Biology students help in capture and tagging of big fish
The northern pike spawning run is underway, and sturgeon have returned, ever so briefly, to the lower Fox River. Fox 11 has the story on how UW-Green Bay is helping to tag and study...
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Freshwater mussels are dying off, scientists intend to find out the cause
At least 51 freshwater mussel species are known to exist in rivers, lakes and streams around Wisconsin. However pollutants such as phosphorous and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, have added to the decimation of freshwater mussel populations in areas like the...
UW-Sheboygan’s (and future UW-Green Bay transfer) Mikayla Mork is in the spotlight
A sophomore with an interest in animal biology, Mikayla Mork of Sheboygan is the focus of UW-Sheboygan’s student spotlight for the month of April. A 2016 graduate of Sheboygan North High School, she plans...
Alumnus Luke Bussiere returns to campus to talk about cutting-edge cancer treatments using viruses
With cutting-edge research being conducted, cancer treatments as we know them may one day be a thing of the past. UW-Green Bay alumnus, Luke Bussiere ‘14 (Biology) is a microbiology Ph.D. student at Iowa...
Nearly $600,000 headed to UW-Green Bay for Great Lakes Research
Press Release from UW Sea Grant The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute announced a $2.8 million 2018-20 omnibus grant to fund Great Lakes research, including three projects involving UW-Green Bay. “The world’s largest...
WPR reports on large grant for Great Lakes research
The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute announced last week, a $2.8 million 2018-20 omnibus grant to fund Great Lakes research, including three projects involving the UW-Green Bay at a funding level of $592,000....
Prof. Draney has paper that describes new species of spider from the Everglades
UW-Green Bay Prof. Michael L. Draney (Natural & Applied Sciences) has published a paper in the journal Arachnology describing a new species of spider from the Everglades National Park in Florida. The spider is...
Leucistic turkey an unusual sighting — Prof. Howe comments
Iron Mountain residents (or there-a-bouts) have had an unusual visitor this winter. A white turkey. The bird is not an albino, but has a condition noted as leucism — documented in a wide number...
Campus informed of the passing of philanthropic supporter Imogene Johnson
Imogene Johnson, widow of Samuel Johnson, passed on March 3, 2018. She and her late husband were community-minded and philanthropic and are the donors for the Herbert Fisk Johnson Endowed Scholarship for Excellence and...
Provost Davis announces Chancellor Gary L. Miller and Georgia Nix Miller Endowed Scholarship in Biology
Chancellor Gary L. Miller and Georgia Miller are donors for a new endowed scholarship aimed to provide financial assistance to UW-Green Bay Biology students. UW-Green Bay Biology has grown significantly in recent years —...
