Mr. Carpenter Goes to Stockholm
On Thursday, August 25th, in Stockholm, Sweden, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf handed an ornate crystal sculpture, along with a $150,000 prize to the Center for Limnology’s illustrious director,...
View ArticleCFL’s Susan Knight Wins UW “Excellence Award”
Last Thursday, UW Chancellor David Ward hosted a reception for the winners of the 2012 Academic Staff Excellence Awards. Susan Knight, Trout Lake Station’s interim director and outreach specialist, was...
View ArticleCenter for Limnology Annual Newsletter
‘Tis the Season for the Center for Limnology’s annual newsletter. For a good look at some of the things we got up to this year, as well as faculty milestones, alumni news and grad student profiles, you...
View ArticleThe Lasting Legacy of “Tug” Juday: 1918-2013
This Monday, March 18th, the Center for Limnology lost a dear friend. Eugene Thurston “Tug” Juday passed away at Grace Lodge in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, which is also the city where he was born. While...
View Article“Lean In” to Limnology: A History of Aquatic Ecologists
Earlier this month, CFL graduate student and Wisconsin DNR research scientist, Alison (Ali) Mikulyuk received the 2013 Wisconsin Lake Stewardship Award along with her colleagues Martha Barton, Michelle...
View ArticleMagnuson Named 2014 Wisconsin Academy Fellow
Excuse us for tooting our own horn here, but the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters just announced the addition of seven distinguished people to its Wisconsin Academy Fellows roster. Our...
View ArticleAnnouncing “Our Waters, Our Future” Writing Contest
Water is essential to our lives and those of future generations, but big changes, like a warming world, are bringing big challenges. Imagining positive futures for our waters and communities and...
View ArticleThe Bold Prediction on Lake Michigan’s Sport Fishery That, Unfortunately, Was...
by Steve Carpenter Every moment, our brains make predictions of what we will next encounter in our lives based on our lifetime of experiences. As our experiences are updated, our brain adjusts and...
View ArticleWater, Women and Fisheries: CFL Researcher Awarded “Seed Grant” from Global...
Bordered by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, Lake Victoria is the world’s largest tropical freshwater lake and boasts one of the largest freshwater fisheries in the world. 30 million people live around its...
View ArticleGuest Post: Q & A with “Our Waters, Our Future” Fiction Contest Winner
Note: this post is from our friends over at the “Yahara in situ” blog: Meet Sally Younger. She won our first ever Our Waters, Our Future writing contest, which sought short, sci-fi stories about...
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