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Around 60 students from 11 area high schools put their artistic talents to the test at the Visual Arts Classic (VAC) held February 27 at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.  The VAC is a competition for art students in grades 9 through 12 and is presented by the Wisconsin Art Education Association. The competition features […]

UW-La Crosse French students are giving voice to immigrant stories through web-based, interactive maps that blend text, images and video to document journeys from the Francophone world. Created as part of an advanced French course, the digital projects illuminate personal migration experiences while helping students better understand global history, cultures and human resilience.  The maps trace stories such as a man […]

We all remember the shared experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic — the shutdown, the isolation, the safety protocols, the virtual learning and many more challenges of 2020-21. Luca Ciletti was a sophomore German education student that spring at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and he says those were “dark days for sure.” But Ciletti was […]

A new program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will offer students a gateway into careers that support the growing sports industry, from event promotion and merchandising to management and analysis. Sport business will be offered as a major, minor and certificate for undergraduates within the UW-Stevens Point Sentry School of Business and Economics. Starting in fall 2026, […]

Student team builds functional nonstandard pallet stacker to be implemented, replicated in company’s facilities A team of engineering students at UW-Stout designed an innovative nonstandard pallet stacker for Arcadia-based Ashley Furniture, which plans to quickly implement the machine in its facilities.  Within their Senior Design Experience II capstone course, the team was tasked with building a […]

Alice Maas’ journey to discover her purpose at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point was built on fieldwork and research that took her from the campus’ Schmeeckle Reserve to as far as villages and a school in Kenya. Having graduated from the College of Natural Resources in December 2025 with a degree in ecosystem restoration and management, Maas feels […]

A unique research collaboration is providing students at all levels with interdisciplinary hands-on training in a critical field: analyzing how emerging contaminants affect a major urban waterway. Inna Popova, an assistant professor of soil chemistry, environmental toxicology and contaminants at UW-Madison, and Laodong Guo, professor of aquatic biogeochemistry at UW-Milwaukee, are studying the pollution history […]

A University of Wisconsin-Platteville student earned first place in the WiSys Innovation On-Ramp program after presenting an assistive zipper device designed to help people with limited hand mobility. The Eazy Zip is an attachable cube that fits onto a zipper pull. Its cover wraps around the zipper tab and gently pushes surrounding fabric away from […]

Motivated by a passion for learning about the surrounding environment and a love of birds, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Department of Biology built a tool with the potential to captivate audiences and support valuable hands-on learning opportunities for students. In May of 2025, the department launched a “nature cam” livestream on YouTube. Inspired by the bird cams […]

UW research scientist and meditation teacher Cortland Dahl explains what’s so great about gratitude, no matter the time of year. After the season of Black Fridays, Cyber Mondays, and a constant bombardment of sentimental commercials pulling at our heart and purse strings, there’s one more gift to consider—gratitude.  The price is right. No need for a receipt. And even […]