Rebecca Klaper
UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences is the nation’s only school dedicated to the study of freshwater and aquatic sciences. Rebecca Klaper has led it for the last three years and has been a water scientist for more than 20 years.
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Maayan SilverAs of Sept. 2, there were 110 confirmed cases in Wisconsin. All but one of those sickened are unvaccinated. -
Maayan SilverA regional flood mitigation task force is working on long-term solutions to better protect the Milwaukee area from the next major storm.
This WUWM series focuses on the challenges of food accessibility in Milwaukee and examines solutions.
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A program in Milwaukee gathers excess produce from local farmers' markets, enlists volunteers to chop it up, cooks it into vegetarian meals and delivers them to places like homeless shelters. -
Milwaukee's first day of school is September 1, 2026. What to know about MPS teacher openings and new renovation projects on the north side. -
How do teachers in Milwaukee recover from 2025 floods that destroyed their classrooms? Inside one class at Riverside High School and how the students and teachers moved on.
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Community organizers are bringing together Milwaukeeans affected by flooding to learn what changes they want to see before another historic storm hits. -
In the mid-1900s, a Racine man named Anton Kratochvil built more than 20 round or semi-circular houses and apartments in southeast Wisconsin. But why round? -
Milwaukee librarian Jacki Potratz shares some of MPL's hottest titles from the past six months. -
Rebecca Jabs is a science illustrator and ARTservancy resident drawing, painting and printmaking migratory birds she’s seen at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve at life-size scale.
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