Campus Stories
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UWO Now: UWO alumna helps businesses develop sense of belonging in the workplace
June 21, 2024
On a recent episode of the UWO Now podcast, host Wendell Ray talks with UW Oshkosh alumna and leadership coach Katie (Sasse) Rasoul ’05, who explains how she helps businesses leaders develop a sense of belonging for their employees. Rasoul, who earned UWO degrees in finance and in French, said she always gravitated to human resources […]
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UW-Platteville announces new transfer agreement with UCLA Extension, new emphasis
June 21, 2024
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville announces a new transfer agreement with the University of California-Los Angeles Extension. Students who complete the Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering certificate with UCLA Extension can automatically transfer 12 credits to UW-Platteville’s online Master of Science in Engineering program. In addition, UW-Platteville is adding an aerospace manufacturing engineering emphasis to its online master’s program. […]
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UWM to house nation’s first Microsoft AI lab focused on manufacturing
June 21, 2024
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Connected Systems Institute, as part of Microsoft’s $3.3 billion investment in southeast Wisconsin, will house the nation’s first manufacturing-focused AI Co-Innovation Lab. The lab will strengthen UWM’s education and research mission while connecting Wisconsin manufacturers and other companies with Microsoft’s artificial intelligence experts and developers. Brad Smith, vice chair and president […]
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Scheels Sport For All Camp to provide multisport experience for youth at UW-Eau Claire
June 13, 2024
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire athletics is partnering with Scheels Sporting Goods to provide opportunities for boys and girls to learn leadership through athletics in a positive multisport camp experience. The collaboration on the new Scheels Sport For All Camp on campus in July is based on a shared belief by Scheels and UW-Eau Claire that […]
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After winding journey to college, Maria Pacheco evolves into leader at URock
June 12, 2024
Maria Pacheco is one of many 2020 high school graduates who’ve made the most of their time in higher education, after the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world just before she earned her diploma. Pacheco, whose family moved to the United States from Mexico, was going through the process of acquiring permanent residency as a senior […]
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UWO alumnus ensures healthy food for many of the state’s most vulnerable seniors
June 11, 2024
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh alumnus and Milwaukee native Rick Lewandowski has spent the last 20 years making sure low-income seniors in his hometown and 32 counties across Wisconsin have access to healthy food. A year after graduating in 2003, Lewandowski began working for Hunger Task Force, a free and local food bank in Milwaukee as […]
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UW-Madison research: Nanomaterial that mimics proteins could be basis for new neurodegenerative disease treatments
June 10, 2024
A newly developed nanomaterial that mimics the behavior of proteins could be an effective tool for treating Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. The nanomaterial alters the interaction between two key proteins in brain cells — with a potentially powerful therapeutic effect. The innovative findings, recently published in the journal Advanced Materials, were made possible thanks to […]
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UW-Platteville Helios Program celebrates two years of success
June 7, 2024
Designed to create shared intellectual experiences for first year students, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s groundbreaking Helios Program has succeeded in generating impressive community and academic enrichment in only two years. The College of Liberal Arts and Education launched the Helios Program in fall 2022 thanks to the generous support of the Teagle Foundation and the National Endowment […]
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Been there, flown that: UWO software engineering students develop airport-logging app for pilots
June 6, 2024
Now that it has taken off, a class of University of Wisconsin Oshkosh software engineering students hope a new app they developed to help pilots track their airport stops keeps ascending. Last semester, a group of students in Michael Rogers class worked on an application—FWAPPA!, short for Fly Wisconsin Airport Passport Program App!—as part of […]
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UW-Superior Land Restoration Initiative: Fond du Lac Band, Lake Superior NERR awarded $350,000 for Gibiskising Minis Stewardship Plan
June 5, 2024
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve have received nearly $350,000 to create a plan for the restoration and future stewardship of 10.9 acres of land regained by the Band at the western end of Lake Superior’s Gibiskising Minis (land bridge, Wisconsin Point), an extensive sand bar across the […]