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Brayden Mau may be an intern, but he feels like part of the team at Mayo Clinic Health System. The fourth-year computer science major at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has spent the last two years expanding and applying his knowledge of artificial intelligence to improve patient care. One of the first projects he was […]

Growing up in Wisconsin, Brennan Dow spent his childhood exploring wooded nooks in public parks and splashing through streams and lakes near Stevens Point. His coming-of-age unfolded just before cell phones became ubiquitous, said Dow, who earned his master’s in freshwater sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and now works for the Wisconsin Department of […]

Parallel B.F.A., B.S. programs produce career-ready grads who create award-winning games UW-Stout’s game design programs continue to climb in the rankings among their peers around the nation, rising to No. 6 in the Midwest and No. 17 among all public universities in the United States, according to the latest figures published by Animation Career Review. UW-Stout held steady […]

t’s the largest long-term study of brain development and child health ever done, and faculty and students in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Psychological & Brain Sciences Department are playing a crucial role. A decade ago, the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study began following more than 11,000 children and their parents, with the goal of generating […]

It started, as many good ideas do, with a fresh perspective.  In the mid-1990s, a new generation of faculty arrived at UW–La Crosse. They were energetic, innovative and not especially interested in teaching the way it had always been done — a lecture hall, a piece of chalk and rows of students watching.   They […]

When Sienna Isaacson walked across the stage at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh School of Nursing and Health Professions pinning ceremony March 14, she joined 29 classmates in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program preparing to enter the profession.  Her moment carries an added distinction.  Sienna Isaacson, left, talks with Kim Brundidge, co-director of […]

Right by the entrance of the Madison Children’s Museum (MCM) is a giant fish you can control with levers. The secret is that it requires more than one person for it to work. One child cannot reach all of its components, so to make the fish look like it’s swimming, kids have to work together. “And we […]

Why would a young astronomer from India travel some 8,000 miles around the world to pursue his Ph.D. in physics? Simple. Pratyusava Baral wanted to study with the UW-Milwaukee physicists who deciphered the data for the first-ever detection of gravitational waves. Baral came to UWM in 2021 after earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in […]

Familiarity brought her to campus, but fate is what Grace McDonnell feels provided her a life-changing opportunity at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The high school senior knew she was going to study geographic information systems, but she wasn’t certain where until she took a tour of the UW-Eau Claire geography and anthropology department in […]

University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh nursing students are staying a step ahead as they learn the latest technology that allows seamless communication between doctors, nurses and staff. Epic, a Wisconsin-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) company, is well known by patients and healthcare providers. Its newest program offering, Lyceum, gives medical and nursing students a quality introduction to […]