The LAKES Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) aims to better understand the root causes of
phosphorus pollution and solutions while offering undergraduate students the opportunity to
participate in cutting edge research.
Phosphorus is a pernicious and costly environmental pollutant. In areas of intensive agriculture, lakes
are toxic at certain times of the year with blue-green algae bloom because of phosphorus pollution.
Solving the phosphorus pollution problem is not simple. A complex mix of social, economic, and
environmental factors influences phosphorus use and misuse.
Students who participate in LAKES will spend two months in beautiful Menomonie, Wisconsin, training
under research mentors in biology, sociology, economics, anthropology, mathematics, geology, or
communications.
Eligibility
The program will run from June 14, 2015 to August 8, 2015. Eligible students include those who are:
available for the duration of the program
enrolled in an undergraduate program
not attending classes in summer 2015
who have not graduated by June 2015
The application deadline is February 15, 2015
http://www.uwstout.edu/lakes/apply.cfm
Eric Olson
Director, UW Extension Lakes
715-346-2192
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/UWEXLakes/
eolson@uwsp.edu