Campus Stories
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UW-Baraboo/Sauk County Research Connects Campus and Community
November 6, 2012
At the bottom of a reservoir at an abandoned Army base, local researchers just may have found a fountain of youth. Living in a cement holding pond at Badger Army Ammunition Plant are adult tiger salamanders that still look like juveniles – they age, but don’t undergo metamorphosis. A University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County research project […]
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Marsh lead contamination studies continue with $60,000 EPA grant
November 6, 2012
A $60,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant will help UW-La Crosse researchers further investigate high levels of lead in the La Crosse River marsh and partner to educate the community about the marsh ecosystem. Four UW-La Crosse professors — two from Geography & Earth Science and two from Biology — collaborated in writing the grant […]
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Health and Wellness Online Degree Grows to Meet Demand
November 6, 2012
“The skills I’m learning will give me the ability to help people take the initiative, to get involved with health programs, and gain control of their own well-being. My co-workers helped me get healthy. Now I’m helping them.”
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National grant will target classroom research, Lake Menomin
November 6, 2012
Two University of Wisconsin-Stout biology instructors plan to examine the value of research in the classroom while, at the same time, study water quality in Lake Menomin. Stephen Nold and Scott McGovern have received a National Science Foundation grant for $176,818 called CRIUSE, or Classroom Research to Invigorate Undergraduate STEM Education. The grant, for the […]
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Plan could result in substantial savings for Department of Corrections
November 6, 2012
“I’m excited about this. This has great promise.” When Wisconsin State Senator Bob Wirch came to campus Friday, April 27, saving taxpayer money was on his mind. After viewing research done by University of Wisconsin-Parkside students Chris McMahon and Trevor Severson on potential changes to healthcare delivery at state correctional institutions that could save millions […]
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Startup company strives to improve wheelchair mobility
November 6, 2012
To say University of Wisconsin-Parkside Chancellor Debbie Ford is enthusiastic about the potential value of Procubed LLC to students, the university, and the region’s economy would be an understatement. The start-up mechanical engineering firm is settling into temporary space at the Ralph Jaeschke Solutions for Economic Growth (SEG) Center with plans to build a better […]
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Research leads to improved water-quality test
November 6, 2012
RACINE — Most people who use a beach for swimming or other recreation have experienced water-quality advisories and closed beaches. As a result of research projects under the direction of University of Wisconsin-Parkside graduate Dr. Julie Kinzelman (’84, medical technology/biological sciences), water-quality advisories for Racine’s popular North Beach more accurately reflect that day’s water conditions. […]
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Survey offers a new look at Wisconsin logging
November 5, 2012
Wisconsin’s logging business is following the same trend as many other industries: Fewer, larger, more mechanized operations. That’s according to a survey of owners of Wisconsin logging enterprises conducted last year by a team led by Mark Rickenbach, professor and extension specialist in the UW-Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology. “One of the challenges […]
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Following in the family footsteps at UW-Richland
November 5, 2012
Osama Abdl Haleem describes himself as “a farmer from Boaz,” a Richland County village just 10 miles from one of the UW Colleges campuses. He is one of nine children. Because of the size of his family, he said, many of them probably could not have gone to college without an affordable entry point like […]
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Study looks at why students leave STEM majors
November 5, 2012
The good news: Jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) continue to grow and offer better pay than non-STEM jobs. The bad news: There aren’t enough people graduating with STEM degrees to fill them. The nation’s workforce will face a shortfall of one million college STEM graduates over the coming decade, according to a […]