Campus Stories
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UWM researchers take a leading role in finding elusive mergers of black holes with neutron stars
July 12, 2021
For the first time, researchers have confirmed the detection of a collision between a black hole and a neutron star. In fact, the scientists detected not one but two such events occurring just 10 days apart in January 2020. The extreme events made splashes in space that sent gravitational waves rippling across at least 900 […]
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Blugold senior Carl Fossum wins state championship for COVID-19 research presentation
July 9, 2021
University of WIsconsin–Eau Claire senior Carl Fossum wants to be a university instructor one day to use his knowledge and teaching skills to explain computational chemistry to his students. Fossum’s abilities were acknowledged this month when the UW System announced that the chemistry and physics major was named the WiSys Quick Pitch state champion for […]
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UW-Stout graphic design major’s GOAT Milk? concept gets national acclaim
July 7, 2021
Nesja’s print design earns silver in American Advertising Awards An advertising concept by a University of Wisconsin-Stout graphic design major has earned a second major honor. In the spring, Daniel Nesja’s GOAT Milk? print advertisement won Best in Show in the student division of the Minnesota AdFed awards, sponsored by the Advertising Federation of Minnesota. […]
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UW-Platteville team ranks among top in national steel bridge competition
July 2, 2021
A group of University of Wisconsin-Platteville students from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ranked among the top teams, nationwide, in the recent Student Steel Bridge Competition, sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction. Twenty-five teams competed in this year’s event. The UW-Platteville team ranked eighth overall and achieved a second-place ranking in the […]
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In spring CDC study, UW Oshkosh outpaced national average in mask-wearing
July 1, 2021
How did the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh make it through the past year without a major coronavirus outbreak? A study conducted in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests the mask-wearing habits of the University community may have played a part. UW Oshkosh was one of 54 colleges and universities […]
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Blugold’s journey takes her from opera singer to award-winning poet and bestselling novelist
June 30, 2021
acqueline Cobian West came to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with a love for music and a passion for writing. As a Blugold, she found plenty of opportunities on and off campus to immerse herself in both the performing arts and in literature.Shortly after graduating from UW-Eau Claire in 2003 with a major in music […]
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UW-Madison: Modeling COVID-19 infection based on movement can improve public health response
June 29, 2021
An epidemic like COVID-19 relies on infected people mixing with uninfected people, — encounters that typically require one or both to move around. A new method for modeling the progression of pandemic infections incorporates location data from smartphones to give public health policymakers a more accurate picture of the way people in their communities are […]
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Engineering company partners with UW-Platteville to create Husco Scholars Program
June 28, 2021
Husco International, a manufacturing and engineering company in Waukesha, Wisconsin, is giving University of Wisconsin-Platteville mechanical engineering students the opportunity to work full-time while pursuing their education. It is part of the Husco Scholars Program, through which the company will pay 100% tuition assistance for students earning degrees through UW-Platteville Engineering Partnerships. Husco Scholars are mentored and […]
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Crunch, crunch: UWO research shows teenage T. rex had a powerful bite
June 25, 2021
By the age of 13, the bite force of a Tyrannosaurus rex could already puncture bone. The new University of Wisconsin Oshkosh research finding published June 2 in the journal PeerJ fills a gap in knowledge about what the world was like in the late Cretaceous Period. UW Oshkosh paleontologist Joseph Peterson and geology alumna Shannon Brink ’20, a […]
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Pursuing a career in biomedical research: UW-Eau Claire May ’21 graduate Jordan Munos
June 25, 2021
As an incoming Blugold four years ago, Jordan Munos knew she wanted to go to medical school, but wasn’t certain what major would be her best route to get there. The Aurora, Illinois, native gravitated toward science and discovered an intriguing degree program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire that would combine chemistry and biology, […]