1. UW-Whitewater: Hands-on research with an impact

    Screenshot of UW-Whitewater video showing hands-on research

    Dale Splinter, professor of geology, geography and environmental science at UW-Whitewater, works with his students to test tributaries suspected of bringing high levels of phosphorus and other pollutants into Geneva Lake in southeastern Wisconsin. Splinter’s undergraduate research project tested 16 streams around the lake from May to October in 2021. Along the way, his students […]

  2. UW-Whitewater students track Blanding’s turtles for research and better conservation practices

    Photo of Blanding's turtle hatchlings like these were hatched in captivity and released in a Rock County marsh as part of a multi-year study involving UW-Whitewater students of a conservation practice called “headstarting.” (UW-Whitewater photo/Craig Schreiner)

    UW-Whitewater students Nick Rudolph and Lisa Mitchem start their day at a reclaimed marsh in Rock County. They unpack research equipment from their car and don fishing waders. Standing in shallow water are great blue herons and egrets trying to be incognito among the cattails. This was an outdoor laboratory for Mitchem and Rudolph in […]

  3. Freshwater research: A collaborative summer at ERIC

    Photo of Britta Larson from UW-Superior, who was one of four students who did field work in Door County.

    A Freshwater Collaborative for Wisconsin grant helped students from six UW campuses train at one of three locations of  UW Oshkosh’s Environmental Research and Innovation Center When Amanda Stickney learned about chemistry in sixth grade, her love of math and science clicked.   “In high school, I went to a semester boarding school that focused on environmental science and stewardship,” says the […]

  4. UW-Whitewater extends leadership in cybersecurity with new degree

    Photo of students in computer lab. UW-Whitewater extends leadership in cybersecurity with new degree.

    Building on the strength of a popular cybersecurity minor within the College of Letters and Sciences, the new undergraduate cybersecurity program will offer both a major and a minor as well as three emphases, including a cyber-operations emphasis that is designed to offer a seamless transfer pathway for two-year technical college graduates. Provost John Chenoweth, who […]

  5. UW-Whitewater cybersecurity program validated by the U.S. National Security Agency

    Photo of UW-Whitewater computer lab

    The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has received the Program of Study Validation from the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity. This recognition extends to the Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Technology with a Networking and Security emphasis offered by the College of Business and Economics. “It is an honor to earn this designation from the National Security […]

  6. UW-Whitewater grad students boost the morale, academics of school children

    Photo of school psychology graduate students Remi Larson, left, and Liv Russo studying in Laurentide Hall on Wednesday, April 27, 2021. They participated with their cohort in online academic interventions to help students at Washington Elementary School with math and reading.

    Affirmation comes in many forms. For Remi Larson, a graduate student in school psychology at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, it came when the fourth grader she was working with called out to his teacher, “Come here! Come here!” to show off the plus marks and a graph that told the story of his success. Larson watched the scene […]

  7. UW-Whitewater LIFE program — first in the state — graduates six proud Warhawks

    Photo of UW-Whitewater LIFE program graduates

    Six proud Warhawks, the first cohort of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s LIFE Program, successfully completed their two-year program and crossed the stage in cap and gown in May 2021. UW-Whitewater LIFE program participant Sam Craden, left, shakes the hand of Chancellor Dwight C. Watson as he crosses the stage on May 14, 2021. (UW-Whitewater photo/Craig Schreiner) […]

  8. How seven UW-Whitewater students embarked on mission to combat vision loss in India and empower young women

    Photo of one of eight trained workers employed through a social entrepreneurship business model developed by UW-Whitewater Enactus students for Combat Blindness International performing an eye exam in a village in Uttar Pradesh, a state in northeastern India. COP workers perform vision screenings, dispense eyeglasses and give referrals for cataract surgery in the remote, rural province. (Submitted photo/courtesy UW-Whitewater Enactus)

    In the photograph is a mirror. In the mirror, a man with a weathered face and hands wears a pair of eyeglasses and looks approvingly at his own reflection. The picture was made in Uttar Pradesh, a state in northeastern India, but its meaning is felt by students 12,000 miles away at the University of […]

  9. UW-Whitewater student opens door for others to excel, too

    Photo of Thomas “TC” Hamilton

    Thomas “TC” Hamilton has had the kind of college experience that many students dream about. A senior psychology major at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, he’s studied abroad, he’s been a Warhawk Ambassador, he’s received a college scholarship, he’s held an on-campus job related to his major, and he’s participated in the kinds of off-campus internships and employment […]

  10. How serving students with disabilities became a priority mission at UW-Whitewater

    Photo of service dog at UW-Whitewater commencement

    After Paul Lauritzen arrived on the Whitewater State College campus in the fall of 1964 to start a special education program in its college of education, he soon found himself providing informal services for students with disabilities through the admissions office. One day he took a call: “I have a student who uses a wheelchair. […]