by Grace Lim | Sep 17, 2025 | Headlines, Research, Sustainability
As part of the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin Summer Freshwater High School Experience, students (above) tackle real-world groundwater flow challenges using a large-scale landscape model in the Geology Hydrology Simulation Lab at UW-Oshkosh. Instructor Eric...
by Grace Lim | Aug 19, 2025 | Alumni News, Headlines, Sustainability
When Brad Spanbauer came to UW-Oshkosh as a freshman in 2007, he thought it would be a two-year stop. He wanted to save money before transferring to another school to research stem cells. But after taking courses in ecology and environmental studies, he changed that...
by News Bureau | Dec 16, 2024 | Headlines, Sustainability
UW-Oshkosh won the Higher Education Kit Challenge sponsored by FOCUS ON ENERGY and received $5,000 for its efforts. Pictured from left are students Meredith Agnew and Veda Kistenmacher, both interns in the campus Sustainability Instite for Regional Transformations...
by News Bureau | Oct 8, 2024 | Headlines, Research, Sustainability
A team of University of Wisconsin Oshkosh student researchers is studying the cause of harmful algal blooms and engaging with community stakeholders on possible solutions. Another summer is in the books for the team of University of Wisconsin Oshkosh faculty, staff...
by Grace Lim | Sep 4, 2024 | Headlines, Research, Sustainability
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh alumnus Noah Ryan ’24, foreground, was captain on the UWO trash collection boat in the Manitowoc River in May 2023. The spring graduate was hired by Fond du Lac County as its environmental health sanitarian. For more than two...
by Laurie Schlosser | Jul 29, 2024 | Headlines, Research, Sustainability
Maddie Murphy, who hails from the Chicagoland area, plans to study environmental science after finishing high school. Young people interested in freshwater resources had a virtual “laboratory” of options to explore this month on Lake Winnebago and the Fox...
