Tag: Natural and Applied Sciences
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From farm to fellowship: Student earns $50K EPA award
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Wisconsin has quickly become No. 1 in the country for organic dairy and beef farms. Public demand has led to rapid development of organic farms across the state. While organic agriculture produces a quality product that consumers can feel good about, the fact remains that organic agriculture still produces waste. And that’s where UW-Green Bay’s…
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Credit Wenger, Levintova with assists on student’s $50,000 EPA award
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We shared news in last week’s Log Extra that UW-Green Bay senior Robyn Nielsen is the University’s first-ever recipient of a Greater Research Opportunities Fellowship from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The $50,000 fellowship provides up to $20,700 per year of academic support for the student’s junior and senior years and $8,600 for…
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Slideshow: Baird Creek lessons include ecology, involvement
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First-year students are being given the opportunity to “get their hands dirty and learn about ecology and conservation at the same time,” thanks to a $5,990 grant from the Baird Creek Preservation Foundation. The grant, issued to Associate Prof. Mathew Dornbush of the Natural and Applied Sciences academic unit at UW-Green Bay, will support Dornbush’s…
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Reminder: Chen and today’s electronic Bronsted-Lowry acid talk
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Chemist and Associate Prof. Franklin Chen speaks at 3 p.m. today (Friday, Sept. 26) in ES 301 on “Electronic Origins of Acid-Base Character: Natural Acidity Analysis of Aqueous Bronsted-Lowry Oxyacids.” It is, of course, part of the NAS Seminar Series.
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The acid talk: Chen will present at Friday’s NAS Seminar
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Chemist and Associate Prof. Franklin Chen will be the speaker this Friday (Sept. 26) when the Natural and Applied Sciences Seminar Series resumes. The title of his presentation is “Electronic Origins of Acid-Base Character: Natural Acidity Analysis of Aqueous Bronsted-Lowry Oxyacids.” We’re told that both classical induction effects and quantum mechanical hyperconugation are found to…
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Fermanich helps shed light on area “dead zone” during boat tour
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UW-Green Bay Prof. and resident “dead zone” expert Kevin Fermanich offered his expertise for a Sunday (Sept. 21) Green Bay Press-Gazette story on the relative health of — and challenges facing — the Fox River and the Bay of Green Bay. Fermanich and Prof. John Katers were among those aboard last week’s Fox River boat…
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Turkey dinner promises chicken, ‘funny facts’
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UW-Green Bay’s Dinner Lecture Series, hosted by the Division of Outreach and Adult Access, returns on Thursday evening, Sept. 25, with a visit to the nation of Turkey and a presentation by Associate Prof. Atife Caglar of Natural and Applied Sciences. She’ll share stories, photographs and the cuisine of her native land in the program…
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Foliage forecast? Dornbush explains factors to Fox 11
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In what can only be construed as further proof summer won’t last forever, WLUK, Fox 11 News on Thursday interviewed NAS Associate Prof. Matt Dornbush about the impending onset of fall colors. Weather impacts the foliage in a number of ways, Dornbush told reporter Andrew LaCombe. “The best color change occurs when you have sort…
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Faculty note: Forsythe, Draney publish with students
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Natural and Applied Sciences faculty members Patrick Forsythe and Michael Draney have published a paper in the Journal of Arachnology with four UW-Green Bay undergraduate co-authors. The paper is the result of a Fall 2012 course called Ecological and Environmental Methods and Analysis, taught by Forsythe, with help from Draney, who served as project consultant…
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Insect influx: Draney talks late-season surge with Fox 11 News
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Prof. Michael Draney talked late-summer bugs Friday (Sept. 5), with Fox 11 News, discussing the recent influx of crickets and mosquitos due to soggy weather. The crickets’ development slowed with July’s dry conditions, Draney said, and with the recent rains they’re becoming adults more simultaneously than usual. Different generations of mosquitos emerge in one growing…