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Spotlight Stories
High School Juniors Explore Wisconsin’s Waterways
High school students were fully immersed in freshwater learning during the Freshwater Summer Field Experience, funded by the Freshwater Collaborative. The 17 students came from 11 different Wisconsin counties, and one student traveled all the way from Colorado to participate. …
Freshwater@UW Scholar: Eva Riveros
Eva Riveros from Fordham University was excited to embark on environmental research through the Freshwater@UW Summer Research Opportunities Program. She’s learning a new skillset with research into pesticide leaching and how water moves through soil. Funding for this program is…
UW-Green Bay Students Contribute to Lake Sturgeon Conservation Research
Lake sturgeon first evolved around 200 million years ago, around the same time as the dinosaurs. This unique fish species once numbered more than two million. Fish biologists estimate about 3,000 adult fish exist in the Great Lakes proper today. Wisconsin…
Analyzing the Viability of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for the Accessible Detection of Toxic “Forever Chemicals” (PFAS) in Drinking Water
The 2024 Research in the Rotunda featured 16 Freshwater Collaborative-funded research projects. Students shared more about their experience. Student: Andrew GlasgowUniversity: UW-MadisonMajor: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Environmental EmphasisGraduation date: December 2023Mentor: Haoran Wei Summarize the research and your role. The…
Freshwater@UW Scholar: Gabby Gonzales
Gabby Gonzales from the University of Michigan shares how the Freshwater@UW Summer Research Opportunities Program has allowed her to step out of the lab and into the field. She’s conducting wild rice research with Sea Grant in Manitowoc. Funding for…
Exploring Wisconsin’s Freshwater Coast
What’s it like to view a shipwreck through an underwater camera or to wade into a stream to collect fish and invertebrates? Students from UW-Parkside, UW-Green Bay and Calvin College did this and more as they explored freshwater habitats along…