1. UW-Eau Claire marketing alumna finds award-winning success in economic development

    Photo of UW-Eau Claire alumna Melissa Meschke

    When Melissa Meschke graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with a degree in marketing in 2012, she was excited to explore the broad spectrum of career paths that her education offered her. And explore she did, across a wide range of industries and business types. It was not until 2017, with a move back […]

  2. UWM underwater archaeologist appears on History Channel show

    Photo of UW-Milwaukee underwater archaeologist Ashley Lemke

    When the History Channel looked for an expert to talk about some of the world’s biggest underwater mysteries, they found one in Milwaukee. At UW-Milwaukee, in fact. Ashley Lemke, an associate professor of anthropology who is an expert in underwater archaeology, flew to New York City over the summer to appear on “Mysteries Unearthed,” a […]

  3. Research to treat placenta could improve human pregnancies

    Image of placenta research

    A gene therapy approach to boosting the placenta is safe in monkeys, according to a new short-term study, bringing the potential treatment closer to improving birthweights of human babies and sparing them the complications of an early birth and developmental difficulties later in life. In humans, placental insufficiency restricts the growth of developing fetuses and […]

  4. UW-Stevens Point students receive an opportunity to teach English internationally

    Photo of UW-Stevens Point students Kylie Newton (left) and Morgan Hansen (right), who will travel to Spain to teach English to native Spanish speakers.

    Two University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students are waiting to learn where they will live and work in Spain next fall. Spanish undergraduate senior Kylie Newton and junior Morgan Hansen have been accepted into the RVF International program to teach English to native Spanish speakers. It won’t be their first time living in Spain. The pair […]

  5. CLRR choice: UW-Stout limnology center research supporting work on Green Lake water quality

    Photo of duckweed, which covers the Silver Creek Estuary, right, where the creek flows into Green Lake under the County Highway A bridge. / Photo by Phil Burkart

    Association for state’s deepest natural inland lake seeking answers through scientific analysis of phosphorus in its estuaries Covering more than 7,600 acres, Green Lake is one of Wisconsin’s largest and best-known natural, inland lakes. It’s also the deepest such lake in the state, at 236 feet. The 1,000 members of the Green Lake Association rightly […]