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News Packages for September 29, 2025

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UW-Stevens Point students create functional furniture for local school
Students in the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point’s School of Design and Communication recently engaged in a collaborative woodworking project that merged design with practical application. Over the course of a four-week summer session of Art 398: Special Topics in Furniture and Woodworking, the class produced thirteen benches for the Tomorrow River Community Charter School’s second-grade classroom.

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Touchdown! UW-Oshkosh launches women’s flag football with kickoff as soon as spring 2026

UW-Oshkosh will introduce women’s flag football as its 21st sport, creating new opportunities for student-athletes and positioning the Titans at the forefront of a game growing rapidly nationwide.

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Studying connection at life’s end: Dean’s distinguished research fellowship captures social realities of dying individuals

For individuals nearing the end of life, human connection becomes more than meaningful. Even the simplest gestures — like a hand held — can provide profound comfort. This craving of human connection is one of the core discoveries from an eight-month qualitative study led by UW-La Crosse senior Maddie Jo Baumann and faculty mentor Angela Geraci. Baumann is recipient of the Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship, the third awarded in 26 years in Public Health and Community Health Education at UWL.

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News Packages for September 22, 2025

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Student project informs River Falls dam removal project

When the City of River Falls needed qualified people to provide ecological monitoring for the removal of the Junction Falls and Powell Falls Dams, University of Wisconsin-River Falls faculty and staff stepped in to fulfill the community need.

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‘Bunch of jerks’: Research shows how brands can benefit from reclaiming insults

Brands as diverse as a professional hockey team and a restaurant in North Carolina have found success by turning insults and criticism into something positive. The effect of brands reclaiming insults has been the subject of research by Katherine Du, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Lubar College of Business.

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Tiny fish, big discoveries: Neuroscience and zebrafish at UW-Eau Claire

UW-Eau Claire students are conducting research about human brain development through the the study of zebrafish under the guidance of Dr. Bradley Carter, associate professor of biology and instructor of courses in the neuroscience program.

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News Packages for September 15, 2025

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The Ethan Effect: Engineering student and gifted pianist inspires Steinway piano campaign

Ethan Squires was a busy mechanical engineering major and computer science minor at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, holding down a campus job and routinely taking over eighteen credits a semester. He was also a gifted pianist and trombone player who performed in multiple ensembles, composed and arranged music and played for guest artists.

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Through the Fog: Project seeks best way to measure one long-term effect of COVID-19

The findings of a collaborative UW-Madison study could inform the development of more targeted therapies to combat the effects of Long COVID and brain fog that make it hard to complete the tasks of daily life.

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UW-River Falls staff, recent grad join trip to Thailand to explore Wisconsin dairy export opportunities

University of Wisconsin-River Falls faculty and staff, along with a recent UWRF graduate traveled to Thailand as part of a larger group this summer learn about the country’s growing dairy industry and explore opportunities to collaborate.

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News Packages for September 8, 2025

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Art & design students, faculty bring a new view of trees to McIntyre Library

The art & design department at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is once again making the scene around campus just a little more beautiful and meaningful through public art. Jyl Kelley, professor of art & design, has designed a stained-glass mosaic window display in McIntyre Library with several student assistants and volunteers.

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An Esports edge?: UWL study reveals cognitive gains from competitive gaming

With the rapid growth of Esports, UW-La Crosse opened its own “EZONE,” a recreational esports and gaming space inside the Recreational Eagle Center in 2022 to meet the demand from gamers.

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Undergrad students study AI outsourcing and what it means for human jobs

American companies are at the beginning of another wave of outsourcing. This time, the jobs aren’t heading overseas. Instead, they’re being turned over to artificial intelligence. UW-Milwaukee students are studying this new trend of AI outsourcing under the mentorship of Avik Chakrabarti, associate professor of economics.

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