculture Experiences for Students Address Workforce Challenges
Wisconsin’s aquaculture industry needs help — literally. The aquaculture industry is facing a major staffing shortage. Researchers from UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Stevens Point are tackling this challenge from all angles. With support from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, they are…
Student Profile: Aquaculture Research Experiences
Through the Partnering to Boost Aquaculture Workforce Development in Wisconsin grant from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, faculty and staff from UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Stevens Point are partnering with commercial fish farms, K-12 schools and universities statewide to create training…
UW-Stout Students Provide Research Innovation for Kidney Bean Farmers
How much water does it take to grow 100 pounds of kidney beans? Most people wouldn’t think to ask such as question. If you are a family business competing on a global scale, the answer matters. “This information will…
High School Summer Internships Give Students Freshwater Experience Before College
It’s not often that high school students have the opportunity for paid internships that provide them hands-on career experience before heading to college. The High School Freshwater Summer Scholars Program at UW-Green Bay does exactly that. What began as a…
Hands-on Water Course Creates Safe Space for Learning
Nothing ruins water research like spending days collecting samples only to learn they were contaminated along the way. It’s the little mistakes that can invalidate scientific research. Bahar Hassanpour, an assistant professor at UW-River Falls, wants to ensure that undergraduates…
Collaboration Creates Undergraduate PFAS Research Experience
With funding from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, faculty from UW-Stevens Point and UW-Milwaukee have created a collaborative undergraduate experience that involves students in research efforts to reduce harmful PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination in water. The project builds…