1. UW-La Crosse’s Carl Foster honored for scientific contributions to speed skating

    Photo of Carl Foster, an exercise and sport science professor at UW-La Crosse, who has been named to the U.S. Speed Skating Hall of Fame. Foster is being inducted as a contributor to the sport after spending three decades as an exercise physiologist for Team USA.

    Carl Foster and speed skating were an unlikely pair, but they couldn’t have been a more perfect match. A Texas native who wasn’t exposed to the sport until after college, Foster was recently named to the U.S. Speed Skating Hall of Fame. He’s being recognized as a key contributor to the sport — the culmination […]

  2. UW-Whitewater Warhawk earns national chemistry accolade

    Photo of Kumpaty Hephzibah, left, with Robert Rider in the lab in 2019.

    Robert Rider, a chemistry major at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, will participate in a prestigious national educational outreach and workforce development program in chemistry at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, this summer. Rider was selected as one of the 24 of 150 applicants nationwide for Nuclear and Radiochemistry Summer Schools (NCSS), an intensive six-week program […]

  3. Renewed funding fuels UW-Milwaukee study of sustainable nanotechnology

    Photo of Rebecca Klaper, an aquatic toxicologist at UW-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences, is looking for ways to change the chemistry of nanoparticles in order to reduce their harm to aquatic creatures. (UWM Photo/Pete Amland)

    Nanoparticles are tiny bits of material – smaller than a blood cell – that are manufactured and integrated into a multitude of commercial products because of their unique properties. Nanomaterials can shed from the use or manufacture of these products into the environment and potentially cause problems. Scientists don’t know what happens inside our bodies […]

  4. UW-Madison coughing visualization illustrates the benefits of wearing a good mask

    Screenshot of face covering video

    UW–Madison Professor Scott Sanders’ team modified a mannequin so that the mouth releases a puff of air containing fog. The air speed is similar to a real human cough, but there is much more fog than an actual cough. This condensed video looks at how well masks contain the fog, using regular lighting and laser […]

  5. UW-Green Bay’s Marina Delbecchi said she was never alone in her new virtual journey

    Photo of Marina Delbecchi

    Marina Delbecchi is an organizational leadership major. Her minors are public administration, political science and global studies. “Having classes that are all online or majority online can be tough, but my professors at UWGB never made me feel alone on this journey. It’s easy to forget that any annoyances we may have with online classes, our professors do too, so […]

  6. UW-Stevens Point certified as Bee Campus USA

    Photo of bee sitting on flower

    The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is taking part in a nationwide program to improve environments and awareness of threatened bee and pollinator species. Certified as a Bee Campus USA, UW-Stevens Point joins other cities and campuses across the country in providing pollinating insects and birds with healthy habitat, rich in a variety of native plants […]

  7. Meet UW-Superior graduating Yellowjackets

    Photo collage of UW-Superior senior spotlight

    UW-Superior 2020 graduates will forever be remembered as a group that overcame tremendous obstacles to finish what they had started. Meet graduating Yellowjackets  

  8. UW-Stevens Point celebrates 1,300 Pointer graduates

    Photo of Chancellor Bernie Patterson and a 2020 spring graduate giving a congratulatory elbow bump

    May 16 was a special day for nearly 1,300 Pointer graduates and their family and friends. See congratulatory video Related: Spring 2020 Commencement Celebration (Facebook video) UW-Stevens Point at Marshfield graduate is on a mission to help others

  9. UW-Platteville congratulates spring graduates

    Screenshot of UW-Platteville graduation video collage

    UW-Platteville salutes its graduating Pioneers, who share what they learned and offer words of inspiration. Watch

  10. UW-Whitewater celebrates the Class of 2020

    Photo collage of UW-Whitewater graduating Warhawks

    Congratulations to the 150th class of Warhawks! We are so proud that you’re ready to fly — and we know you’re off to make the world a better place. Meet the Warhawks Rising, ‘20