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  1. UW-Whitewater Coach Keri Carollo recognized among “Notable Women in Sports”

    Photo of Coach Keri Carollo

    August 19, 2024

    Keri Carollo, a leader in the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater athletic department for more than two decades, is one of 19 women in the state to be named among the 2024 Notable Women in Sports by BizTimes Milwaukee. “I’m so honored to be among the women recognized by the BizTimes,” said Carollo, the head coach of the Warhawk […]

  2. UWM alum honored with ESPN sports humanitarian award

    Photo of UWM alum Brice Christianson (center), honored with an ESPY for his work in making sports more accessible to the Deaf community. Flanking him are two of the first deaf broadcasters in live sports, Jason Altmann (left), COO of P-X-P, and Noah Blankenship. Behind them are (from left) Matt Celli, vice president of NHL Productions, Ray Jacobs, producer of NHL Productions, and Joshua Ayoub, ASL interpreter. (Photo illustration by ESPN Citizenship)

    August 16, 2024

    Brice Christianson, a UW-Milwaukee alumnus, was honored with the Stuart Scott ENSPIRE award as part of the ESPN 2024 Sports Humanitarian Awards. The award were presented July 10 in Hollywood and featured July 11 on ESPN programming as part of the 2024 ESPYs. Christianson earned his B.S. in Education with focus on ASL/English Interpreting. After becoming […]

  3. STEAM camps offer nearly 275 area middle, high school students hands-on preview of education at UW-Stout

    Photo of Menomonie High School student Samantha Anderson draping fabric on a 3D dress form in UW-Stout's Maker's Lab in the STEAM fashion camp

    August 15, 2024

    They discover career paths in microbiology and genetics; develop innovative patterns in fashion design For two weeks in June, 118 area high school students stepped into campus labs at UW-Stout and learned what it’s like to be a student at Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University. In hands-on learning experiences led by faculty, they discovered career paths in science, technology, […]

  4. New scholarships offered at UWSP at Wausau

    Photo of Rocket Industrial’s $25,000 gift to UWSP at Wausau, which will help qualifying students with a $1,000 scholarship towards earning their degree.

    August 14, 2024

    Students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Wausau will have additional scholarship opportunities thanks to gifts from a local business and the UW Wausau Campus Foundation. These scholarships, offered in three different increments based on grade point average, will be awarded through a $25,000 gift from Rocket Industrial in Wausau and $100,000 from the […]

  5. Driftless River Initiative: New UWL library initiative aims to expand access and grow collections related to Upper Mississippi River and Driftless Area

    Photo of (from left) David Mindel and Nikki Pegarsch looking at charts from 1932 of locks and dams on Upper Mississippi River. Collections related to the Upper Mississippi River and Driftless Area have been growing organically on the UWL campus since the university's inception.

    August 13, 2024

    New library initiative aims to expand access and grow collections related to Upper Mississippi River and Driftless Area From steamboats to bird journals, river maps to agricultural research, UW-La Crosse has long been a repository for items related to the Upper Mississippi River and the Driftless Area of Wisconsin. Given its geographic location just over […]

  6. Watch the Video: Chemistry Major loves to ‘blow things up’

    Photo of UW-Green Bay chemistry major

    August 12, 2024

    Meet Nora, a Chemistry Major at UW-Green Bay. While attending the UW-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus, she fell in love with chemistry after taking a General Chemistry class with Prof. Amy Kabrhel. “Her teaching style is infectious. The way she taught just made me want to learn more. Formula on the board, she’s going to show you how […]

  7. UW-Parkside well represented at Olympic Race Walk Trials

    Photo of the first-place finisher, Robyn Stevens (center), who attended UW-Parkside between 2001 and 2003. Class of 2011 Alumna Miranda Melville (left) earned second place during the trials. And Michelle Rohl, a 1989 graduate of UW-Parkside, finished third. (Photo by Ben Lonergan/The Register-Guard)

    August 9, 2024

    The University of Wisconsin-Parkside was well represented during the U.S. Olympic Trials for Women’s Race Walking on June 29 in Eugene, Oregon. All three of the top finishers attended UW-Parkside with two being UW-Parkside alumna. The first-place finisher, Robyn Stevens, attended UW-Parkside between 2001 and 2003. Class of 2011 Alumna Miranda Melville earned second place […]

  8. UW-Eau Claire students, faculty collaborate with Wisconsin industry on defense contract

    Photo of (from left) Dr. Deidra Gerlach, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, working with students Jackie Bradley and Connor Koepp.

    August 8, 2024

    University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students and faculty are working with a small Wisconsin manufacturer on a Department of Defense contract to develop a more environmentally friendly, anti-corrosive product for use in military equipment. The two-year, $231,709 government subcontract received by Dr. Deidra Gerlach, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is the first of its kind […]

  9. UW-River Falls adds community and environmental planning degree

    Photo of former UW-River Falls student CJ Sycks speaks with an onlooker during an event in 2022 at the university at which conservation and environmental planning students solicited ideas about planning issues facing the city of River Falls. The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents has approved starting a new undergraduate community and environmental planning degree at UW-River Falls that will develop skills specific to urban planning. UWRF file photo.

    August 7, 2024

    Program to begin this fall will teach skills needed for high-demand careers Students seeking to design communities now and into the future will have the opportunity to learn those important, in-demand skills at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls following the addition of an undergraduate community and environmental planning degree at the university. The Universities of Wisconsin […]

  10. UW-Stevens Point at Marshfield hosts summer STEAM program

    Photo of students at camp: UW-Stevens Point at Marshfield will host Full STEAM Ahead, a free Science, Technology, Art, Engineering and Mathematics summer educational camp, from Aug. 13-15.

    August 6, 2024

    Dive into the world of science and mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Marshfield Full STEAM Ahead camp this August. Full STEAM Ahead, a free Science, Technology, Art, Engineering and Mathematics summer educational opportunity, will be held Aug. 13-15 from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The three-day camp will offer opportunities for middle school girls […]

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