Campus Stories
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UW Oshkosh partners with Fauna Bio in search of new treatments for human disease
April 18, 2022
A new research collaboration between the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and the California-based biotech company Fauna Bio seeks to translate disease resistance strategies found in the animal kingdom into new treatments for human disease. Fauna Bio has provided a $500,000 sponsorship that increases UW Oshkosh’s capacity for biomedical collaborations and helps establish the University as […]
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UWM brain study provides insight into how pandemic is affecting adolescents
April 14, 2022
How much worse was the mental health of “tweens” – children between the ages of 10 and 14 – during the height of COVID-19, compared to before the pandemic? Did adolescents who experienced loss, family strife and social isolation suffer more from depression and substance use than those with fewer pandemic-related stresses? Curious Campus, UWM’s […]
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UW-Green Bay Public Opinion Poll is rising in prominence
April 14, 2022
The student-led research is model for other colleges and universities It’s unusual for a professional, peer-reviewed journal to feature the work of undergraduate students, so the fact that 14 students in Aaron Weinschenk’s young political science research lab were prominently featured as co-authors gives you a clue about the quality and ambition of the work being done […]
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UW-Platteville’s Getz joins elite group of forensic anthropologists with highest professional certification
April 14, 2022
Dr. Sara Getz, assistant professor of forensic investigation at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville earned the highest professional certification available in her field and is now a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology (ABFA). According to the ABFA, a forensic anthropologist applies specialized knowledge of the human skeleton and its cartilaginous structures, as well as archaeological […]
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Blugolds leading new dance class for Eau Claire area children and teens with disabilities
April 13, 2022
Olivia Schmidt and Scarlett Prock love their weekly dance classes, where they leap and twirl as they practice a new dance routine that they’ll perform during their first-ever recital this spring. “Scarlett doesn’t speak but we can tell when she’s excited,” Jack Mickelson says of his 6-year-old daughter. “When we’re pulling in, she’s beaming.” Olivia, […]
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UW-Stout’s School of Education working to fill statewide need for teachers
April 8, 2022
Shortages grew during pandemic; university offers seven undergraduate programs Help wanted: Teachers. Across the United States the teaching profession, one historically considered critical to the future of the country, has been struggling to find the next wave of educators or simply to fill existing positions. The number of students going into college teacher education programs […]
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Pandemic within a pandemic: Childhood obesity rises during COVID shutdown
April 8, 2022
A significant portion of adults in the United States put on weight during the pandemic, a phenomenon some are calling the “COVID 15.” But how did the lockdown affect our children? Curious Campus, UWM’s podcast about science, discovery and culture Obesity affects nearly 1 in 5 children, with higher rates among communities of color. A […]
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Student Health Service director at UW-Stevens Point leads with kindness
April 7, 2022
Flexibility, adaptability and kindness. These words were a motto to Helen Luce, D.O., and her team in UW-Stevens Point Student Health Service for the past two years. They dispensed large doses of each. Five months after Dr. Luce became medical director of the Health Service, a novel coronavirus appeared that changed the world. Everyone has […]
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UW-Platteville distinguished lecturer to share how she brings imagined worlds to life at Pixar
April 6, 2022
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will host Danielle Feinberg, a visual effects supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios, as this year’s distinguished lecturer. Feinberg’s lecture, “Bringing Imagined Worlds to Life,” is open to students, faculty, staff and community members. The event will take place from 10 a.m.-12 noon on Tuesday, April 12 on Bo Ryan Court inside […]
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UW Oshkosh professor hopes to try and crack another cold case
April 6, 2022
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Associate Anthropology Professor Jordan Karsten will tackle another cold case—this time trying to get answers for northeast Wisconsin parents who have wondered 30 years about their missing daughter. Laurie Depies was last seen Aug. 19, 1992 in a parking lot at her boyfriend’s apartment complex in the Town of Menasha, the community […]