Awards & Recognition


 

Faculty of 1000 ranked two of Steve Carpenter's papers as #1 and #3 for Freshwater and Marine Ecology in 2011: 1. Trophic downgrading of planet Earth and 3. Early warnings of regime shifts: a whole-ecosystem experiment, February 3, 2012
UW-Madison global fishery expert wins prestigious fellowship - University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 17, 2011 (McIntyre); see also: Press Resleases, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, October 13, 2011
Eleven professors appointed to named professorships - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, October 6, 2011 (Carpenter)
Know Your Madisonian: Limnology takes Stephen Carpenter from Madison's lakes to Sweden - Madison.com, September 21, 2011
Steve Carpenter named 2011 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate - Stockholm International Water Institute (Carpenter); related podcast on EarthSky , May 30, 2011; see also: University of Wisconsin-Madison lakes scientist receives prestigious award (WSJ, August 24, 2011); UW-Madison limnologist receives international Water Prize (University of Wisconsin-News, August 25, 2011); Blog Om: Science, Nature and Economy (Blog Om Sweden, August 26, 2011)
Jim Kitchell receives 2011 Jack Christie/Ken Loftus Award - Great Lakes Fishery Commission (Kitchell), June 7, 2011.
Meeting Jim Kitchell - University of Washington Aquatic & Fishery Sciences Graduate Student Invited Speaker , April 22, 2011 (Kitchell)
UW-Madison trio named Leopold Leadership Fellows - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, February 28, 2011 (Vander Zanden)
2011 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research - awarded to Paul Hanson, February 22, 2011
Know Your Madisonian: UW limnologist is a strong voice on climate change - Wisconsin State Journal, December 8, 2010 (Magnuson)
College of Letters & Science 2010-2011 Classified Staff Excellence Award - awarded to Dave Harring, November 2010
Testing Mother Earth's Resilience - Science, September 10, 2010 (Oonsie Biggs, Steve Carpenter)
UW Ph.D. programs new the top of doctoral class. University of Wisconsin-Madison News and National Research Council, September 28 , 2010  (Limnology and Marine Sciences Program)
Young UW-Madison freshwater scientists noted by Great Lakes group - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, June 30, 2010 (Scott Higgins, Gretchen Hansen)
Marilyn Larsen Receives UW Letters and Science Career Award - University of Wisconsin College of Letters and Science, April 2010
Jim Kitchell Wins ASLO A.C. Redfield Award - American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, April 2010
The Wisconsin Idea: Limnologist Casts the Human Factor into the Study of Lakes - University of Wisconsin-Madison, August 26, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
What I do: I keep the UW limnology boats running - Wisconsin State Journal, August 17, 2009 (Dave Harring)
The J.C. Stevenson Memorial Lecture - Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR), January 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden) - Note: scroll down and click on Stevenson Lecture
Bringing Student Experience into the Classroom
- Teaching and Learning Insights, June 2008 (Stephanie Schmidt)
Ten faculty receive distinguished teaching awards - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, April 15, 2008 (Tony Ives, Trina McMahon)
Seven honored with Romnes awards - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, March 18, 2008 (Emily Stanley)
IRPE Laureates and Their Major Scientific Achievements - Inter Research Science Center (Jake Vander Zanden)
Phillip R. Certain Distinguished Faculty Award - Zoology Newsletter, October 29, 2007 (Jake Vander Zanden)
Madison's Peace Prize Winners - Isthmus, November 8, 2007 (John Magnuson)
Nobel Peace Prize - UW-Madison Faculty Contributed to IPCC Reports - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, October 12, 2007 (John Magnuson)
Limnologist to Receive Medal - Wisconsin State Journal, August 12, 2007 (Steve Carpenter) - Note: scroll down several paragraphs
Limnologist receives preeminent international award - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, August 10, 2007 (Steve Carpenter)
College of Letters & Science announces academic, classified staff awards - Wisconsin Week, March 28, 2007 (Mike Pecore)
Dedication Ceremony Honors Revered Freshwater Biologist- University of Wisconsin-Madison News, May 8, 2006 (Hasler Lab)
L&S announces annual awards - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, April 18, 2006 (Paul Hanson)

 

 

 

 



Amphibians & Fish

Sucker Migration, Harbinger of Climate Change - Aquatic Sciences Chronicle, December 1, 2011 (Pete McIntyre, Evan Childress)
A New Look at Pike - Northland Adventures, May 13, 2011 (Dan Oele)
New Mekong Dam a Go, and a Blow to Megafishes? - National Geographic Daily News, March 25, 2011 (Pete McIntyre)
Curiosities: How do fish keep from freezing in freezing water? - Wisconsin State Journal, March 28, 2010 (Steve Carpenter)
Looking Back to Look Ahead - Aquatic Sciences Chronicle On the Web, February 19, 2008 (Stephanie Schmidt, Jake Vander Zanden)
Preserved Fish and Stable Isotopes Help Reconstruct Historical Great Lakes Food Webs - Great Lakes Fishery Commission Press Release, February 4, 2008 (Stephanie Schmidt, Jake Vander Zanden)
Animation!
Fertilizer Runoff Triggers Frog Deformities - Science Bulletins, American Museum of Natural History, 2007 (Pieter Johnson)
Warming Water, Stress Cause Alewives to Die - Wisconsin State Journal, October 3, 2006 (Jim Kitchell)
From Madison to Mongolia: The Crusade for a Giant Fish - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, March 29, 2005 (David Gilroy, Jake Vander Zanden)

 


 


General Environmental Issues

A Conversation With Elena Bennett, Professor of Natural Resource Science - The Atlantic, December 14, 2011 (Elena Bennett, Steve Carpenter)
Taking a classroom to the coast - College of Letters & Science News & Notes, October 25, 2011 (Emily Stanley, Pete McIntyre, Claudio Gratton, graduate students)
Facing up to Phosphorus - Momentum magazine, Fall 2011 (Steve Carpenter)
Climate change could drive native fish out of Wisconsin waters - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, August 16, 2011 (Sapna Sharma)
NSF Awards Grants to Advance Digitization of Biological Collections - National Science Foundation Press Release, July 8, 2011 (Gries)
Sending out an SOS - Nature Climate Change, June 19, 2011 (Carpenter)
Smart Decisions for Changing Environmental Times - ScienceDaily, June 21, 2011 (Carpenter)
Crashes, Crises and Calamities: How We Can Use Science to Read the Early-Warning Signs (Len Fisher, author) - Wisconsin Public Radio, June 1, 2011
A Tale of Two Lakes: One Gives Early Warning Signal for Ecosystem Collapse - National Science Foundation, April 28, 2011 (Carpenter, Kitchell, Batt, Cline). Based on published paper "Early Warnings of Regime Shifts: A Whole-Ecosystem Experiment." Carpenter et al, Science Express, April 28, 2011, doi: 10.1126/science.1203672.  See UW-Madison News , April 28, 2011; Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies News , April 28, 2011; Science Now News , April 28, 2011; Daily Independent , April 27, 2011; PHYSORG.COM Ecology , April 28, 2011; ScienceDaily , April 28, 2011; Science Codex , April 28, 2011; BBC News Science & Environment, April 28, 2011; Milwaukee News Buzz, May 5, 2011; The Daily Progress, May 19, 2011; EarthSky Podcast May 30, 2011; EarthSky Interview and Podcast , June 6, 2011
Inspired by curiosity, fueled by fun - boston.com, April 10, 2011 (Kamarainen)
Artist, Scientists Collaborate on Exhibit Focusing on Ecological Change -  University of Wisconsin-Madison News, April 11, 2011 (Stanley, LTER)
The Cassandra Factor - TMCnet.com, January 29, 2011 (Steve Carpenter)
Aquatic Food Web Tied to Land - National Science Foundation, January 21, 2011 (Steve Carpenter, Jim Kitchell)
Expanding croplands chipping away at world's carbon stocks - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, November 1, 2010 (Steve Carpenter, Paul West)
*see also:  New Scientist, November 1, 2010; Wisconsin State Journal, November 1, 2010; Journal Sentinel, November 1, 2010
Carl Folke Discusses Ecosystem Management - Science Watch, October 2010 (Steve Carpenter)
Early warning for endangered species? - ScienceNOW, September 8, 2010 (Steve Carpenter)
World Water Day 2010: United States Facing Its Own "Quiet Crisis" - The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread, March 22, 2010 (Steve Carpenter)
NSF Forum to Address "Ecosystem Services" in a Changing World - National Science Foundation Media Advisory 10-005, February 22, 2010 (Steve Carpenter)
Global warming bringing more oddball winter weather - National Wildlife Federation Media Center, inc. link to tele-conference (wav file), January 28, 2010 (John Magnuson)
TIP/Climate change experts - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, December 3, 2009 (John Magnuson)
Predicting tipping points before they occur - USA Today, September 9, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Migraine coming on? Maybe the planet feels the same - Environmental Research Web, September 7, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Early Warning Signals of Change: 'Tipping Points' Identified Where Sudden Shifts to New Conditions Occur - Science Daily, September 5, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Tipping points trigger abrupt shifts in people, society, nature - Thaindian News, September 5, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Is There a Climate-Change Tipping Point? - Time, September 4, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Tipping points - the universal warning signals for sudden change - European Science Foundation, September 3, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
For those about to tip... - Heliophage, September 3, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Dead Ahead: Similar Early Warning Signals of Change in Climate, Ecosystems, Financial Markets, Human Health - National Science Foundation Press Release 09-161, September 2, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
What Wall Street and nature have in common - msnbc, September 2, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
*see also: Kansas City infozine, September 3, 2009; U.S. News & World Report, September 3, 2009; Ethiopian Review, September 3, 2009;
Sceintists Seek Warning Signs for Catastrophic Tipping Points - Wired Science, September 2, 2009 (Steve Carpenter) 
Buffering Wisconsin's Water Quality with Science - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, May 14, 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden, Jeff Maxted, Matt Diebel)
Avoiding Catastrophes -  The Economist, June 22, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
Study: Can nature's leading indicators presage environmental disaster? - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, January 5, 2009 (Steve Carpenter)
New Project to Address Climate Change Impacts on Wisconsin
 - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, February 4, 2008 (John Magnuson, Richard Lathrop)
The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts - Larry Meiller, Wisconsin Public Radio, February 27, 2008 (John Magnuson, Richard Lathrop) - click on Audio Archives to listen to program (aired at 11:45am)
Aging Infrastructure and Ecosystem Restoration
- Science 18 January 2008: Vol. 319. no. 5861, pp. 286 - 287 (Emily Stanley)
The Nature of Art and Science - Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine, December 2007 (Tim Kratz, John Magnuson)  

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Invasives

Water manipulation at Crystal Lake scheduled to begin within weeks - Lakeland Times, June 10, 2011 (Kratz, Read, McMahon)
Lakes to be Surveyed for Invasive Species - Ashland Current, June 7, 2011 (Vander Zanden)
They Said It - Science, November 12, 2010 (Vander Zanden)
Long-term lake study suggests ecological mechanism may control destructive crayfish - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, November 4, 2010 (Vander Zanden, Hansen, Carpenter)
Pursuers of invaders eat their fill of what they kill - Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2010 (Hansen, Vander Zanden, Carpenter, Kratz, McCarthy)
Asian Carp Invasion - Office Hours Episode 6, March 23, 2010 (Vander Zanden)
Site helps to identify at-risk inland lakes - Journal Sentinel, March 9, 2010 (Jake Vander Zanden)
Where the invasive things are - and where they could be - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, March 9, 2010 (Jake Vander Zanden)
Ask Us:  How do you stop the spread of invasive species? - Wisconsin State Journal, January 17, 2010 (Jake Vander Zanden)
15,000 reasons to worry about state's lakes - Journal Sentinel Online, November 10, 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden)
Invasive species in lakes Mendota, Monona, Waubesa - WKOW TV, September 21, 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden)
In Our Backyard segment on invasive species - WORT, September 21, 2009 podcast (Jake Vander Zanden)
UW-Madison undergraduates make unwelcome discovery in Lake Mendota - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, September 16, 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden) * see also WisBusiness Press Releases 
UW Students discover invasive species in Lake Mendota - WKOW TV, September 16, 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden) 
Will a well-mixed, warmer lake doom invasive fish? - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, July 30, 2009 (Steve Carpenter, Chin Wu, Jordan Read)
Aquatic Invasive Species Still Threaten Lakes - WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio, July 17, 2009 (Jake Vander Zanden)
Reservoirs promote spread of aquatic invasive species - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, October 15, 2008 (Jake Vander Zanden, Pieter Johnson, Julian Olden)
The Smart Prevention Approach to Managing Invasive Species
- Wisconsin Great Lakes Chronicle 2007, Wisconsin Coastal Management  (Jeff Maxted, Jake Vander Zanden)
New Methods Developed to Estimate Sea Lamprey Damage  - Great Lakes Fishery Commission Press Release, February 4, 2008 (Justin Fox, Jim Kitchell)
Invasive Species Spreads to Vilas County Lake in Wisconsin - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, August 31, 2007 (Jim Rusak, Jake Vander Zanden)
Study Shows Hope for Ridding Lakes of Clawed Invader - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, July 31, 2006 (Nicole Hayes, Ashley Gramza, Jake Vander Zanden, Steve Carpenter)
Lake Research Offers Clues to Managing Crayfish Invasions - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, August 3, 2004 (Brian Roth, Steve Carpenter)
It's An Aquatic Invasion! - Wisconsin State Journal, September 2, 2007 (Jake Vander Zanden) 

 

 


 

Lakes & Rivers

Deep freeze has yet to hit Madison lakes - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, December 27, 2011 (Steve Carpenter)
Heat week more reason to rally for our lakes - Wisconsin State Journal, July 19, 2011 (Steve Carpenter)
'It's going to be a bad year' for algae blooms in area lakes - Wisconsin State Journal, July 17, 2011 (Steve Carpenter)
The Hacker Within focuses on scientific computing - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, April 7, 2011 (Nico Preston)
New Mekong Dam a Go, and a Blow to Megafishes? - National Geographic News, March 25, 2011 (Peter McIntyre)
Black Ice
- Wisconsin Public Television, March 3, 2011 (John Magnuson)
World's freshwaters contain too much phosphorous - environmentalresearchweb, February 14, 2011 (Steve Carpenter, Elena Bennett)
Also see: World phosphorous use crosses critical threshold - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, February 14, 2011; Tempe P-summit a quietly historic event - examiner.com, February 14, 2011; Fertilized to death - Milwaukee News Buzz, February 18, 2011
Water, water everywhere focus of new sustainability project - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, January 6, 2011 (Steve Carpenter)
The State of our Rivers and Lakes - Office Hours, Big Ten Network, November 9, 2010, video (Peter McIntyre)
Toxic Mud Spill Latest Insult to Polluted Danube River - National Geographic Daily News, October 12, 2010 (Emily Stanley)
Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity - Nature, September 30, 2010 (Peter McIntyre)
Also see: Rivers worldwide in peril: society treats symptoms, ignores causes - Mongabay.com, September 29, 2010; Report casts world's rivers in 'crisis state' - Physorg.com, September 29, 2010; World's rivers in crisis, scientists report - JSOnline, September 29, 2010, World's rivers face crisis, new study says - Wisconsin State Journal, October 3, 2010
The Buoy of Summer - YouTube, UW-Madison EngineeringUW, April 2010 (Johnny Dedrick, Paul Hanson, Scott Higgins, Trina McMahon, Todd Miller, Jordan Read, Luke Winslow)
Global grassroots lake science network has roots in Wisconsin - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, July 19, 2010 (Paul Hanson, Tim Kratz, Luke Winslow)
Lake Superior, a huge natural climate change gauge, is running a fever - The New York Times, July 19, 2010 (Jim Kitchell)
Drastic Measures: 8 Wild Ways to Combat Invasive Species - Scientific American, June 28, 2010 (Jake Vander Zanden, Jordan Read)
How UW-Madison scientists study blue-green algae - Wisconsin State Journal, July 2, 2010 (Paul Hanson, Trina McMahon)
Crews install devices to contain algae at BB Clark Beach - Channel3000.com, June 25, 2010 (Dick Lathrop)
Confronting toxic blue-green algae in Madison lakes - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, July 1, 2010 (McMahon, Hanson)
Booms deployed on two Madison beaches to hold back algal blooms - Wisconsin State Journal, June 24, 2010 (Dick Lathrop)
Group hopes to make a clean break for Madison's Lakes - Wisconsin State Journal, June 2, 2010 (Dick Lathrop)
Madison hopes a new project will help in its annual fight against algae - Wisconsin State Journal, May 14, 2010 (Center for Limnology)
Devil's Lake cleaning up, thanks to an interesting bit of science - Wisconsin State Journal, November 16, 2009 (Dick Lathrop)
Lake Mendota Scientists Move From One Challenge to the Next - WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio, October 16, 2009 (Steve Carpenter, Dave Harring, Jim Kitchell)
*View images from field trip with the Society of Environmental Journalists*
Climate change and lakes: Estimating sensitivities of water and carbon budgets - Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, August 27, 2009 (Jeff Cardille, Steve Carpenter, Jon Foley, Paul Hanson, Monica Turner, Julie Vano)
Cleaning Lake Wingra - Wisconsin State Journal video, September 2, 2009 (Dick Lathrop)
Without the carp, Lake Wingra cleans up - Wisconsin State Journal, September 2, 2009 (Dick Lathrop)
15,081 Jewels - Milwaukee Magazine, June 22, 2009 (Steve Carpenter, Tim Kratz, John Magnuson)
Blooming Limnologists
- University of Wisconsin-Madison News, July 20, 2009 (John Magnuson, Grandparents University)
Inland Lakes Around the World - WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio, April 22, 2009 (Paul Hanson, Tim Kratz)
Algae Season Looms for Madison Lakes - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, June 27, 2008 (Dick Lathrop)
State Initiative Gets Climate Change Discussion Rolling  - The Capital Times, June 18, 2008 (Dick Lathrop, John Magnuson)
Curiosities: Rough winters add salt to urban lakes - Wisconsin State Journal, April 9, 2008 (Steve Carpenter)
Landscape Ecologists Descend on Madison - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, April 4, 2008 (Noah Lottig)
Seize the carp! - The Capital Times, March 12, 2008 (Dick Lathrop)
Social-Ecological Feedbacks and the LTER Decadal Plan  - National Science Foundation News Release on the 7th annual symposium on long-term ecological research, February 21, 2008 (Steve Carpenter)
Lake Research - In Wisconsin, February 21, 2008 (Anne Small, Cynthia Rusak, Tim Kratz, Pam Montz, Susan Knight, Jim Rusak, Tim Meinke)
Scientists Continue to Test NASA Submarine in Lake Mendota - Channel 3000, February 15, 2008
Underwater Robot Lowered into Lake Mendota - Channel 3000, February 13, 2008
Recent Sightings: Icy Test Drive - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, February 12, 2008 (ENDURANCE)
Underwater Robot to Take Dip in Lake Mendota Monday - Channel 3000, February 8, 2008
Experts: Ice Quake Likely Caused Shaking on UW Campus - Channel 3000, February 1, 2008 (Jim Kitchell)
Getting to Know World of Bacteria– Wisconsin State Journal, January 12, 2008 (Trina McMahon)
Winter Ice on Lakes, Rivers, Ponds: A Thing of the Past?– National Science Foundation Discoveries, January 10, 2008 (Barbara Benson, Olaf Jensen, John Magnuson)
Decomposing Algae Likely Causing Pond Stench - Wisconsin State Journal, August 21, 2007 (Jim Kitchell)
Long Green Seen in Algae in City Lakes - Wisconsin State Journal, July 30, 2007 (Jennifer Jackowski)
It's Not About Looks - The Capital Times, July 13, 2007 (Dick Lathrop)
The Future of the Yahara Lakes: Realizing the Vision: The State of the Yahara Lakes - Madison City Channel 12, May 18, 2007 (Dick Lathrop, Ken Potter) (for a copy of the video, email Marilyn Larsen)
Expert Says Threats to the Yahara Lakes Are Substantial - Wisconsin State Journal, May 13, 2007 (Steve Carpenter)
Resident Bacteria May Help Clean Phosphorous from Lakes - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, May 2, 2007 (Katherine McMahon)
Lake Districts Serve As Prisms of Environmental Change - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, April 24, 2007 (Steve Carpenter)
Global Warming May Trigger 'Surprises' In Lakes - Wisconsin State Journal, January 11, 2007 (Steve Carpenter)
Thank the Wind for Chop on Lake Mendota - Wisconsin State Journal, October 19, 2006 (Jim Kitchell)
Surveys Track Changes, Trends With Area Lakes - Wisconsin State Journal, September 6, 2006 (Jim Kitchell)
What's weather buoy on Lake Mendota up to? - Wisconsin State Journal, August 15, 2006 (Denise Karns)
The Ice Culture - Madison Magazine, Feburary 2006 (John Magnuson)
Rare Alliance Forged to Protect Wisconsin Waters - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, February 21, 2006 (Jeff Maxted, Jake Vander Zanden)
Cool Tool: Lake Effect - On Wisconsin, Summer 2005 (Tim Kratz)
Professor Explores Science, Politics of Dams - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, May 18, 1999 (Emily Stanley)