{"id":287,"date":"2016-09-01T12:50:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T12:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/?p=287"},"modified":"2016-09-01T12:50:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T12:50:29","slug":"welcome-professor-stephen-levas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/2016\/09\/01\/welcome-professor-stephen-levas\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Professor Stephen Levas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/files\/2016\/09\/sl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-288 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/files\/2016\/09\/sl-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"sl\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/files\/2016\/09\/sl-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/files\/2016\/09\/sl-329x300.jpg 329w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/files\/2016\/09\/sl.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Dr. Stephen Levas has recently been hired as an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science. Dr. Levas\u00a0graduated from Cornell University with a BS in Geology as well as The Ohio State University with a PhD in Geology.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Hobbies: \u00a0In my free time I like to coach my son\u2019s soccer team, and go on hikes and nature walks with my family. I also grow orchids and maintain a coral reef aquarium.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Research: \u00a0My research interests center around how humans are impacting ecosystems. Particularly, I focus on this issue relating to coral reefs and freshwater ecosystems.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Personal Life: \u00a0My family consists of my spouse (Megan Levas), my two sons: Xavier (1 yr.) and Alexander (5), as well as our two dogs, Natty and Nala, and a poison dart frog named Rico. I am originally from Greendale, Wisconsin, so I am excited to be here and join the Whitewater community. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dr. Stephen Levas has recently been hired as an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science. Dr. Levas\u00a0graduated from Cornell University with a BS in Geology as well as The Ohio State University with a PhD in Geology. &nbsp; &nbsp; Hobbies: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/2016\/09\/01\/welcome-professor-stephen-levas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2077,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2077"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}