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Lakeside Weekly – November 17th, 2025

November 20, 2025 |

  This week’s edition is packed full of exciting updates! Lakeside Weekly Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate an exciting milestone earlier this month! We broke ground on the brand new lab! This has been a long time coming, and we owe a huge thank you to our board members…

Lakeside Weekly – November 11th, 2025

November 20, 2025 |

  Lakeside Weekly UPCOMING FALL EVENTS TONIGHT! Tuesday, November 11th, an evening of dinner, drinks & SCIENCE! Our speaker is Adam Barka, Director of Environmental Stewardship at Christensen Farms in Minnesota, visit our website to learn more about Mr. Barka. Tickets are $30 & includes dinner, drinks, & dessert, menu to come!…

We’re Breaking Ground on the New Lab!

November 20, 2025 |

  Help us break ground on the new lab! Lakeside Weekly DISCOVERY & INNOVATION LAB GROUNDBREAKING Join us on November 5th from 4-5 PM to FINALLY BREAK GROUND ON THE NEW LAB! We are so excited to celebrate the hard work of so many people coming to fruition. Refreshments will be available,…

Lakeside Weekly – October 27th, 2025

November 20, 2025 |

  Night at the Museum this THURSDAY, OCT 30! Lakeside Weekly UPCOMING FALL EVENTS Stop by Shimek Lab on Thursday to take a look at Lakeside’s past before we step into the future… The Stone Labs are not heated, so a coat is recommended, but we will be serving hot drinks &…

Lakeside Weekly – October 20th, 2025

November 20, 2025 |

  Science on the Menu this WEDNESDAY! Lakeside Weekly UPCOMING FALL EVENTS Join us on Wednesday, October 22nd for an evening with dinner, drinks & the SCIENCE of Taxidermy with the Matuskas! Tickets are $30 with catering by Hi-Lo, see the menu below. Please let us know if you have allergies or…

Lakeside Weekly – October 15th, 2025

November 20, 2025 |

  OCT 22nd Science on the Menu Lakeside Weekly UPCOMING FALL EVENTS Register Here for Science on the Menu! LAKESIDE LAB TREASURE HIKE Looking for a fun way to spend time in nature? Try our Treasure Hike! For all ages. Follow the map around campus to put the pieces together! Maps are…

Lakeside Weekly – September 29th, 2025

September 29, 2025 |

  Diatoms & reflections on pandemic era learning.. Lakeside Weekly When the going gets tough… Mark Edlund, Science Museum of Minnesota, St Croix Watershed Research Station Former Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms Instructor Lakeside Alumni For 57 years, Iowa Lakeside Lab, the University of Iowa and Iowa State University’s biological field station,…

Lakeside Weekly – September 22nd, 2025

September 22, 2025 |

  Wednesday Volunteer Opportunity & No School/Home School Registration Opens! Lakeside Weekly CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS! In preparation for the Okoboji Writers’ Retreat, we need volunteers to help us spruce up campus! Wednesday, Sep 24th at 6 PM Meet at Mahan Hall at 6 PM! Bring your own cleaning supplies if you can…

Lakeside Weekly – September 16th, 2025

September 22, 2025 |

  Thank You CLAMP-ers! & There’s still time to register for the OWSR! Lakeside Weekly THANK YOU TO OUR CLAMP VOLUNTEERS! Our volunteers & staff celebrated a successful 2025 season with a presentation from Director, Mary Skopec on the post-2024 flood recovery data. CLAMP has been collecting data on the Iowa Great…

Lakeside Weekly – September 2nd, 2025

September 22, 2025 |

  Hello September! Lakeside Weekly NEW GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT FISHERIES & WATER SCIENCE RESEARCH in the IOWA GREAT LAKES A new endowed graduate fellowship has been created to advance research in fisheries biology, water quality, and watershed management within the Iowa Great Lakes ecosystem. The Edward Thelen Graduate Fellowship in…