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The Nemadji Review offers UW-Superior students a platform for creativity and publication
For students looking to share their creative work, gain publishing experience and become part of a vibrant literary community, The Nemadji Review continues to serve as a cornerstone of artistic and academic expression at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. Published annually each spring, The Nemadji Review is a student-run literary magazine that showcases creative and scholarly […]
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Enlisting AI in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria
UW–Madison researchers identify new ways to address bacterial infections, which could accelerate alternatives to traditional antibiotics Biochemists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are using AI to tackle one of modern medicine’s most pressing challenges: the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Using data collected in their lab, biochemistry professor Vatsan Raman and his team built an […]
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From a swab to a save: Cadence Cordova’s blood stem cell journey
As students sat in classroom chairs to start the new semester at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Cadence Cordova sat in a donation chair. The nationally recognized Goldwater Scholar and All-American gymnast chose to carve out time from her busy schedule to fly to Kansas City, Missouri, and donate peripheral blood stem cells for a […]
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Video: High school students and recent UW-Green Bay graduates spend summer solving real water challenges
For high school students interested in science, Freshwater Scholars offers an opportunity to move beyond the classroom and into hands-on research. At UW-Green Bay, scholars spend the summer working alongside mentors to investigate freshwater science and water quality issues while building professional skills before college. Through the program, students are matched with a mentor and […]
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UW-River Falls faculty awarded national grant to strengthen mathematics teaching
A new University of Wisconsin-River Falls professional development program is helping middle school mathematics teachers build deeper content knowledge, strengthen classroom instruction and expand opportunities for students to engage in real-world problem solving. UWRF mathematics faculty, Professor Erick Hofacker and Assistant Professor Brooke Krejci, have received a grant for $11,993 from the Mathematical Association of […]
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UW-Stout Polytechnic chemistry professors’ patent detects amino acid linked to M.S., rheumatoid arthritis, cancer
Faculty, student research paves way for patented biochemical discovery More than a decade of work by two UW-Stout Polytechnic faculty members and their student researchers has led to a newly patented process that allows for the easy detection of an amino acid linked to multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and potentially cancer. Biochemistry Professor Jennifer Grant […]
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Lakeshore School of Innovation moves to UW-Green Bay Manitowoc Campus
Manitowoc, Wis.— This fall, 83 high school students will walk into a college building and call it their new home. The Manitowoc Public School District’s Lakeshore School of Innovation (LSI) is relocating to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus beginning in the 2026-27 school year. LSI builds upon the foundation of McKinley Academy, Manitowoc Public School District’s (MPSD) former […]
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UW-Superior professor, students complete decade-long ice sheet study
After a decade of fieldwork and analysis, University of Wisconsin-Superior Professor Andy Breckenridge and student researchers have developed a year-by-year archive of environmental change from Minnesota and Ontario, spanning one of the most climatically dynamic intervals since the last ice age. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the study recovered more than 500 meters of […]
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UW-Stout Polytechnic Cadaver Lab trains future medical professionals through STEAM camps, high school programs
As a high school student from Ellsworth captivated by anatomy and physiology, Shelby Saenger was amazed when she had the opportunity to tour UW-Stout Polytechnic’s Cadaver Lab. Now, she’s helping teens experience that same wonder as they investigate medical careers at the Human Anatomy Exploration Camp, which is being held this week at UW-Stout Polytechnic. “I […]
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UW-Milwaukee helps student grow her love of science – and her confidence
After she graduated from UW-Milwaukee in May, Ally Ruffino moved to the Washington area to take a fellowship conducting research at the National Institutes of Health. She recently was riding the Metro train around the city when she had a realization about this new phase of her life. “I was sitting there thinking, ‘Oh, younger […]