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Students, alums assist in Deming’s unique medical drama ‘Winter Hymns,’ filmed in Menomonie Los Angeles-based Wisconsin filmmaker Nathan Deming believes that there is an immense, untapped wealth of authentic storytelling in his Midwestern home state, and his goal is to continue highlighting regional characters and communities that audiences instantly recognize.  With his latest film, “Winter Hymns,” Deming also […]

A cybersecurity training platform developed by University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic faculty has won a high-stakes, Pentagon-sponsored competition and will now serve as a blueprint for scalable cybersecurity learning nationwide.  The Department of War’s Aligned Skills Curriculum and Experiential Network Design (ASCEND) Challenge received innovative entries from a pool of more than 60 applicants, all 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 […]

Cross-disciplinary groups also design toolless furniture connections, learn valuable customer perceptions A small black case rests atop a filing cabinet in Assistant Professor Kevin Dietsche’s office. He opens the case and begins strumming a ukulele. The soft music fills the office. Dietsche, an engineering technology instructor at UW-Stout, built the ukulele 15 years ago under the […]

Applied learning, strong industry partnerships benefit students, create clear career pathways UW-Stout’s B.S. packaging program has been recognized by three national ranking authorities in their annual listings: “We are honored to be recognized as one of the top packaging programs in the nation,” said Associate Professor Min DeGruson, program director. “UW-Stout’s distinction comes from our polytechnic approach of […]

How do you produce a comprehensive, financially feasible development plan that creates value, generates attractive returns, is feasible in today’s capital markets and aligns with the long-term positioning in Milwaukee’s historic Third Ward? UW-Stout School of Management students were tasked with just such a challenge recently at the Wisconsin CORE (Creation of Real Estate) Case Competition, hosted […]

Student team builds functional nonstandard pallet stacker to be implemented, replicated in company’s facilities A team of engineering students at UW-Stout designed an innovative nonstandard pallet stacker for Arcadia-based Ashley Furniture, which plans to quickly implement the machine in its facilities.  Within their Senior Design Experience II capstone course, the team was tasked with building a […]

Projects result in innovative way to search course bulletin, play digital Othello board game UW-Stout’s 360-degree AI education approach prepares graduates to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving workforce by embedding artificial intelligence training in all of its degree programs. For two groups of applied mathematics and computer science students in an Advanced Machine Learning course, their final projects resulted […]

Three Universities of Wisconsin universities partnered with Royal Credit Union to launch an innovative internship program using artificial intelligence to support a local business. This story is one of four in a series showcasing the impact of this collaboration.

Construction, interior design, technology education majors build garden products for senior living home residents In a cross-disciplinary collaboration, four groups of students in Lecturer James Bunkelman’s Light Construction Methods class are designing and building two raised garden beds, one raised tool bench and one raised tool holder for a senior living home. The project is part […]