by Natalie Johnson | Oct 28, 2021 | Features, Math and Natural Science, Research, Stories
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh biologist Robert Mitchell is part of a team of researchers that will study the genomic basis of smell and taste in longhorned beetles over the next five years with nearly $1.3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation. The...
by News Bureau | Oct 19, 2021 | Alumni News, Math and Natural Science, Stories
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh geologists have long ties to the study of deep sea drilling. UW Oshkosh lecturer and alumnus Jason Coenen ’13, will offer a review of the International Ocean Drilling Program at 4:10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22 in Room 109 of the Halsey...
by News Bureau | Sep 24, 2021 | Headlines, Math and Natural Science, Sustainability
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $417,830 grant to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh to keep litter and trash out of Green Bay and Lake Michigan. EPA provided the Trash-Free Waters Grant under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, or GLRI....
by Jason Page | Sep 22, 2021 | In Video, Math and Natural Science
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh graduate student Sarah Woody, a Sacramento, California native pursuing a master’s in biology, spent the summer looking at heavy metal concentrations in sediment, plant and muskrat tissue at Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in...
by Natalie Johnson | Sep 21, 2021 | Headlines, Humanities, Math and Natural Science, Sustainability
Not all algae are created equal. The good green stuff produces oxygen in healthy waters, while the harmful blue-green kind grows rapidly and can be toxic to humans and animals. That second type is the subject of a new interdisciplinary research project underway at the...
by News Bureau | Sep 20, 2021 | Headlines, Humanities, Math and Natural Science, Social Science
Eleven University of Wisconsin Oshkosh McNair Scholars shared their summer research findings from a variety of humanities, nursing, science and social science disciplines at a showcase Sept. 17. The 2021 scholars, their faculty mentors and projects included: Lux...
