UWM is an institution of higher education that serves 28,000+ students, offering 186 degree programs including 93 bachelors, 59 masters, and 34 doctoral. We boast world-class faculty who sponsor a broad curriculum across 14 schools and colleges, inspired by academia throughout the ages and 21st-century career opportunities and scientific discovery. UWM is a university with high research activity, which means scholars from freshman year through post-doctoral fellowship have myriad opportunities to test their ideas and enhance their resumes through research, internship and international learning opportunities.
$10 million gift launches plans for new UWM research vessel An anonymous donation of $10 million was made to put towards a new UWM research vessel, the ‘Maggi Sue’. The Neeskay, the current research vessel at the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences, is a converted Army T-boat that is 71 ft long and 65 years… Read More
Anonymous donor commits $10M to new research vessel for UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences Posted by Fox6 News on November 6, 2019 MILWAUKEE — The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences is getting a new research vessel thanks to an anonymous donor of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation that has committed $10 million to the project. A news… Read More
“From our farmers relying on clean water for crops and livestock to our outdoor recreation industry to everyday use, water is essential to our state and our economy, and that’s why the School of Freshwater Sciences and the Freshwater Collaborative are so critically important.”
