by Laurie Schlosser | Mar 30, 2023 | Campus Life, Headlines, Sustainability
Spring is in the air and the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s resident peregrine falcons are preparing for the hatch of several chicks. Four eggs have been spotted and the female falcon, Julia, who has returned for an eighth year, is incubating them with relief from...
by Laurie Schlosser | Mar 22, 2023 | Fond du Lac Campus, Headlines, Sustainability
An opportunity to hike and explore nature is being planned monthly at the Gottfried Arboretum located adjacent to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Fond du Lac campus. Lisa Mick, grounds supervisor at UWO Fond du Lac, will lead the walks. After recently moving...
by Natalie Johnson | Mar 8, 2023 | Fox Cities Campus, Headlines, Math and Natural Science, Sustainability
In the past five years, a solar panel project on the engineering building at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Fox Cities campus has generated nearly 66,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of power. The panels—funded in 2017 through a collaboration with UW-Platteville, the...
by News Bureau | Nov 16, 2022 | Briefs, Sustainability
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh placed first in Focus on Energy’s Higher Education Kit Challenge, which provided off-campus students and staff members the opportunity to order free energy-efficient care packages containing LEDs, showerheads, power strips and...
by Laurie Schlosser | Nov 9, 2022 | Campus Life, Features, Headlines, Sustainability
A student who needed help finding a career path is crediting the assistant director of dining operations at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh with providing just the right support. Brian Warzynski, the person who stepped up to help, was recently awarded the Rising...
by Natalie Johnson | Oct 18, 2022 | Headlines, Math and Natural Science, Sustainability
Marked by a groundbreaking ceremony Monday, the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh launched a new effort with biogas partner Agra Energy to build Wisconsin’s first commercial facility to turn dairy farm waste into renewable biofuel. The $20 million facility, located at...