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UWM grant supports a new way to monitor Great Lakes invasives

By UWM News on November 26, 2012

MILWAUKEE—Keeping count of the number and kinds of invasive species deposited in the Great Lakes by ships coming from other bodies of water amounts to a statistical nightmare, says J. Rudi Strickler, UWM Shaw Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences. These aquatic organisms, which range from fish and mussels to tiny water fleas, are introduced by [...]

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Don Behm (left) interviews Rudi Strickler, Shaw Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, about his grant from the EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. (Photo by Kristen Scheuing)

EPA grant supports UWM effort to monitor Great Lakes invasives

By Laura L. Hunt on November 26, 2012

Rudy Strickler will work to find a more efficient method of monitoring incoming invasive species.

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Wisconsin Economic Scorecard released for second quarter of 2013

While a majority of residents (56%) say Wisconsin is “headed in the right direction,” only 28% view the economy as “good” and just 1% say it is “excellent.”

UWM hosts Nigerian leader Obasanjo

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, who served as president of Nigeria from February 1976 to October 1979 and again from May 1999 to May 2007, visited the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) on June 12.

Nonprofits optimistic about 2013 donations

The majority of nonprofits in Southeastern Wisconsin have recovered from the Great Recession and most expect increased donations in 2013 .

Kikkoman Foods’ gift funds environmental health research

Part of the $1 million gift will allow the build-out of the Kikkoman Healthy Waters Environmental Health Laboratories.

UWM announces gifts slated for UWM Innovation Campus

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Michael R. Lovell, has announced five gifts that will help grow the university’s novel research park.