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University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Student Chapter, affiliated with Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin, today announced it placed third overall and second in estimating in the 2026 Construction Management Competition at ABC Convention 2026 in Salt Lake City on March 20. UW-Platteville’s team was 1 of 30 teams who put their construction project leadership skills to the test […]

The Greater Oshkosh Economic Development Corporation (GOEDC), in collaboration with the UW-Oshkosh Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CEED) and the Small Business Development Center at UW-Oshkosh (SBDC), has secured Small Business Technical Assistance grant funding from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to implement the Innovation Foundry program—a structured initiative designed to help established […]

UW–Madison research identifies a way to program longer-lasting T cells, a potential step toward broader, more durable protection against infections like the flu and COVID-19. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine have identified a possible way to make longer lasting vaccines for respiratory viruses like influenza and the coronavirus that causes […]

Hayden Halstead, a first year University of Wisconsin-River Falls management major from New Richmond, had a great start on a college degree and a career before he even graduated from high school. Halstead already had work experience as a manager at McDonald’s, where he started working at age 14, and he started earning college credit as a junior by taking chemistry classes […]

When Jena Choi moved from Los Angeles to Whitefish Bay in middle school, she swapped ocean beaches for freshwater ecosystems. Lake Michigan and the area’s abundant rivers fostered a love of kayaking and deepened her appreciation for aquatic systems. But it wasn’t until she enrolled in UW-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences that Choi realized the possibilities of […]

Finding cost-effective ways to reduce agricultural runoff is critical to improving water quality in the Fox-River basin. To help, Brown and Outagamie Counties have begun installing agricultural runoff treatment systems (ARTS). ARTS were developed with a grant from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) in 2015. These pond-wetland systems are designed to work as natural phosphorus filters […]

On a frigid February day, Alumnus Ben Patschull steps across the frozen backwaters of the Mississippi River, his ice cleats scraping against a sheet of ice that forms a roof over a hidden world below.  Beneath the surface, more than 140 species of fish inhabit the Upper Mississippi River. For Patschull, the river isn’t just […]

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the Eau Claire City-County Health Department are currently collaborating on a research project aimed at increasing local identification of one of the biggest public health concerns in the nation — drinking water contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. These human-made chemicals, upwards of 4,000 distinct […]

For seven weeks each spring semester, the Sage Hall Finance Trading Room becomes a hands-on classroom. Twice a week, UW-Oshkosh accounting students prepare free tax returns through the federal Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, serving community members while applying what they have learned in real time.  Kazeem Akinyele, an associate professor of accounting at […]

Marco Cortes-Lema, an accounting major at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, wants to see his fellow students succeed. A leader of several student organizations on campus and a former resident assistant, he strives to build community on campus and lift others up in their academics and their daily lives.  As a first-generation college student, Cortes-Lema appreciates how the university sets […]