Aug. 7, 2024

The Freshwater Opportunities Bulletin is published the first Wednesday of each month except July. It provides information about water-related conferences, collaborative courses and field experiences, undergraduate research positions and internships, and other opportunities for students, faculty, and staff at the Universities of Wisconsin. Please share information on your campus. 

Are you recruiting undergraduates for research positions or internships for fall semester? We can help spread the word and post your positions to our website. Email the information to freshwater-collab@uwm.edu. 

Save the date for our next online Great Lakes Freshwater Symposium on Sept. 10 at noon. Our panel of experts from around the Great Lakes will highlight the challenges of monitoring and responding to blue-green algae blooms in Wisconsin waters and their economic and public health impacts. Open to all.

Freshwater Collaborative courses are open to students enrolled at any UW university and offer students immersive field and lab work to prepare them for the workforce. Details available on our website. 

Sept. 3 – Dec. 12

This course addresses the importance of water in biological, ecological, physical, climate and economic systems, and the consequences of distributing the natural water cycle. Meets the Natural Science General Education Requirement. Open to high school students enrolled in the Early College Credit Program. Takes place at UW-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences. 3 credits.

Sept. 5 – Dec. 12

Students learn comprehensive investigative procedures in freshwater ecology, focusing on interactive field and laboratory assignments. Takes place at UW-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences with four field trips offsite. 3 credits.

Sept. 5 – Dec. 13

This introductory class is rooted in the signature question: How do people understand and create a more sustainable world? Students will achieve learning outcomes from presentations, readings, class discussions, and lecture, laboratory and field exercises. Takes place at UW Oshkosh. 3 credits.

Sept. 5 – Dec. 19

Students will explore how the environment shapes microbial communities and how microbes affect the environment while gaining hands on experience on topics related to metagenomics and microbial ecology techniques. Takes place at UW-River Falls. 3 credits.

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