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New Technology Offers Major Boost for Studying Microplastics
Microplastics in aquatic environments pose a major threat to humans and animals, but until fairly recently, they were overlooked in terms of research and plastic pollution monitoring programs. In 2018 when Courtney Baker, then an undergraduate student at UW-La Crosse,…
High Schoolers and Undergrads Present Summer Research to Manitowoc Community Members
The 2023 Lakeshore Water Summit at the UW-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus provided high school students involved in UW-Green Bay’s Freshwater Scholars Summer Research Program with the opportunity to present the results of their work in water-based projects. They also learned…
Student Profile: Finding A Major That Sparks Joy
As a child in Chaska, Minn., Madeline Behrens loved rocks and minerals, animals and being outside, but her passion for the environment went dormant in high school when her focus changed to computer sciences courses. She enrolled at Minnesota State…
A Western Wisconsin Hub for Freshwater Education
Western Wisconsin is becoming a hub for preparing for careers in water industries, thanks in part to two cross-campus collaborations — a high school summer camp and an advanced field course for upper-level college students — involving UW-Eau Claire, UW…
Freshwater@UW Program Offers Plunge Into Summer Research
When it comes to freshwater research, where better to get hands-on experience than at one of the University of Wisconsin campuses? In summer 2023, 31 undergraduates from Wisconsin, California, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Illinois, Alabama and…
Students Fill Gap in Red Cedar Watershed Monitoring
With a grant from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, three undergraduates from UW-Stout were trained to collect and analyze water samples as part of renewed efforts to monitor restoration efforts in the Red Cedar Basin Watershed, which has high levels…