Campus Stories
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UW-Platteville M.S. Engineering student part of Daytona 500 winning team
March 11, 2021
The win in NASCAR’s biggest race came down to a few key seconds for lead engineer Chris Yerges and his team at Front Row Motorsports. But behind each of these winning seconds were countless hours of precise preparation and planning days before the rubber ever met the pavement. The work was certainly worth it for […]
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UW-Stout student’s Growing up Ojibwe game teaches about treaty rights, tribal sovereignty, wild rice, and spearfishing
March 10, 2021
Eleanore Falck loves bringing worlds to life. The University of Wisconsin-Stout junior majoring in game design and development-art created the game Growing up Ojibwe: The Game during a summer internship with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission in 2019 and then expanded the game during an internship last summer. “I like world-building,” said […]
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UW-Eau Claire nursing alumna recognized for work in public health
March 9, 2021
Selfless and devoted individuals stepped forward in 2020 with heroic efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, serving as a continuous source of hope during such difficult times. Among the devoted public servants was Blugold nursing alumna Jennifer Rombalski, who was honored as Person of the Year by the La Crosse Tribune for her work as the […]
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UW-La Crosse course will help law enforcement uphold human rights
March 8, 2021
Peter Marina has a deep appreciation of law enforcement. As a child, he looked up to his father — a 30-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department — the same way other children looked up to superheroes. But in recent years, Marina has become acutely aware of systemic issues within law enforcement. These issues […]
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UW-Milwaukee ROTC cadet tops in the nation
March 7, 2021
A recent UWM graduate is being honored as the top Army ROTC cadet in the nation. Douglas Machkovech, who graduated in December 2020, is the first-ever member of the Golden Eagle Battalion to receive this honor, according to Lt. Col. Ioannis Kiriazis, professor of military science at Marquette. The Golden Eagle Battalion, which is based at Marquette, […]
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UW-Platteville research explores impacts of agricultural land changes on rural communities
March 6, 2021
Amid changes in agricultural land and record high dairy farm closings, Wisconsin’s lead industry is in the middle of a major transition, and a team of UW-Platteville researchers – including faculty and students – is exploring how farmers and rural communities are affected by these land changes and their response to policy proposals intended to […]
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UW-Green Bay receives First-Gen Forward designation
March 5, 2021
National Honor for Commitment to First-Generation Student Success Green Bay, Wis.— The Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and The Suder Foundation, recently announced the 2021-22 First-gen Forward cohort, which included the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. UW-Green Bay is the first UW System institution to be […]
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UW-Madison research: Invasive species often start as undetected “sleeper populations”
March 4, 2021
When an invasive species overruns a new ecosystem, it is often assumed that the invader recently arrived at its new home and rapidly took over. But a new report in the journal BioScience finds that many new arrivals aren’t nearly as impatient as this narrative implies. In fact, the study shows, it is not uncommon for “sleeper […]
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‘Be the change’: UWO alumni couple upend careers to help bring equity to healthcare
March 3, 2021
A year and a half ago Kou and Sheng Lee Yang took a leap of faith. The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh alumni and married couple had each spent about a decade following a traditional career path in northeast Wisconsin. Kou, a 2009 accounting grad, climbed from rung to rung on the corporate ladder at two […]
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UW-Whitewater entrepreneurship opportunities light a path for recent grad
March 2, 2021
As a first-year student at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Kristen Holtan was assigned to choose from myriad student organizations in the College of Business and Economics and attend at least one meeting. The Appleton native chose the UW-Whitewater chapter of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, or CEO. Holtan had struggled her first semester at college and felt […]