Campus Stories
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River revival: UW-La Crosse Plum Creek restoration a win-win for conservation efforts, experiential learning
July 29, 2022
WAUZEKA, Wis. — A two-mile stretch of Plum Creek in rural Crawford County is being transported 170 years into the past, thanks to a research team from UW-La Crosse. Junior Travis Key and faculty mentors Colin Belby and John Kelly are using drone imagery, soil samples and geographic information system software to determine how the […]
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Blugolds travel to Washington, D.C., to lobby for students in higher education with learning disabilities
July 28, 2022
Campus leaders from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire joined advocates from around the country in Washington, D.C., this summer to lobby for legislation regarding students in higher education with learning disabilities. However, it wasn’t UW-Eau Claire administrators or faculty or staff who met with members of Congress and national education leaders — it was two […]
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UW-Platteville students from multiple programs collaborate on clandestine grave documentation research
July 27, 2022
Dr. Sara Getz, assistant professor of forensic investigation and Dr. Patrick Byrnes, assistant professor of computer science and software engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, are collaborating on a research project titled, Clandestine Grave Documentation. Getz and her team of students are tracking local temperature, humidity, rainfall, soil moisture and temperature in undisturbed ground and monitoring mock clandestine graves with […]
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UW-Milwaukee researchers seek ways to abate warm-weather algae problem
July 26, 2022
Summer brings warm weather, sunshine and time to enjoy Wisconsin’s beautiful waters. Unfortunately, it can also bring potentially toxic blue green algae resulting from the combination of sunshine and chemicals like phosphorus and nitrogen running into the water from farms and roadways. These conditions create algal blooms that can result in toxins harmful to humans […]
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Ultimate Frisbee: UWO student says Color of Ultimate all-star game showed her anything is possible
July 25, 2022
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh senior Natalie Walker never dreamed being part of a new ultimate Frisbee team on campus would lead her to fun and rewarding connections with other Ultimate Frisbee college players from around the U.S. The Color of Ultimate all-star game recently in Milwaukee provided an opportunity for players of color to come […]
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Students laud UW-River Falls’ first doctoral program
July 22, 2022
Bridgette Williams owns a private Montessori school in Fayette County, Georgia. For the past two weeks, Williams, who is the head of the school and lead elementary guide, has been at University of Wisconsin-River Falls as part of a residency component for her Doctor of Education degree, the university’s first doctoral program. The Ed.D. program in […]
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From dishwasher to ‘Iron Chef’
July 21, 2022
Known for Hmong cuisine, Yia Vang is a rising restaurateur Yia Vang used to wash dishes and count the days until he would never again have to work in a restaurant. Then he had an epiphany. “I always looked at working in restaurants as a job I did, living paycheck to paycheck,” Vang, ’10, explains. […]
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UW-Eau Claire public history students create exhibit in Irvine Park Welcome Center in Chippewa Falls
July 20, 2022
Visitors to Irvine Park in Chippewa Falls now can learn about the history of the city and park thanks to an exhibit in the park’s Welcome Center that was created by a public history class at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. “It’s a beautiful space and the plan always had been to have an exhibit […]
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Underground search for dark matter in the universe relies on UW-Madison expertise
July 19, 2022
Nearly a mile beneath the Black Hills, in a gold mine in a South Dakota town called Lead, there is a hunt underway for theoretical particles known as WIMPs. But don’t let the acronym fool you. These WIMPs (which stands for weakly interacting massive particles) are heavy hitters in the field of particle physics — […]
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Student-built Buzz Digital simulation has potential to help manufacturers nationwide
July 18, 2022
Program is innovative, game-based approach to teaching Lean principles The Manufacturing Outreach Center at UW-Stout is focused on helping small manufacturers around the region improve their operations and become more successful. In 2020, however, the center was limited by COVID-19: Employees couldn’t go to work sites to help train companies in the proven, industry-leading method […]