Tag: Environmental Science

  • First cohort of ‘Rising Phoenix’ students ready to take flight

    First cohort of ‘Rising Phoenix’ students ready to take flight

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    Among the 1,000-plus students receiving diplomas at UW-Green Bay’s May 14, 2022 Spring/Summer Commencement will be 20 students who won’t even graduate from high school until mid-June. These Manitowoc Lincoln High School seniors comprise the first cohort of students graduating from the Rising Phoenix Early College High School Program. It offers students the opportunity to…

  • Alumna Veronica Brieno Rankin ’99 will serve as a Forest Service lead in a meeting at the White House May 10

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    UW-Green Bay Alumni Award recipient (Award year, 2006), Veronica Brieno Rankin ’99 (Earth Science) is working with the U.S. Forest Service in Minerals and Geology Management as an assistant director located in Washington D.C. She oversees the Office of Locatable Minerals, Salable Minerals, and Abandoned Mine Lands. This includes serving as the Forest Service lead…

  • Video: See more about the Environmental Science bachelor’s degree at UW-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus

    Video: See more about the Environmental Science bachelor’s degree at UW-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus

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    Marketing campaigns are inviting every potential learner in the region to rise with UW-Green Bay. Watch this video about the Environmental Science bachelor’s degree at UW-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus. Video Transcript: Create new knowledge, earn your bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science at UW-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus. Dive into groundbreaking research experiences, working side-by-side with expert faculty…

  • UW-Green Bay graduate student works at sustaining the ‘family trees’

    UW-Green Bay graduate student works at sustaining the ‘family trees’

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    Patrick Brodhagen admits to being a hard worker. In fact, his to-do list would make young Abe Lincoln appear to be something of a slacker—attending graduate school, keeping up the family farm and launching a personal business. “As soon as the frost goes out of the ground, I’ll be ramping up to 70 to 80…

  • Photos: Planting Wequiock Creek Natural Area

    Photos: Planting Wequiock Creek Natural Area

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    Staff from the Cofrin Center of Biodiversity, community volunteers, and UW-Green Bay students from Professor Amy Wolf’s Conservation Biology plant seeds at the Wequiock Creek Natural Area. The restoration being conducted here will provide crucial habitat for pollinators, birds, bats and other wildlife. The work will improve the Wequiock Creek watershed by reducing nutrient and…

  • Video: Science Professions at UW-Green Bay

    Video: Science Professions at UW-Green Bay

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    The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay puts science to work with hands-on learning—growing opportunities for students, faculty, and the community. UW-Green Bay combines experiments with field experiences that transform curiosity into innovation. Transcript Science Professions: I like to explore how things work and see how I can make them work better. UW-Green Bay has taught me…

  • Great Decisions Lecture Series: Struggles Over the Melting Arctic this Wednesday

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    U.S. President Donald Trump left many scratching their heads when it was rumored that he was looking to purchase the large island nation of Greenland from Denmark. While any potential deal seems highly unlikely, the event shows the changing opinion within the U.S. government toward engagement with the Arctic region. Because of climate change, large…

  • Water Contamination in Northeast Wisconsin panel is Thursday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.

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    Due to the geography of Northeast Wisconsin, groundwater contamination is very common in Green Bay. These contaminants could range anywhere from macronutrients like nitrates to contaminants like arsenic and PFAS. These contaminants jeopardize hundreds of families’ well water and food sources. Virtually join Casey Hicks from the Wisconsin Conservation Voters about the different contaminates in…

  • Texas energy woes thrust state to center of climate policy debate | KTVL

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    “When you have an emergency situation, it causes people to rethink a lot of fundamentals about energy generation,” said Michael Kraft, a professor emeritus of political science and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and author of several books on environmental policy. Source: Texas energy woes thrust state to center of climate policy…

  • Prof. Forsythe article is now available online

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    Prof. Patrick Forsythe is co-author of the article Recolonization of lake whitefish river spawning ecotypes and estimates of riverine larval production in Green Bay, Lake Michigan. See the abstract.