Featured
From agriculture to engineering, and everything in between, here are some of the featured stories of the institutions within the University of Wisconsin System.
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Green Bay Estuary digital archives collection launch
August 29, 2023
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has a long history of significant water-related research and education programs related to the Green Bay Estuary. Since its beginning, the University has been environmentally focused, with faculty and students creating a long history of water-related research. Now, UW-Green Bay is the state lead for the designation of a Green Bay […]
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Rebuilding the UW-River Falls dairy pilot plant one piece at a time
August 25, 2023
Arrival of new pasteurizer latest sign that on-campus dairy plant is getting closer to completion Two forklifts slowly lowered a large, shiny metallic piece of equipment from a semi-truck trailer onto a dolly below before several workers pushed and pulled the item into a room in the Agricultural Science building at the University of Wisconsin-River […]
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UWL student’s collaborative, community podcast explores journeys and resources surrounding grief, loss and mental health
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 […]
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Getting to the root of stress: UW-River Falls students win national award
August 23, 2023
A team of University of Wisconsin-River Falls students has turned a challenging project into a first-place national award by developing a dairy-based product aimed at helping ease people’s anxiety. Students Yihong Deng, Ashley Gruman, Rafael Larosiliere, Kate Petersen and Anna Euerle won the honor as part of the Dairy Management Inc. New Product Competition that challenged students […]
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UW-Eau Claire language classes return to Eau Claire elementary school
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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UW-Stout student Luke Bousley competes in Underwater Hockey World Championships
August 21, 2023
Luke Bousley has always been comfortable in the water. He started swimming at a very young age – his first memory of the pool was at the Door County YMCA with his parents. On Tuesday, July 18, Bousley jumped into a much larger pool as the youngest member of the U.S. elite men’s team, competing […]
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Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin awards $4.34 million in funding to bolster student training and workforce development in freshwater
August 17, 2023
Projects also support research for statewide grand water challenges including PFAS and phosphorus pollution The Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin has awarded more than $4.3 million in funding for 22 projects that will increase research and training opportunities for high school and undergraduate students and will address Wisconsin’s biggest water challenges, including emerging contaminants such as […]
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Opening doors in public health: UW-La Crosse online master’s program seeks to address critical need
August 16, 2023
UW-La Crosse is offering public health workers the chance to earn their master’s degree and grow in their career — all without leaving the comfort of home or the security of their current job. The application window for UWL’s new online Master of Public Health program opens Tuesday, Aug. 1, with classes set to begin in January […]
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UW-Whitewater students conduct tropical research in Costa Rica
August 15, 2023
Tania Limón Ramirez never imagined living in the jungles of Costa Rica, with bats nesting above her cabin’s doorway and the low-pitched roar of howler monkeys jarring her awake in the morning. That’s how the summer of 2023 began for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student, who participated in the Organization for Tropical Studies’ Research Experience for […]
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UW-Eau Claire alumna’s computer science skills helped her develop CaringBridge
August 14, 2023
Sona Mehring’s early exposure at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire to technology and the power of computers in the early 1980s ignited a passion that led her to develop a communication platform nearly a decade before Facebook and Twitter launched. Today, Mehring’s private and ad-free platform CaringBridge is a 26-year-old nonprofit company that receives 30 […]