University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Undergrads: Spend Your Summer Out on Lakes and In The Lab with Us!

Attention Undergrads! See that photo above? That’s how you could spend your evenings this summer after a day’s work on our beautiful lakes! That’s right, the Center for Limnology is currently hiring for our summer fieldwork season both in Madison at Hasler Lab and up north of Minocqua at Trout Lake Station. Spend your summer …

CFL Emeritus Director, Steve Carpenter, Wins Prestigious “Blue Water Prize”

When the results of the Asahi Glass Foundation’s 31st “Blue Planet Prize” were announced last week, the list of winners was short. One was the King of Bhutan. The other was the former director of the Center for Limnology, Steve Carpenter. According to the Asahi Glass Foundation, which administers the annual award, the Blue Water …

Blog Redux: Our Weekend as a Walleye Nursery: Video and Pics

After a week of our walleye research in the news, it made us think back on past posts. Then we stumbled upon this one from 2013 when, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologist, Kurt Welke, poured more than a quarter of a million fish into our boat slip here at Hasler Lab. Enjoy!    …

Guest Post: Building a Better Water Quality Measurement Platform

by Meghan Chua With a background in engineering and environmental science, alumnus Paul Schramm had the perfect mix of skills to work on a water quality measurement project that brought new possibilities into the field of limnology. Schramm first started working on a prototype of Fast Limnology Automated Measurement (FLAMe) platform in 2014 as an …

Celebrating 50 Years of a UW-Madison, Shedd Aquarium Collaboration

On Saturday, April 21st, Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium welcomed 9,256 visitors to its sprawling campus along Lake Michigan’s shoreline. 1225 of the youngest visitors grabbed “passports” to learn more about the migratory fishes on display for World Fish Migration Day. 4, 824 watched a video about fish migrations as they waited in line for the 4-D …

Purging DNR’s Website Doesn’t Change Climate Facts

Last week, we shared our resolution to stand up for science in 2017, after the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources changed their website to reflect an incorrect and politically motivated stance on climate change. Yesterday CFL director, Steve Carpenter, and six other distinguished UW-Madison faculty published a letter that has already been picked up by …

Slideshow: Highlights from Hasler Lab’s 5th Annual Open House

June 24th dawned warm and clear and it was obvious that we’d picked a beautiful day to open our doors to the public. By the time we wrapped things up at 6pm, nearly 300 people had passed through Hasler Lab and learned a little bit about their lakes and the work we do. We hope …