Campus Stories

  1. UW-Eau Claire senior is first-known student to curate outside exhibition at Foster Gallery

    Photo of UW-Eau Claire senior Caleb Carr, who is passionate about art and feels a social responsibility to speak up about sustainability and the future of our planet.

    November 10, 2020

    Caleb Carr grew up on a southwest Wisconsin farm and, from a young age, understood the importance of natural resources and the environment in his family’s rural lifestyle. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire senior from Hollandale says his country upbringing helped instill in him a belief that people need to respond to the Earth’s climate […]

  2. UW-La Crosse alum says dual degree program ‘opens many doors’

    Photo of Zach Heinkel, '18, a composite materials engineer with the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Bethesda, Maryland, who is part of a four-person team using 3D printers to produce masks, visors and hands-free door openers for employees at various naval facilities.

    October 15, 2020

    A UW-La Crosse alum has found an effective tool for fighting COVID-19: 3D printers. Zach Heinkel, a composite materials engineer with the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Bethesda, Maryland, is part of a four-person team using 3D printers to produce masks, visors and hands-free door openers for employees at various naval […]

  3. Made at UW-Stout door pullers part of student health push

    Photo of plastic door puller, designed by two UW-Stout seniors’ whose engineering skills led to special welcome gift in residence halls.

    October 6, 2020

    At UW-Stout this fall, dozens of COVID-19 safety measures — from new plexiglass barriers to surface disinfection protocols to socially-distanced classrooms and lounges — have been planned and implemented to help keep everyone healthy. The university’s commitment also includes something out of the ordinary, a narrow, molded plastic tool distributed in welcome packs to residence […]

  4. ‘Every culture is singing the same song’ in UW Oshkosh multicultural mural

    Photo of a large colorful mural—with a unifying theme celebrating differences―on view for all to see this fall on the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh campus.

    October 1, 2020

    A large colorful mural—with a unifying theme celebrating differences―is on view for all to see this fall on the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh campus. Three years in the making, the UW Oshkosh Multicultural Student Task Force this week unveiled the new artwork, made up of a dozen 4-by-8-foot sheets in all, affixed to the side […]

  5. Couple’s gift to UW-Stevens Point funds Pointers Athletics graduate assistant positions

    September 28, 2020

    A substantial gift from a couple with careers as executives in professional sports and arena management will help support University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Athletics through five graduate assistantships. Dan Hauser, a 1977 alumnus in business education, and his wife, Marilyn, will fund five graduate assistant positions in Pointers Athletics for two years each. The positions […]

  6. UW-Milwaukee student finding his voice in push for racial justice

    Photo of Noah Wolfe, who attended a racial justice rally this summer in Milwaukee. (Photo courtesy of MTEA)

    September 23, 2020

    Noah Wolfe, a senior in education who is in an accelerated master’s degree program, is already thinking about how he can help and support his future students in urban schools. That’s one reason why he’s become involved as an ally in Black Lives Matter protests. “Throughout my time and at UWM, I’ve always been passionate […]

  7. UW-Superior receives $35,000 grant for speaker series on civic, public health during a pandemic

    Photo of Old Main at UW-Superior

    September 21, 2020

    The University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Center for Community Engaged Learning has received a $35,000 grant from the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership to host a speaker series titled, “Bridging Civic and Public Health during a Pandemic.” The speaker series, which will take place throughout the 2020-21 academic year, will include four speakers, featuring at least one elected public […]

  8. UW-River Falls student Sophie Ackerman receives WiSys research grant

    Photo of UW-River Falls student Sophie Ackerman

    September 17, 2020

    University of Wisconsin-River Falls senior Sophie Ackerman is the recipient of a $4,000 Ambassador Grant by the WiSys organization to research loneliness and isolation. Ackerman’s research, “Combating the Effects of Isolation During Quarantine,” will evaluate strategies that lessen the negative effects of loneliness and isolation during a national quarantine. The research may also have uses […]

  9. UW-Whitewater poet, professor Marilyn Annucci on living in the moment

    September 11, 2020

    Award-winning poet Marilyn Annucci brings us into the moment — bringing to life vivid details of memories — and encouraging us to pause to see the things we might otherwise miss.  

  10. UW-Eau Claire Dean Linda Young inducted into American Academy of Nursing class of 2020 fellows

    Photo of UW-Eau Claire Dean Linda Young

    September 9, 2020

    Dr. Linda Young, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, is among the national nursing leaders selected to be part of the 2020 Class of Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN).Young — one of just 230 inductees in 2020 — will be recognized for her […]

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