The Universities of Wisconsin News Service is a free news and information service for Wisconsin media. Each week, the UW News Service provides up to three text and visual content packages about public higher education in Wisconsin for publication online and in print.
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News Packages for September 21, 2026
Senior music major hits right notes performing and composing at UW-Eau Claire
Devondre Jaquish is a senior music major at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with a unique music education background and a unique set of student experiences in the music and theatre arts department.
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Moving lives forward: Physical therapy program celebrates five decades of educating compassionate professionals
As the physical therapy profession has evolved, so has UW-La Crosse’s program. Advances in rehabilitation science, technology and patient care have transformed how physical therapists diagnose, treat and support patients, and the curriculum has continually adapted to prepare graduates for those changes.
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Sparking Curiosity: Sydney Bradley uses art to make science more accessible
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News Packages for September 14, 2026
Charting the future of Lake Onalaska: UW-La Crosse students explore lake’s economic impact, public backing for conservation
Located on the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wisc., Lake Onalaska is a valued place for fishing, boating and bird watching for both residents and visitors. It brings in millions of tourism dollars each year and also provides a habitat for migratory birds and other species. In the spring 2026 semester, 20 undergraduates and one graduate student embarked on a semester-long collaborative project to measure the lake’s economic, societal, cultural and political impacts.
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Dual enrollment programs are boosting UW-Milwaukee enrollment and graduation rates
When Nialys Suarez was a senior at Audubon Technology & Communication High School in Milwaukee, she set foot in the school only twice that entire year. Instead, she spent her days at the campuses of UW-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Area Technical College through M-Cubed College Connections, a dual enrollment program that helps students take college courses while still in high school.
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Student philanthropy helps modernize UW-Parkside organic chemistry labs
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News Packages for September 7, 2026
UW-Superior professor, students complete decade-long ice sheet study
After a decade of fieldwork and analysis, University of Wisconsin-Superior Professor Andy Breckenridge and student researchers have developed a year-by-year archive of environmental change from Minnesota and Ontario, spanning one of the most climatically dynamic intervals since the last ice age.
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UWSP fitness center internship helps student prepare for career in wellness
UW-Stevens Point health sciences and wellness major Gracie Casper built her skills during a summer internship with DAWG Fitness at the Health and Wellness Center.
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UW-Stout Polytechnic’s Red Cedar Basin Monitoring Group trains next generation of water scientists
Biology and environmental science faculty, university students and high school students ventured into the marshes, creeks and wetlands surrounding UW-Stout Polytechnic and the Menomonie area this summer to understand and strengthen the health of the Red Cedar Watershed.
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