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WPR: New ‘Freshwater Innovation Center’ Aims To Expand Great Lakes Research

$10M Endowment Comes From Family Foundation With Environmentalist Ties To The Area By Danielle Kaeding, WPR Northland College in Ashland has received a $10 million endowment that will support a freshwater innovation center on campus to conduct research on issues facing the Great Lakes. The Forest Lodge property will be…

World Water Day

Dive In: Freshwater Research Opportunities

…‘”nature for water”—exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face in the 21st century. Northland College, located near the shore of Lake Superior, works on freshwater research, policy, and communication year round. We’ve created a unique student research track to send students out into the world better prepared to…

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Student Research Opportunities

Research, Analyze, Communicate: The Student Experience We take our location next to the largest freshwater lake in the world seriously. Through our laboratory, field research, and communications, we provide paid graduate level opportunities for undergraduates. Our student researchers, analyze, and communicate freshwater science—including climate change, toxic chemicals, Great Lakes policy,…

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World Water Day 2023: The Perils of Plastic with Dr. Sherri Mason

March 22, 2023, 7:00 pm8:30 pm

…one of the most prominent environmental pollutants. Dr. Mason and her research team were among the first to study plastic pollution within freshwater systems and started within the largest freshwater ecosystem in the world: the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America. This event is free and open to the public….

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Kraft to Speak on Wisconsin Groundwater Issues

…Lessons from the Central Sands,” as part of the Marvin Pertzik World Water Day Lecture Series, an annual lecture hosted by the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation, focused on freshwater water issues. Kraft holds appointments with both the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point College of Natural Resources and the…

Water Summit

The Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation convened a Water Summit on Oct. 1, 2016 dedicated to “The Future of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.” Experts from New York to Minnesota gathered on Madeline Island in Lake Superior to examine past successes and challenges of GLRI, and to have…

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Q & A with Water Researcher Randy Lehr

Since 2010, Randy Lehr has been the Bro professor of sustainable regional development, leading and directing students, faculty, and staff in the field and in the classroom. In August, Lehr became the codirector of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation. Q. Is it true you got hooked on…