Universities of Wisconsin News Service

Unique brain injury treatment program returns to UW-Eau Claire

When Reginald Jones of Milwaukee suffered a head injury on board a freight vessel in June 2025, he says he did not really understand the extent of his injuries. Jones is one of a dozen individuals attending the second annual Brain Injury Intensive Comprehensive Treatment Program, or Brain In-Com, at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He says he hopes to acquire knowledge and tools to continue recovering from and dealing with lingering effects of a late-treated concussion.

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Feeding discovery: Student researcher grows proteins to study gut inflammation 

Dylan McCathie, UW-La Crosse junior and biochemistry major, grows proteins in the lab in the Prairie Springs Science Center to better understand gut health and inflammation.

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How traffic delays inspired student’s award-winning startup

Construction camp introduces young students to careers, degree paths

On a cloudy Tuesday morning, eight middle school Construction Pathways campers with UW-Stout Polytechnic’s summer STEAM experience watched a crane lift an air conditioning unit onto the new Aspirus Clinic that is being built in Chippewa Falls. The site tour, led by the Boldt Company, introduced the campers to different career opportunities in the construction industry, including project management, skilled trades, labor, engineering, safety, and more, as well as what being a construction management student at UW-Stout Polytechnic might be like.

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UW-River Falls professor part of gold medal-winning team at world’s most famous flower show in London 

Often referred to as “The World Cup of Gardening,” the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show in London is considered by many to be the most prestigious flower show in the world. This year, it drew celebrities and dignitaries as distinguished as the king and queen of England. University of Wisconsin-River Falls Assistant Professor of Biology Benjamin J. Crain was right in the action as a member of a gold-medal-winning international team.

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UWSP class project turns into a community environmental clean-up effort

UW-Milwaukee guitar grad performs winner’s recital at Carnegie Hall

When classical guitarist Leonela Alejandro stepped onstage at New York’s Carnegie Hall recently to perform a solo recital, she was not nervous. Instead, she said, she felt eager to celebrate her hard work and play for the many family members and friends in the audience.

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UW-Oshkosh Elder Engagement Club: Helping students and seniors find connection at the same table

At a dinner table inside Evergreen Retirement Community, the conversation moved from prom dates to college curfews, from music and childhood memories to the way life has changed across generations. University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh students listened as Evergreen residents shared what college was like in the 1950s and 1960s. Residents asked students about school, relationships, social media and what it feels like to be young today. 

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When the Best Move Forward is a Pivot: How UW-Green Bay Helped One Student Rise Into Leadership

Rising to a challenge doesn’t always begin with a plan. Sometimes it begins with an event. Sometimes with loss. And sometimes with the realization that the path you thought you were on—no matter how well intentioned—no longer fits. “I came to campus wanting to be an athletic trainer,” Jake Hoffman said. “But I’m leaving as a future leader—and a healer. Not just for athletes, but for the whole community.” And that shift was shaped as much by guidance as by circumstance.

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