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Tag: Natural and Applied Sciences

  • Prof. Fermanich talks run-off and dead zones

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Green Bay’s dead zones — areas with virtually no oxygen or aquatic life — are in a constant state of flux, and probably not improving. They swell, shrink and shift from one year to the next — their fortunes dictated by rain, snow, temperature, wind, water currents and, significantly, too much runoff carried in from the third-largest watershed in…

  • ‘Scarlet’ is a rare Northern Black Widow sighting in Wisconsin

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    WPR reported of the Northern Black Widow, nicknamed “Scarlet,” found in Sheboygan County in 2017. UW-Green Bay Prof. Michael Draney (Natural and Applied Science and Biology) works with a lab that monitors different spider species, including the Black Widow. Read the full story here.

  • Faculty note: new spider species found in Indiana, Prof. Draney comments

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    An Indiana spider specialist, Marc Milne, found an entirely new spider species when searching for a male Islandiana cavealis, a sheet web spider species, in Stygian River Cave in Indiana. The new species is the size of a crayon tip and is currently only found in Indiana. Milne named the species Islandiana lewisi. UW-Green Bay…

  • Lone Star tick is on the rise in Wisconsin says Prof. Draney

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    Sue Bodilly

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    A tick bite that causes an allergic reaction for meat and dairy consumers? That sounds tragic for Wisconsinites. The Lone Star tick is on the rise in Wisconsin says UW-Green Bay Prof. Mike Draney (Natural and Applied Sciences), and the side effects of being bitten could mean food allergies. WFRV-TV has the interview with Draney.

  • Prof. Draney featured in ‘Popular Science’

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    UW-Green Bay Professor Michael Draney (Biology) was featured in an article about “ballooning” in Popular Science magazine. “Ballooning” is caused by the spiders’ sensitivity to electrical fields like those in earth’s atmosphere, causing them to balloon on strands of web. “It shouldn’t be surprising that a creature with four times our number of legs and…

  • RSVP for Joe’s ‘super cool lab tour’

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Have you ever wanted to go-behind-the-scenes in one of our UW-Green Bay laboratories? Lab Manager Joe Schoenebeck is giving a “super cool lab tour” to a group of staff members on July 23, 2018 at 12:30 p.m. He might even throw in a few experiments. Email Sue Bodily, bodillys@uwgb.edu, if interested in attending.

  • More Black Widow spiders, but still no reason to be alarmed says Draney

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay Prof. Mike Draney (Natural and Applied Sciences) is making the rounds with media again this month. In June, he helped identify more Black Widow spiders in Brown County.

  • Prof. Luczaj talks clean water (or lack of)

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    Sue Bodilly

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    The Wausau Pilot & Review published a story about the lack of safe, clean, drinking water in Wisconsin. UW-Green Bay Prof. John Luczaj (Natural and Applied Sciences) is one of the sources.

  • Campus mourns passing of Prof. Emeritus ‘Joe’ Moran

    Campus mourns passing of Prof. Emeritus ‘Joe’ Moran

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay learned of the passing of award-winning faculty member Joseph Moran (Natural and Applied Sciences). Services are Monday. According to the obituary, Moran, 74, died peacefully Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at Angel’s Touch Assisted Living in Ledgeview. He began teaching at UW-Green Bay in 1969 as an instructor of meteorology in the College of…

  • Plant sale makes some green

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    Web Writing Intern

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    It was another successful Heirloom Plant and Vegetable Sale for Natural and Applied Sciences. With about 5,000 plants sold, the annual sale that draws from Northeast Wisconsin and beyond made more than $9,000 to support student research, internships, travel grants for students, and other special opportunities for the program. Excess plants were donated to the…