Campus Stories

  1. Transfer student success a priority at UW-Whitewater

    Photo of UW-Whitewater campus with sign: "You belong here."

    November 5, 2025

    Transfer students who attend the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater are treated to the full Warhawk experience — and they’re succeeding as a result. The university joins thousands of institutions around the country to celebrate National Transfer Student Week, an annual event dedicated to celebrating the contributions of transfer students and the people who support them, from […]

  2. UW-Green Bay join forces with gener8tor, announce startup accelerator program

    Photo of UW-Green Bay

    November 4, 2025

    The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Foundation have partnered with global venture firm and startup accelerator, gener8tor, to announce the inaugural gBETA UW-Green Bay pre-accelerator program powered by gener8tor. The accelerator focuses on early-stage companies working across all industries. gBETA UW-Green Bay is a free, seven-week, no-equity accelerator program that provides […]

  3. UW fostering closer research ties with federal defense, cybersecurity agencies

    Photo: In 2024, campus welcomed a delegation from the United States Cyber Command, which is responsible for the Department of Defense’s cyberspace capabilities. UW–Madison Physics professor Mark Eriksson (right) speaks with Lt. Gen. William J. Hartman, deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command, during the delegation’s visit to multiple research labs across campus. Photo: Althea Dotzour / UW–Madison

    November 3, 2025

    Traumatic brain injuries can be debilitating and sometimes culminate in permanent disability. While many people who experience a TBI are simply the victims of an unlucky accident, certain careers carry an outsize risk for brain injuries. Many of these risky jobs are in the military, and that’s why the United States Department of Defense has […]

  4. Supporting the whole child: School psychology program aims to fill nationwide shortage

    Photo of UW-Stout graduate students visiting Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School; learning how language, culture directly impact students

    October 31, 2025

    Graduate students visit Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School; learn how language, culture directly impact students The shortage of school staff in Wisconsin extends beyond teachers in the classroom. The shortage of school psychologists, who advocate for students’ behavioral, mental and emotional needs, has a significant impact on schools and students. “When school psychologists are stretched too thin, […]

  5. Varsho becomes first UWM alum to make it to the World Series

    Photo: Daulton Varsho played for three seasons at UWM before being drafted in 2017 by the Arizona Diamondbacks. He played three years for Arizona before being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays before the 2023 season. (Milwaukee Athletics photo)

    October 30, 2025

    For the first time in 32 years, the Toronto Blue Jays are going to the World Series. And a UWM alum, Daulton Varsho, played an important part in making that happen. Varsho collected two hits Monday in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, including a single to drive in Toronto’s first run in the first inning […]

  6. 30 years of UW-Eau Claire social work interns in South Africa

    Photo of UWEC internships in South Africa

    October 29, 2025

    Many students at UW-Eau Claire cap off their senior year with an internship — paid or unpaid, full time or part time, required or elective. The options vary widely but always deliver unique learning and networking opportunities. Very few internships, however, offer an immersive international experience that fulfills a full-time supervised internship required for certain […]

  7. Consider the zombie: Imaginative scenarios help high school students tackle college-level academics

    October 28, 2025

    Some 140 Milwaukee area high school students got a glimpse of college-level intellectual pursuit last week – with the help of zombies. UW-Milwaukee (UWM) hosted students from six high schools at the annual “UWM Rhetoric & _____ Conference: Practicing Rhetoric in New Contexts.” The half-day event brought together students who are enrolled in UWM English […]

  8. With milk testing and new tools, UW-Madison scientists are helping prevent bird flu outbreaks in Wisconsin and beyond

    Photo: With the help of a robotic liquid handler, UW–Madison researchers at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) are testing some 5,000 milk samples per month to monitor and prevent H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in the state’s dairy cattle. Photo: Taylor Wolfram / UW–Madison

    October 27, 2025

    On a recent Thursday morning, Becky was hard at work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL). A few test tubes at a time, hundreds of milk samples were carefully poured, measured and prepared for testing. Becky doesn’t wear a typical lab coat or safety glasses. Why? Because Becky is a Biomek […]

  9. UW-Whitewater adds degree program to elevate health professionals

    Photo: Students in Communication 328: Managing Conflict, a class taught by Assistant Professor Courtney Powers that is part of the Health and Leadership Studies curriculum, worked on a team-building classroom exercise on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, using paper, string, tape and lengths of dried spaghetti to devise and build bridges to support weight placed on them. Powers, center, and entrepreneurship major Nazier Jones, right, react as his team's bridge between two desktops sustains a cell phone and deck of cards. (UW-Whitewater photo/Craig Schreiner)

    October 24, 2025

    Students in Communication 328: Managing Conflict, a class taught by Assistant Professor Courtney Powers that is part of the Health and Leadership Studies curriculum, worked on a team-building classroom exercise on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, using paper, string, tape and lengths of dried spaghetti to devise and build bridges to support weight placed on them. […]

  10. Bachelor’s degree awarded posthumously, fulfilling dream of UWO student who died last year

    Photo: UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Manohar Singh hands a diploma to Barry Moodie, as his children Emmett and Kate and his late wife’s mother, Mary Altenburg, look on.

    October 23, 2025

    Mary “Christina” Moodie had a simple but powerful goal: to finish her college degree so her children could see the value of higher education. On Aug. 1, in an intimate ceremony inside the Chancellor’s Office at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, her dream was fulfilled. Chancellor Manohar Singh handed Christina’s diploma to her family, which included […]

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