Tag: Cofrin Center for Biodiversity
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Medland to present Lunch and Learn
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Already distributed campuswide but repeated here for the record: UW-Green Bay’s Associate Director for Biodiversity, Vicki Medland, will present “What does your garden grow? GMOs, Hybrids and Heirlooms,” a UW-Green Bay Wellness Lunch and Learn event, from 12:10-1 p.m. Tuesday, May 7 in Phoenix Room C of the Union. Medland will present info on the…
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Photo gallery: Arboretum cleanup day
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The Round River Alliance student group did a clean-up in the arboretum and posted a bunch of photos to their Facebook page. You can also find them on the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity Facebook page. Click here.
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High school students will share research at annual Fox River Watershed Symposium
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Students from area high schools will display and discuss their research Tuesday, April 23, as part of the Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program. The program’s 10th Annual Watershed Symposium at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will highlight results of the first 10 years of watershed monitoring and will provide an opportunity for students to…
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Research on UWGB natural areas or the Arboretum? Permit required
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The Cofrin Center for Biodiversity would like to inform all researchers using the University Natural Areas and Arboretum about a new protocol to help track and summarize research and land management activities. They are requesting that anyone planning to conduct research on any University property complete an online permit application form. The information requested will…
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Deadline for Cofrin and Land Trust grants, and they have suggestions
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Folks in NAS and the Biodiversity Center are reminding students that April 15 is the deadline for proposals from those seeking Cofrin Research and Land Trust grants. Funding typically ranges from $500 to $1,000 and can be used for travel costs, field equipment, and research supplies. While they encourage projects from any area of research,…
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Collaborative research shows manure to be a rich resource
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Recently published research completed by Associate Professor of Natural and Applied Sciences, John Katers, and Watershed Outreach and Education Specialist, Annette Pelegrin, of the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, could change the way the public views manure in years to come. “In the future, manure will no longer be viewed as dilute fertilizer or waste product,”…
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Call for Proposals: Cofrin Student Research and Land Trust grants
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Now through April 15, the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity is accepting applications for Cofrin Student Research and Land Trust grants. Successful applicants will carry out a field project in collaboration with a UW-Green Bay faculty member and must submit a final report, copies of all data and any specimen vouchers. Grantees will present their results…
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A biodiversity research symposium Tuesday afternoon
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Reminder: The annual Cofrin Center for Biodiversity student research symposium starts at 2 p.m. Tuesday (March 5) in the Christie Theatre. Four students who received Cofrin Grants during 2012 will present their results from independent field research at natural areas in Northeast Wisconsin. Read more.
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Cahill takes Sager award for undergraduate scientific writing
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The Cofrin Center for Biodiversity has announced the winner of this year’s Sager Scholarship for Undergraduate Scientific Writing. Jesse Cahill, a senior with a double major in Human Biology and Chemistry, wrote A Review of Phage Therapy, concerning the use of bacteriophages (viruses that attack bacteria) for treatment of human bacterial infections. The essay was…
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Wolf, Howe land $150,000 grant for eco-restoration at Pt. au Sauble
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UW-Green Bay Profs. Amy Wolf and Robert Howe, in collaboration with the Green Bay office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Cofrin Center for Biodiversity staff, have obtained a $150,000 grant to implement ecological restoration efforts at UW-Green Bay’s Pt. au Sable Nature Preserve. The bayshore tract is located about 4 miles north…