Campus Stories
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UW-Platteville Sky’s the Limit program to send USB chargers to Sudan
December 10, 2014
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — Dr. Kristina Fields, an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, is the curriculum manager for the Sky’s the Limit program, an engineering outreach program for girls in grades 7-12 initiated in 2010 by Tammy Salmon-Stephens, director of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science Student Success Programs. Fields […]
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UWO’s AeroInnovate earns national economic development award
December 10, 2014
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Business Success Center’s unique aviation and aerospace networking and consulting enterprise, AeroInnovate, has, once again, ascended into some rare air. The seven-year-old UW Oshkosh Business Success Center offshoot won first place for Leadership & Collaboration at the national University Economic Development Association (UEDA) summit in Santa Fe, N.M. on Sept. 30 The UEDA […]
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Partnership rolls out UW-Stevens Point’s RiverPoint® Paper nationwide
November 18, 2014
What started as a collaboration between departments at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has expanded to a partnership with a major national supplier of high quality art papers. RiverPoint Paper is now being marketed by Strathmore Artist Papers™. The Strathmore® brand of artist papers has been used to create art for over 120 years. “The […]
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Downtown space helps UW-Eau Claire entrepreneurial students connect with professionals
November 18, 2014
EAU CLAIRE — As Gunner DeFlorian talks about his future, it’s no surprise that running his own business tops his list of career goals. After all, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire junior marketing major from Chaseburg grew up watching his father and grandfather build their own successful businesses. As president of the student Collegiate Entrepreneur’s […]
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UW-Stout provides help for struggling hives: Honeybees’ cells may offer clues to die-off
November 10, 2014
Menomonie, Wis. — By day Jim Burritt is an associate professor of biology at University of Wisconsin-Stout. By early morning, evening and weekends, he’s a beekeeper. Burritt started beekeeping as a high school student in Colorado in the 1970s, and today he and his wife maintain several honeybee colonies at their home in rural Dunn […]
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Local landowners assist UW-Platteville tree ring research
November 4, 2014
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — In less than two weeks, more than 120 land owners across the state have contacted Sara Allen, lab manager and research associate of the Tree-Ring, Earth and Environmental Sciences Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, to volunteer their burr oaks for her research in reconstructing patterns of drought in Southwest Wisconsin over […]
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UW-Eau Claire professor receives grants for new polymeric materials research
October 2, 2014
EAU CLAIRE — Dr. Elizabeth Glogowski, an assistant professor of materials science at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, has received $105,000 in grant money to continue student-faculty collaborative research related to new polymeric materials. Polymers are substances containing a large number of repeating units that determine the observed properties. Current applications of polymers include adhesives, […]
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Potatoes contribute $522 million to Wisconsin’s economy
September 30, 2014
As farmers across Wisconsin are digging up potatoes – and consumers are enjoying them baked, fried and mashed – a new study has revealed the crop’s substantial economic impact. Potatoes contribute $522,278,361 to Wisconsin’s economy annually and are responsible for 3,122 jobs. The report, by the Fiscal and Economic Research Center at the University of […]
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UW-Eau Claire receives grant to prepare students for careers in geospatial industry
September 2, 2014
EAU CLAIRE — Geospatial education at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is undergoing a significant transformation to provide students with real-world training, skills and workforce readiness necessary for successful careers in the growing geospatial industry. An interdisciplinary Geospatial Education Initiative (GEI) developed at UW-Eau Claire by a team of faculty members from the geography and […]
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Good to the corps: UW-La Crosse grad revives statewide organization dedicated to conservation, job preparation
July 28, 2014
A UW-La Crosse alumnus is providing career readiness while promoting conservation in Wisconsin. Matthew Brantner revived a Wisconsin conservation corps after a six-year long hiatus. Gar Amunson, superintendent of parks for the City of La Crosse, recalls when an enthusiastic Brantner came into his office with the goal of starting WisCorps more than five years […]