2013 Lake Erie Center News and Reports
| Reports |
- Fall 2013 LEC newsletter available (9/19/13)
- Lake Erie Center FY 2012-2013 Annual Report available (9/18/13)
- Summer 2013 LEC newsletter available (6/10/13)
- Winter/Spring 2013 LEC newsletter available
| News |
- City of Oregon partners with UT for storm water treatment, WTOL 11 report, 11/13/13
- Toxic algae outbreak in 2013 fooled U.S. experts -- bloom not typical, Toledo Blade, 11/9/2013
- Lake Erie Center FY 2012-2013 Annual Report available for download (PDF).
- Lake Erie algal bloom intensifying, ABC 13 Toledo report, with Dr. Tom Bridgeman.
- Asian carp genetic material found in Maumee River, NBC 24 Toledo report with Dr. Carol Stepien and Ph.D. student Carson Prichard.
- The Lake Erie Center has received a 2013 UT Women & Philanthropy grant! The funds
will be used to install interactive, educational displays in our lobby. For more details,
see the UT News article.
- Tracking viral infection in Lake Erie fish -- Ohio SeaGrant Twineline article on the
LEC's VHSv research
- The summer 2013 LEC newsletter is available for download (PDF, 1.8 mb)
- LEC Environmental Remediation & Restoration Lab Researcher Pam Struffolino discusses
beach contamination and safety in this WTVG 13 Toledo report.
- Several LEC researchers were interviewed for a special in-depth story on Lake Erie, written and published in five parts by The Buffalo
News.
- Recent LEC public lectures may be viewed on the WGTE KnowledgeStream webiste: Dr. Alan Steinman on ecosystem restoration; Dr. Patrick Lawrence on the Ottawa River; Dr. Jiquan Chen on global change.
- Congratulations to Dr. Jon Bossenbroek, recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Award! Dr. Bossenbroek will conduct research at the University of West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago during the 2013-2014 academic year, focusing on the economic impacts of marine aquatic invasive species in the Caribbean.
- Congratulations to LEC graduate student Jason Ross, winner of the 2013 Dr. Robert
Brundage Memorial Scholarship, sponsored by the Western Lake Erie Waterkeepers!
- Algal blooms threaten Lake Erie, New York Times, March 14, 2013 (with Dr. Tom Bridgeman)
- LEC Director Dr. Carol Stepien is conducting research at the Australian Museum (photo)
- Congratulations to Timothy Sullivan (advisor Dr. Carol Stepien) on the successful
defense of his M.S. thesis, "A Fine-scale Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Population
Genetic Patterns in the Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens)"!
- UT highlights research, educational opportunities at global energy summit (with LEC
Director Dr. Carol Stepien), UT News, February 13, 2013.
- LEC Ph.D. student Carson Prichard is featured in the Toledo Blade: Steelhead big man on UT campus, January 6, 2013.