CMU beefs up Great Lakes research team

The group that has kept Central Michigan University a key player in the health of the Great Lakes is growing in size and scope.

Alongside the endangered creatures and invasive species that keep the public’s attention, there now are quieter — but equally important — interviews and number crunching.

The university’s Institute for Great Lakes Research, conceived in 2009 and formally established in 2010, started with five representatives from the departments of earth and atmospheric sciences, geography and environmental studies, biology, and chemistry and biochemistry.

Today the institute boasts 26 faculty members from the four departments and an agenda that changes as Great Lakes issues evolve...

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Ken Notes: Using the Midwest university’s to work on these issues is brilliant. The new DNR head should consider more partnerships like this. Someone mention this to him...