Notre Dame Team Receives EPA Star Grant A multidisciplinary University team of researchers from the colleges of engineering and science, in conjunction with researchers from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and the University of Oregon, was one of four groups to receive a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program. The team will be studying the effects of global climate changes on aquatic ecosystems. According to team member Patricia A. Maurice, professor of civil engineering and geological sciences and director of the Center for Environmental Science and Technology at Notre Dame, “By better understanding how climate changes affect these systems, we hope to be able to develop strategies to reduce or avoid damage in the future.” While team members will be focusing on the Ontonagon River in northern Michigan, they will also conduct a variety of tests at the University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center in Wisconsin. Team members include: Maurice; Scott D. Bridgham, associate professor of biology at the University of Oregon; Carol A. Johnston, senior research associate, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Gary A. Lamberti, professor of biological sciences; David M. Lodge, professor of biological sciences; and Boris A. Shmagin, research associate, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota-Duluth.