PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Platteville prides itself on administering quality education using state-of-the-art classrooms and equipment for students to receive hands-on experience, eventually guiding them to successful careers. The engineering physics department has been doing just that. [learn_more caption=”Dr. Hal Evensen (right) and senior Andrew Carlson work in the lab.”] Watch a YouTube […]

PLATTEVILLE, Wis.­­­ — Six University of Wisconsin-Platteville graduates returned to campus to present their experience living in Antarctica and working on the $280 million project, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center for the National Science Foundation. IceCube was primarily a physics collaboration, but required engineering components with constructing the infrastructure, machines and tools used for studying […]

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Pioneer Farm has long since been a source of educational opportunities for students and the university as well as community members, in particular, the Grant County 4-H Livestock Team, which competed in Kansas City, Mo. in early November at the American Royal Competition. Teams from Grant County have […]

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Forensic Investigation Program, which first offered a major focused on the documentation and collection of physical crime scene evidence in 2011, will graduate its first three students this month: Amanda Corrigeux of Thomson, Ill., Felicia Folbrecht of Beaver Dam, Wis., and Candace Koch of Juda, Wis. The major, […]

PLATTEVILLE, Wis.­­­ —The University of Wisconsin-Platteville has enhanced its partnership with UW-Fox Valley with the grand opening of a building dedicated to engineering in Menasha, Wis. The two institutions collaborate on the UW-Platteville/UW Colleges Collaborative Engineering Program. With the support of Winnebago and Calumet counties, UW-Platteville and UW-Fox Valley have been able to expand the […]

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 31) was decidedly full for United States Representative Ron Kind (D-Wisconsin), but that’s to be expected for the Third Congressional District’s representative. What made today unique for the congressman were the impacts and outcomes coming out of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Kind also presented a check from the National […]

PLATTEVILLE, Wis.­­­ — University of Wisconsin-Platteville biology professor Dr. Rebecca Doyle-Morin uses her ecology background to give students real-world research experience. As a freshwater community ecologist, Doyle-Morin is conducting research to look for ecologically friendly solutions for excessive algae growth. Doyle-Morin has been studying local lakes since 2011, including a former cattle watering pond at […]

PLATTEVILLE­­­, Wis. — With one semester of experience, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Pioneer Launch Lab is off to a great start in its second semester. The Pioneer Launch Lab is one of the latest entrepreneurial initiatives offered by the UW-Platteville Pioneer Academic Center for Community Engagement. It is an entrepreneurial center for students and alumni […]