Campus Stories
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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 […]
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UW-Stout students’ alternative design for cube packaging of coconut oil wins national award
March 1, 2021
Coconut oil is becoming a popular product in many people’s kitchens and baths as they discover the benefits it can add to their cooking and self-care routines, as an alternative to butter or lotion. Like butter, coconut oil can move between different states of matter, becoming liquid or solid depending on its temperature. Unlike butter, […]
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Pollinator Patch Program work continues through winter to help create rare bee habitat at UW-Parkside
February 26, 2021
Cross country skiers, snowshoers and other winter outdoor enthusiasts may be surprised to see workers clearing trees and brush along UW-Parkside’s Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course this month. They may be even more surprised to learn it’s being done to help protect a warm weather flier. The Pollinator Patch Program is a partnership between […]
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UW-Stevens Point dietetics students use their kitchen skills to connect with the community
February 25, 2021
Nothing says comfort food more than a hot bowl of homemade soup, especially during the cold winter months. A partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Central Rivers Farmshed is bringing some of that comfort into homes in Central Wisconsin. Senior dietetics students are using a practicum class to create a variety of homemade soups […]
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UW-Platteville to build largest state-owned solar array
February 24, 2021
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville received state approval Thursday to construct a 2.4 megawatt solar array in Memorial Park. This will be the largest solar array owned by a Wisconsin state agency and will make the university the sixth-highest on-site producer of renewable energy among higher education institutions in the nation, setting UW-Platteville apart as a […]
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UW-La Crosse Congo alum, student revel in campus flag raising
February 23, 2021
Pierrot Mpemwangi waited nearly 20 years. Vanessa Mbuyi Kaja, three. The UW-La Crosse alum and current student hoped to see the flag of their homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo, fly on campus. And on Dec. 18, 2020, they did. “I’m so excited. I’m so happy,” Kaja said at the short, flag-raising ceremony on a […]