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Three Wisconsin educators will trade their classrooms for a research vessel on Lake Superior this July
Three Wisconsin educators will spend July 7-13, 2026, working alongside scientists aboard the United States Environmental Protection Agency research vessel Lake Guardian as part of the Lake Superior Shipboard Science Immersion. The immersion program is led by Sea Grant’s Center for Great…
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Wisconsin Sea Grant staff win multiple awards at 2026 Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Conference
Wisconsin Sea Grant staff came away from the 2026 Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Conference in May netting two top awards.
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New coastal engineering curriculum connects middle schoolers to the Great Lakes
The hands-on lessons teach kids about bluff erosion, stormwater, and green infrastructure.
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From fish waste to fashion
About 20 UW–Madison students got a unique – and very squishy – hands-on lesson in sustainability this spring when they learned to make leather from fish skin in a class called “Building a Sustainable Creative Practice.”
Upcoming events
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Oct 14Saving Our Sturgeon: Protecting Wisconsin’s Ancient Fish
Author Rebecca Hogue Wojahn
Virtual Event details and registration
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Oct 28The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Author John U. Bacon
Virtual Event details and registration
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