UW-River Falls

  1. Student composers lead Hollywood-style recording session

    Photo of UW-River Falls student composer Sam Nesbit, at the podium, guiding a concert band of student and community musicians during a daylong cinema scoring event in Abbott Concert Hall. Nesbit and fellow students Ben Garcia and Landon Zientara wrote original music compositions to some of their favorite videogames and the gathered musicians performed them in time with key sections of each game. UWRF photo.

    June 5, 2025

    The University of Wisconsin-River Falls brought a Hollywood-style recording session to life on April 26, offering student composers a career-launching experience inside Abbott Concert Hall. Benjamin Garcia, Sam Nesbit and Landon Zientara conducted a Cinema Symphony composed of UWRF students, faculty, alumni and local teachers. Each led the orchestra in recording original scores for video […]

  2. Five decades later, UW-River Falls time capsule artifacts on display

    Photo of a crowd of onlookers watching as the Centennial Time Capsule is lowered into the ground on May 13, 1975. UWRF Archives.

    April 25, 2025

    Sesquicentennial event showcases campus memorabilia April 22, 2025 – Community members are invited to peek at the past during an unveiling of items recovered from a time capsule buried at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls five decades ago. Contents of the time capsule will be on display for viewing Tuesday, May 6, from 2-6 p.m. in […]

  3. Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association commit $180,000 to UWRF Wuethrich Family/Grassland Dairy Center of Excellence

    March 7, 2025

    Investment will expand plant operations, training and workshops Two of the nation’s most respected and recognized dairy organizations, Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) and the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA), have announced their combined commitment of $180,000 to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Wuethrich Family/Grassland Dairy Center of Excellence. DFW and WCMA have each pledged […]

  4. UW-River Falls, others partner to receive National Science Foundation grant to boost regional economy

    Photo of UWRF instructor

    January 28, 2025

    Three-year, $550,786 grant will be used to bolster computer science education, boost region’s economy High school students in western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota will learn the latest advancements in computer science, thanks to a $550,786 National Science Foundation grant received by the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and two partner universities. UWRF partnered with the University of Wisconsin-Eau […]

  5. UW-River Falls agriculture programs ranked first, second nationally in college ratings

    Photo of UWRF first day of agriculture class

    December 19, 2024

    Dairy science, animal science programs, along with others, recognized for excellent instruction and outcomes   Agriculture programs at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls have placed first and second nationally in recent college rankings, evidence of the university’s renowned agriculture coursework. The university’s dairy science program is the top program of its kind among U.S. colleges, according to College […]

  6. Paws for a cause: Veterans Day speaker highlights the positive impact of service dogs

    Photo of Lani Rethaber, executive director of Patriot K9s of Wisconsin, standing next to his German Shepherd Aisa as UW-River Falls student Michaela Hasapopoulos, left, sings the national anthem at the beginning of a Veterans Day ceremony at the university.

    November 26, 2024

    Patriot K9s of Wisconsin has assisted more than 100 veterans and continues to grow After stints in the Marine Corps and the Wisconsin Army National Guard, Lani Rethaber found himself feeling a mix of anger and depression, emotions that often prevented him from socializing. Then Rethaber found the emotional support he needed in the form […]

  7. UW-River Falls early childhood degree to move fully online in 2025

    Photo of UW-River Falls campus in fall

    November 12, 2024

    Change will allow for expansion to additional students The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will move its early childhood degree completion program fully online beginning in January 2025. The program’s change to an online delivery method is tailored to accommodate the diverse needs of working adults, transfer students and those who are balancing family commitments. The […]

  8. UW-River Falls coordinator of move-out collection effort leaving a legacy

    Photo of retiring UWRF coordinator

    October 31, 2024

    Don’t Throw It, Donate It! program has saved tons of items from landfill, offered to people in need A dinner conversation in spring 2005 has turned into an effort that has saved nearly 60,000 pounds of items from a landfill and has given them another use while helping people in the process. In May 2005, […]

  9. UW-River Falls faculty member, students lauded for research efforts

    Photo of WiSys President Arjun Sanga presenting Grace Lewis, assistant professor of animal and food science at UW-River Falls, with the Carl E. Gulbrandson Innovator of the Year Award during a ceremony Thursday at UW-Superior. The award honors the research efforts of Lewis and five of her students. Contributed photo.

    September 11, 2024

    WiSys award recognizes work to develop multiple food products A University of Wisconsin-River Falls faculty member and five of her students are being recognized for their creative, award-winning research that has led to a pending patent for a tasty food product they created. Grace Lewis, assistant professor of animal and food science, and students Yihong […]

  10. UW-River Falls adds community and environmental planning degree

    Photo of former UW-River Falls student CJ Sycks speaks with an onlooker during an event in 2022 at the university at which conservation and environmental planning students solicited ideas about planning issues facing the city of River Falls. The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents has approved starting a new undergraduate community and environmental planning degree at UW-River Falls that will develop skills specific to urban planning. UWRF file photo.

    August 7, 2024

    Program to begin this fall will teach skills needed for high-demand careers Students seeking to design communities now and into the future will have the opportunity to learn those important, in-demand skills at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls following the addition of an undergraduate community and environmental planning degree at the university. The Universities of Wisconsin […]

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