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Engineering is in Greta Boehm’s DNA. Along with teaching engineering and robotics classes at her high school in Madison, Boehm’s dad ran the school’s engineering club. As a high schooler, Boehm learned how to use 3D printers with her classmates. One of the most memorable club projects was creating 3D prosthetic hands used by local […]

Have you ever wondered what the world looks like through the eyes of a cow? When your job is handling livestock, that information could be useful to know. That is the idea behind the augmented reality goggles being used to train animal handlers at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Humane Handling Institute (HHI), the first organization in North America to put the technology to […]

Kieyarrah Dennis can wear a lot of hats. In fact, versatility has shaped her personal and academic pursuits. Her adaptability blossomed during her elementary years at a community-focused bilingual school in Milwaukee. Later, it drove her to earn a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and history as an undergraduate student at the College of Saint Benedict […]

Something exciting is taking shape at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. A new online AI Essentials: Strategies for Efficiency & Productivity certificate was recently introduced and will be followed by a new artificial intelligence (AI) minor enrolling for Fall 2026 – one designed to be practical, hands-on and deeply connected to the real-world skills students need for a rapidly changing […]

When CNN’s Vital Signs explored how hibernating animals could hold clues to treating cancer, heart disease and even protecting astronauts in space, part of that story traced back to the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. The episode highlighted cutting-edge biomedical research involving hibernating animals, but much of the foundational work behind those discoveries has been taking place quietly for […]

“One thing that people are scared of is their mom, their grandma, maybe their close family members showing up to a totally dirty house.”   That was the opening line of the winning business pitch presented by University of Wisconsin-River Falls students at the 11th Spark Tank! Innovation Challenge hosted at the university by the St. Croix Valley Business Innovation Center (SCVBIC) on Wednesday, Feb. 25.   Tanner […]

Harvey Bootsma has spent more than 20 years studying the depths and complexities of Lake Michigan’s ecosystems. But the ripples of that work started halfway across the globe. In the early 1990s, after receiving a bachelor’s degree in marine biology, Bootsma accepted a job as the first director of Lake Malawi National Park. The job […]

In the far northern part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula sits the small town of Calumet. The village, composed of just over 600 people, may be small, but it has huge historical significance for the U.P. Now, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students are getting the opportunity to research and expand on what is known about the […]

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 […]