Tag: Environmental Science
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UW-GB Receives Grant to Study Microplastics in Lake Michigan | SEEHAFER NEWS.COM
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By Eric Bauer A northeastern Wisconsin college has recently received over a quarter of a million dollars in funding to study the Great Lakes. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay was awarded $330,000 in grant funding from SC Johnson to study the impact microplastics in Lake Michigan and the Bay of Green Bay have on aquatic…
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Findings from Freshwater Collaborative Grant Help UWGB Researcher Secure $750,000 in USDA Funding – Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin
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When Michael Holly, an assistant professor at UW-Green Bay, began evaluating the use of natural and industrial by-products for their phosphorus sorption potential, he had no idea where the project would lead. A $10,000 grant from the Freshwater Collaborative in 2020 to hire an undergraduate researcher for his lab helped kick things off. Since receiving…
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Whitney’s Video Story: Environmental Science Major
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Whitney’s love for nature has always been present in her life and education. “I was pretty much raised by the outdoors,” she says. “I spent most of my childhood out there.” This early appreciation for wild spaces and the environment has led her to pursue a degree in Environmental Science at UW-Green Bay. Whitney discusses how…
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Graduate Position In Restoration Education – Door County Pulse
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Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay is working in conjunction with the Environmental Science & Policy Program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB) to hire a graduate student to research and create a community-based ecological restoration education program. In 2020, Crossroads began a full-scale land restoration effort with funding from the National Fish…
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Video: Environmental Engineering Technology Program
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As a child, Emma Loucks fell in love with the environment and the process of making maple syrup at her grandparents’ maple syrup farm. The Environmental Engineering Technology major combines her passion for solving environmental problems through innovative engineering solutions. [Note to reader: this video includes information about UW-Green Bay’s Bachelor of Science in Environmental…
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UWGB receives $478,275 for water quality research and education | Latest News | insightonbusiness.com
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The University of Wisconsin–Green Bay will receive $478,275 for projects that will increase research and training opportunities for high school and undergraduate students and will address Wisconsin’s biggest water challenges, including emerging contaminants such as PFAs and agricultural water management issues such as phosphorus pollution. The funding is part of a statewide initiative, backed by…
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Alumnus David L. Freedman named UW-Green Bay’s ‘Earth Caretaker’ for 2023
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Environmental Management and Business Institute (EMBI) will award the 13th annual Earth Caretaker Award to UW-Green Bay alumnus David L. Freedman. David’s academic journey started at UW-Green Bay in 1973, when he made the move from his hometown of Worcester, Massachusetts to Green Bay to join many other undergraduates from…
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Professors Holly & Forsythe publish capstone project alongside Environmental Science students
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UW-Green Bay’s Michael Holly, environmental engineering professor, and co-authors recently published a paper on modifying waste media for removal of phosphorus from agricultural runoff. Data for the study was collected by the Spring 2021 environmental capstone class and two environmental science students, Camryn Swan and Keenan Leonard, participated as co-authors for the publication. The project,…
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No stranger to adventure | Door County Pulse
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Even at age 25, Makayla Swain is no stranger to adventure. The biologist and 2015 Gibraltar High School graduate has worked near and far in her quest to better understand the living species on our planet, conducting research projects in Panama, the Arctic, both coasts of Canada and here in Door County. Swain was born…
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“UW-Green Bay feels like home” View the video from Justice Saxby, current student in Environmental Science and Geoscience
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UW-Green Bay’s Justice Saxby, considers UW-Green Bay her “home.” As a double major in Environmental Science and Geoscience, Justice loves the park-like arboretum on campus, ‘eco-friendly’ attitude and how much she loves that her professors know her by name. Watch her full video below! Transcription: UWGB to me feels like home. It’s a very personal…