1. Help from afar: Bike ride aims to help Afghan students at UWM

    Photo of Farzana (left) and Khatera, who are two of the 10 students who came to Milwaukee and UWM after escaping Afghanistan. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)

    A young woman from Nepal is reaching out from Minnesota to organize a bike ride to support a group of Afghan women at UWM. Anita Tamang, who just graduated from […]

  2. Car and writer: UWM journalism grad lands a job at storied auto magazine

    Photo of UWM alum Jack Fitzgerald, who writes about cars both new and classic for Car and Driver magazine. (Photo courtesy of Jack Fitzgerald)

    Jack Fitzgerald’s grandfather was an engineer with Corvette Racing, and he passed his love of cars to his grandsons. Fitzgerald remembers picking up old editions of Car and Driver magazine […]

  3. Badgers win national debate championship

    Photo of members of the UW-Madison debate team, from left to right, Aliya Seet, Zachary Heintz, Sophie LaRose, Emily Distler, Ethan Park, William Darbyshire and MK Denton. PHOTO BY PRANAV GOPAN

    You don’t hear “Jump Around” blasted at many debate tournaments. That changed when a team of Badgers won the national championship at the annual Yaatly Online Debating League in Denver on […]

  4. UWM engineering students create solution that saves company $840,000 per year

    Photo of Easton Dobson (left) and Colin Haagensen flanking Steve Coolidge, general manager of AAA Sales & Engineering on the floor of the company’s Oak Creek plant. Dobson, Haagensen and another student, Ryan O’Day, worked on a project that benefited the company and gave the students real-world experience. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    The three UWM senior engineering students stood on the workroom floor of a Wisconsin manufacturing company, about to tell 70 older, experienced machinists how to improve their inventory system. Easton […]

  5. UW-Platteville, Nicolet College partnership brings
 engineering bachelor’s degrees to the Northwoods

    Photo of UW-Platteville officials touring Nicolet College labs and classrooms during their visit and signing ceremony that opens the door for Northwoods residents to earn engineering bachelor’s degrees. Academic leaders from both institutions are pictured here in Nicolet’s metal fabrication lab.

    Northwoods students looking to earn a bachelor’s degree in engineering will have several new options thanks to a new, broad-based transfer agreement between Nicolet College and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. […]

  6. Students showcase their research at national conference

    Photo of UW System President Jay Rothman conversing with UW-River Falls students Lauren Loock, center, and Linnea Milner Thursday as they presented their work during the National Conference of Undergraduate Research at UW-Eau Claire. Bill Hoepner photo.

    Undergraduates discuss, display their expertise to a large audience As soon as Ali Thome-Hough and Emma Etten entered the large room where they would present their research as part of […]

  7. UW-Parkside announces new metaversity partnership

    Image of Innovation & Smart Cities, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

    The University of Wisconsin-Parkside announced a new partnership with VictoryXR which will lead the university into the virtual reality education metaverse space. UW-Parkside is joining an elite and rapidly growing […]

  8. UW-Superior student team wins first place in national logistics and supply chain case competition

    Photo of the team of University of Wisconsin-Superior transportation and logistics management and supply chain management students, which included Matt Thompson, Laura Kumimatsu and Kallahan Kappes, and coached by Mei Cao (second from left), who earned first place in the annual UNF Logistics & Supply Chain Management Case Competition. (Photo courtesy of University of Wisconsin-Superior)

    UW-Superior is one of ten Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) scholarship universities and has competed in the Case Competition since 2015 A team of University of Wisconsin-Superior transportation and logistics […]

  9. UW-Stout to offer minor in esports coaching beginning in the fall

    Photo of UW-Stout esports team player. Players compete from their new arena in Heritage Hall. The arena includes new computers, monitors and chairs that are standard in competitive gaming. / UW-Stout

    Growing popularity of competitive sport, university’s established varsity team help lead to first such program in state UW-Stout is taking the lead again in the esports field in Wisconsin. After […]

  10. From UW-Stevens Point course to the Broadway stage

    Photo of Felix Torrez-Ponce, UWSP graduate

    The journey to performing under the bright lights of Broadway usually begins with an audition. For University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point bachelor of fine arts acting alumnus Felix Torrez-Ponce, Green Bay, […]