Campus Stories

  1. UW-Milwaukee engineer helps create sensors of foodborne bacteria using quantum dots

    Photo of Qingsu Cheng, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at UWM, who is part of a team developing low-cost biosensors that can quickly identify foodborne bacteria using the fluorescence of quantum dots. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    May 7, 2024

    A vial of nanocrystals suspended in a solution looks clear, like water. But shine ultraviolet light on these nanoscale crystals, called quantum dots, and you’ll see florescent green, orange or red, depending on the material in the crystals. That’s just the behavior that Qingsu Cheng will take advantage of in new collaborative research funded by […]

  2. UW–Madison researchers develop better way to make painkiller from trees

    Photo of Scientists Steve Karlen and Vitaliy Tymokhin look over a reactor they used for their research on converting biomass into paracetamol.

    May 6, 2024

    Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable way to make a popular pain reliever and other valuable products from plants instead of petroleum. Building on a previously patented method for producing paracetamol – the active ingredient in Tylenol – the discovery promises a greener path to one of the […]

  3. A spotlight on working students: UWL senior’s research reveals realities for students balancing jobs and academics

    Photo of Sidney Paulson who represented UWL at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research April 8-10. Her research is on working students and their struggles balancing classes and work responsibilities.

    May 3, 2024

    Sidney Paulson, a senior at UW-La Crosse, stumbled upon the inspiration for an undergraduate research project during her ethnographic methods class. The inability of a group of students to coordinate a time to meet outside class due to their demanding work schedules sparked Paulson’s curiosity about the challenges faced by working students in balancing their […]

  4. Bringing the world to UW-La Crosse: Students from Japan visit UWL to learn about American education system

    Photo of students from Japan visiting K-12 schools in La Crosse and taught students origami and Japanese calligraphy. (Photo credit: School District of La Crosse)

    May 2, 2024

    Since 2012, students from the University of Teacher Education—Fukuoka (UTEF) in Fukuoka, Japan have visited UW-La Crosse for a short-term stay to learn about the U.S. education system.  Miranda Panzer, international student and scholar advisor with UWL International Education & Engagement, has been the program coordinator for the UTEF visit since 2019.   “Fourteen students from […]

  5. UW-Green Bay alum: The power play of perseverance

    Photo of UW-Green Bay alumnus Michael Becker speaking with co-workers at the Central Wisconsin Woodworking Corporation in Wausau, Wisconsin. Photos by Dan Moore, University Photographer

    May 1, 2024

    “How would you like a job where when you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?” -Jacques Plante, (NHL Hall-of-Fame goalie) “I was an OK goalie, good, but not someone scouts were going to chase.” -Michael Becker (Organizational Leadership, ’23) Once, Mike aspired to be like Jacques, aiming for […]

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