Campus Stories
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Supporting the whole child: School psychology program aims to fill nationwide shortage
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, […]
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Varsho becomes first UWM alum to make it to the World Series
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 […]
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30 years of UW-Eau Claire social work interns 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 […]
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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 […]
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With milk testing and new tools, UW-Madison scientists are helping prevent bird flu outbreaks in Wisconsin and beyond
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 […]
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UW-Whitewater adds degree program to elevate health professionals
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. […]
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Bachelor’s degree awarded posthumously, fulfilling dream of UWO student who died last year
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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UW-Milwaukee engineer discovers a way to turn used EV batteries into fertilizer
October 22, 2025
As electric vehicle batteries age out – typically after about 10 years – the world is bracing for a wave of expired lithium-ion batteries with no affordable way to recycle them. The problem is especially pressing with lithium iron phosphate batteries, the kind most commonly used in EVs, E-delivery vans and E-buses. Traditional disposal of […]
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UW-Stout women’s golf outpaces field to win conference crown, sets eyes on national tourney
October 21, 2025
Blue Devils win first WIAC title since 2016, earn NCAA bid The UW-Stout women’s golf team’s victory this month at the conference championship, where they triumphed by a near-record margin, isn’t the culmination of a season: It’s a sign of things to come for a young, focused and talented Blue Devils team. Sophomore Julia Imai and junior Brin Neumann placed […]
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UW-Eau Claire, Chippewa Valley Technical College collaborate to remove barriers for transfer students
October 20, 2025
Removing barriers and creating new pathways to empower students was the driving force behind six new articulation agreements the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire signed with Chippewa Valley Technical College this fall. Building on the longstanding collaboration between the two institutions, the new articulation agreements will help students more easily transfer credits earned at CVTC to […]