Archives - July - 2026

The discovery could prevent against Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus and global public health threat that spreads in hospitals and other care settings A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has identified a promising new therapeutic candidate against Candida auris, an emerging fungal pathogen that has alarmed health officials worldwide because of its […]

Three UW-Green Bay students are gaining recognition for turning bold ideas into real-world impact after earning top honors at the at-large WiSys Quick Pitch competition on May 12. Eight students from across Wisconsin competed overall, presenting research-driven innovations in front of judges for a chance at cash prizes and advancement to the WiSys SPARK Symposium this July in Eau […]

Samantha Brown arrived at UW-La Crosse as a proud first-generation student, but without a clear roadmap for what college life would look like.   That sense of uncertainty transformed into confidence when she found her place at the Recreational Eagle Center (REC).  Through her role in Rec Sports, Brown not only found a job, but also a community that helped her […]

A cybersecurity training platform developed by University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic faculty has won a high-stakes, Pentagon-sponsored competition and will now serve as a blueprint for scalable cybersecurity learning nationwide.  The Department of War’s Aligned Skills Curriculum and Experiential Network Design (ASCEND) Challenge received innovative entries from a pool of more than 60 applicants, all of […]

Associate professor Ashley Lemke has long been familiar with the Great Lakes region. She’s spent many summers visiting Lake Huron — but not to hike along the shore or relax on its beaches. Lemke was exploring prehistoric hunter-gatherer sites long submerged in the depths of the Great Lakes. Underwater archaeology — especially with a focus on […]

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to create new content in imitation of previous human-generated content. But what happens as more and more of that online content used to train AI models has already been generated by AI? That was the question posed in a recent mathematics modeling competition and three University of Wisconsin-River […]