Campus Stories

January 21, 2022

When Elizabeth Johnson, graduated with a Biology degree from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in May 2021, she had a big advantage in the job market. She knew how to use CRISPR, a rapidly advancing technology that can be used to edit genes.   “I’ve had many job opportunities because they see that I’ve worked with […]

January 20, 2022

UW-Green Bay’s Office of Grants and Research, in partnership with the Advancement Office, featured the many ways research is on the rise at UW-Green Bay and the positive affect it has on the region. In this feature, Reynolds Packaging CEO Lisa Reynolds, discusses the support from the Small Business Development Center at UW-Green Bay. See the […]

January 19, 2022

Collaborative grant provided opportunity for faculty and students at two UW schools to study potential emerging water contaminants. Austin Draper never considered a career in freshwater science. Although he was an extremely curious kid — and asked a lot of questions about nature, particularly fish — he struggled academically in high school. After graduation, he attended community college […]

January 18, 2022

Education has been the vehicle to a better life for Mickey Peasley. Last month, the soon-to-be 70-year-old earned her bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. It’s a journey that has spanned decades and is far from finished. “Every time I went back to school, my life got better,” said Peasley. “Every time […]

January 13, 2022

Summer program provides hands-on experiences studying lakes, rivers and streams throughout Wisconsin. What’s the best way to get high school students interested in water sciences? Get their feet wet, literally. That’s just what 14 students did last summer when they participated in the Freshwater Science Summer Field Experience, funded by a grant through the Freshwater […]

January 12, 2022

University of Wisconsin-Platteville engineering students have had a hand in some of the new or redesigned household appliances recently hitting the market and industry trade shows, thanks to a partnership between Spectrum Brands and the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science’s Senior Design program. The Senior Design program pairs groups of engineering students with industry […]

January 10, 2022

In recent years, the average age of students enrolled in the Master of Business Administration program at UW-Whitewater has slowly drifted downward. While the pandemic influenced this trend in 2020, it began before COVID-19 took hold of the world. Nayeli Govantes Alcantar ’21, who graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration in both Accounting and Business Analytics, […]

January 7, 2022

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire received a $9.4 million grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. through the agency’s Workforce Innovation Grant program. Gov. Tony Evers announced UW-Eau Claire’s award at a press conference on campus on Dec. 14. UW-Eau Claire’s three-year award, the first of 12 such grants announced across the state, will focus […]

January 6, 2022

At University of Wisconsin-Stout, Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University, all of the academic programs have an experiential learning component. For students from seven of those programs, the applied learning and collaborative experiences will be even more robust for years to come with the completion of a $3 million lab and facilities renovation project. The centerpiece of the […]

January 5, 2022

The UW System Board of Regents has approved a new undergraduate Bachelor of Science program in international food operations management at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (UWRF). This is a first of its kind dual degree program for UWRF involving an international partner, Aeres University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. “I appreciate the support of the […]