Tag: geoscience
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Meet top NAS students benefitting from expanded scholarship program
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The best-of-the-best students in Natural and Applied Sciences programs were honored at an annual scholarship reception held Jan. 30. Twenty-five students were awarded a total of $31,150 in scholarships that nearly doubled last year’s total of $15,200. The scholarships recognized student achievement in academics, research, and overall excellence. The new scholarships introduced this year include…
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Senior earns Sager award for work on Marinette County aquifer
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The winner of this year’s Sager Scholarship is Christa Kananen, a senior majoring in Geoscience with a minor in Environmental Science. Her paper “Drawdown of the Potentiometric Surface of the Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer in Marinette County” was based on her undergraduate research project under the guidance of NAS Associate Prof. John Luczaj. The Sager Scholarship for…
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Luczaj says groundwater conditions could be factor with I-43 bridge
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John Luczaj, associate professor of Natural and Applied Sciences and chair of UW-Green Bay’s Geoscience program, has granted numerous interviews to local reporters as they try to make sense of the Leo Frigo Bridge closure for their readers, viewers and listeners. Luczaj is an authority on the bedrock and soils of Brown County, having completed…
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Photo: A faint smudge, a comet, and a little advice for comet watchers
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Retired Geoscience Prof. Steve Dutch sends us a photo taken Wednesday night (March 13) from the campus bayshore near Lambeau Cottage. The Comet PANSTARRS is faintly visible in a view looking back toward the mouth of the Fox River. For the photo and more on the comet, click here.
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Comet watchers need scopes, sharp eyes
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Retired Geosciences Prof Steve Dutch sends us this photo taken Wednesday night (March 13) from the campus bayshore near Lambeau Cottage. See the Comet PANSTARRS? In this image the comet is faintly visible about one-third of the way down the image, almost directly above the bright light at bottom. (This view is looking back toward…
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Bedrock work uncovers new info, ancient faults
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Geoscience Prof. John Luczaj is the man responsible for the first comprehensive map of Brown County’s bedrock, part of a statewide project commissioned by the State of Wisconsin and the U.S. Geologic Survey. The resultant map should be of value to citizens concerned about bacterial contamination in shallow wells; to those who mine crushed stone;…
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Dutch treat… from noon to 3 p.m. Friday
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Already sent campuswide but repeated here for the record: Geoscience Prof. Steve Dutch, who recently celebrated 35 years with the University, is retiring. Punch and cake will be served from noon to 3 p.m. in Environmental Sciences Suite 317 to celebrate his retirement. All are welcome.
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Dutch talk (in NAS seminar) begins at 3:30 p.m.
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Geoscience Prof. Steve Dutch will deliver the final NAS Seminar Series presentation for the semester Friday, May 4, offering thoughts on technology, change and progress through his lecture “How the West Dominated Technology or What I Learned From My General Ed Course.” The event kicks off with a 3 p.m. social in ES 317, which…
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Dutch was go-to source on Clintonville booms
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It was a very busy week, media-wise, for UW-Green Bay Geoscience Prof. Steve Dutch and his colleague Prof. Steve Luczaj. The mysterious disturbance in Clintonville made headlines across the state and nation, and even beyond. Dutch, especially, was a go-to source for what was — or perhaps more aptly, what wasn’t — happening in the…
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Luczaj to discuss Brown County bedrock mapping at next NAS Seminar
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The NAS Seminar Series continues this Friday (Sept. 30) with a 3 p.m. social in ES 317, and a 3:30 presentation in ES 328. The topic is “The Geology of Brown County: Challenges of Bedrock Mapping in a Glaciated Landscape.” John Luczaj, associate professor of geoscience in Natural and Applied Sciences, will discuss the multi-year…