Campus Stories
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UW-Whitewater: Aspiring teachers bond through personal challenges, excitement for education
December 9, 2016
Adelaida Sisk looks across the table as she has coffee with mentee and friend Rocio Aburto. She can’t help but smile. Maybe it’s the glasses, short, curly hair or her […]
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UW-La Crosse professor earns Innovator of the Year award for green chemistry contributions
November 15, 2016
Mother Nature isn’t the only one happy about UW-La Crosse Professor Robert McGaff’s innovations in green chemistry. McGaff, Chemistry and Biochemistry, received the Innovator of the Year Award from WiSys Technology […]
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Anne Basting named UW-Milwaukee’s first MacArthur ‘genius’
November 8, 2016
Theater professor Anne Basting has been named a 2016 MacArthur Fellow, making her the first UWM faculty member to earn the esteemed MacArthur Foundation’s highest honor. Basting, 51, was one […]
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Power tap: UW-Stout research, tenacity could bring electricity to more Malawi homes
November 4, 2016
Electricity could become a reality for more homes in a city in northern Malawi, Africa, because of a University of Wisconsin-Stout professor’s research and resourceful students’ problem-solving skills. Tom Lacksonen, […]
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UW-Madison launches nation’s first rural obstetrics and gynecology residency
October 26, 2016
Madison, Wisconsin – Faced with a nationwide shortage of obstetricians and gynecologists, especially in rural areas, the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine […]
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UW-Extension Sustainability Student Perspectives: How I Brought Sustainability to My Air Force Base
October 20, 2016
I am an electrician and a member of the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Germany. You may wonder, how does a Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Management relate to my career? […]
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The importance of PAs: UW-La Crosse physician assistant program continues to fill health care shortage
October 14, 2016
When UW-La Crosse graduate Jessica DeBruyne decided to continue her education to become a physician assistant, she looked no further than her alma mater. Factors like a 100 percent pass […]
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Market Advice: UW-Stout dietetics student encourages healthy eating with Veggin’ Out program
October 12, 2016
Menomonie, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Stout undergraduate student Amanda Nass is motivated to eat healthy food, including local vegetables, and wants to educate others to do the same. Since June, […]
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UW-Madison horticulturalists help sow seeds of community in northern Wisconsin
October 10, 2016
Just as some seeds yield tomatoes, carrots and lettuce, others grow community and partnership. In a greenhouse in the northern Wisconsin town of Park Falls, all of those seeds are […]
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UW-La Crosse exercise program brings community health, trains students for careers
October 4, 2016
La Crosse resident John Zoerb vividly recalls when his heart attack hit 30 years ago. A heavy feeling came over him — like an elephant on his chest — as […]