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  1. Award-winning UWM undergraduate researchers get a head start on future

    Photo of Naomi Raicu working with Ionel Popa, associate professor of physics, studying misfolding proteins. Those misfolding proteins can lead to Alzheimer’s and other conditions. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    October 6, 2023

    Why do young people in rural areas become addicted to cigarettes, and how can this addiction be prevented? What is a treatment that can best combat triple-negative breast cancer with fewer side effects? What’s happening out in the universe that may change the way we understand the cosmos? Those are just some of the undergraduate […]

  2. UW-Whitewater awarded funds to support seniors’ use of technology

    Photo of UW-Whitewater students helping senior citizens use technology

    October 2, 2023

    The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has awarded the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater $378,400 to support the technology needs of regional older adults and people who have disabilities. The grant funds the newly opened Intergenerational Technology Services, where college students will provide free technology services to community members in four counties in southeastern Wisconsin. UW-Whitewater will offer a program […]

  3. Junior Scientist programs offered at UW-Stevens Point

    Photo of child looking through a microscope. Museum and planetarium shows for children are part of the free Junior Scientist program at UW-Stevens Point this fall.

    September 26, 2023

    Explore the changes of the seasons, animal behavior, teamwork in nature and other topics as part of the Junior Scientist program sponsored by the Museum of Natural History and the Allen F. Blocher Planetarium at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Museum programs will be held at 5:30 p.m. on select Thursdays in Room A113 of […]

  4. UWM scientist uses brain scans to search for ways to ease the effects of trauma

    Photo of Psychology Professor Christine Larson and undergrad Alexandra Lato examining a brain scan on the computer. Telltale signs of trauma can be seen in brain scans of people who have visited the emergency department. "We've probably scanned over 1,000 people at MCW over the years," Larson said. "It still feels like a privilege to see what's happening inside people’s brains." (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)

    September 25, 2023

    When people experience a traumatic event, such as injury in a car accident or physical violence, most will rebound with no adverse long-term consequences. For others, the trauma sets off symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder that may last for years. UWM neuroscientist Christine Larson wondered why the effects of trauma vary so much – and […]

  5. It’s not quite CSI, but state crime lab is rewarding work for UWM chemistry alum

    Photo of UWM chemistry alumna Lexie Lanphere, who is a controlled substance analyst at the Wisconsin State Crime Lab. Her job is to analyze evidence for the presence of substances restricted by state law. (Photo courtesy of Lexie Lanphere)

    September 20, 2023

    It might be a small bag of white powder found on the floor of a suspect’s car. It might be some residue left on a dirty spoon in someone’s pocket. It could be a container of pills passed around at a nightclub. Whatever form the substance takes, it’s Lexie Lanphere’s job to find out what […]

  6. NSF grant funds UW-Eau Claire student-faculty plant pollination research in South Africa

    Photo of three biology students who worked with Dr. Nora Mitchell, an assistant professor of biology, in South Africa this summer collecting research data on plant pollination in one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots.

    September 11, 2023

    Dr. Nora Mitchell, an assistant professor of biology, and three University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire biology students spent a month in South Africa this summer collecting research data on plant pollination in one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. Chase Fillion, a senior ecology and environmental biology major from Hastings, Minnesota, called the immersion a once-in-a-lifetime experience […]

  7. UW-Stout’s largest solar panel array to date installed, boosting campus sustainability

    Photo of an aerial view of south campus academic buildings, displaying the Jarvis Hall Tech Wing solar panel array, lower right / UW-Stout

    September 5, 2023

    Multibuilding energy conservation project also includes lighting and weatherization upgrades UW-Stout’s largest solar photovoltaic array to date has been installed at Jarvis Hall Technology Wing, part of a multibuilding solar and energy efficiency upgrades project. Contracted under Trane Inc., Eagle Point Solar of Dubuque, Iowa, recently installed 560 VSUN solar panels mounted on individually ballasted […]

  8. UW-Madison: Cancer diagnosis and treatment could get a boost from machine learning

    Photo of UW-Madison campus

    August 30, 2023

    Thanks to machine learning algorithms, short pieces of DNA floating in the bloodstream of cancer patients can help doctors diagnose specific types of cancer and choose the most effective treatment for a patient.  The new analysis technique, created by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers and published recently in Annals of Oncology, is compatible with “liquid biopsy” testing equipment […]

  9. UWL student’s collaborative, community podcast explores journeys and resources surrounding grief, loss and mental health

    Photo of Grace Wittmann. While Grace Wittmann’s father never completed his college degree, Grace says it would make him proud to know that she will. A soon-to-be senior in UWL’s public health and community health education undergraduate program in fall 2023, she is well on her way.

    August 24, 2023

    Grace Wittmann remembers the Labor Day weekend when her life changed forever. She was 16 years old, spending time at a friend’s house, a-three hour drive north of home. One morning of her trip, her mother pulled up in the car unannounced. Walking up to her daughter and wrapping her arms around her, Wittmann felt […]

  10. UW-Eau Claire language classes return to Eau Claire elementary school

    Photo of Halle Nicolet and Marli Felicijan, both senior Spanish education majors, shown here leading a class of young students through a lesson about spending a day in Valencia, Spain. At the end of the seven classes, the elementary school students presented the topic in Spanish to visiting parents.

    August 22, 2023

    the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, we know that nothing prepares future teachers better than immersive opportunities for firsthand experience in local K-12 schools — inimitable practice for their own future classrooms. This past spring semester, the languages department at UW-Eau Claire hosted after-school language classes at Lakeshore Elementary School in Eau Claire, a community outreach […]

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