by Laurie Schlosser | Nov 14, 2022 | Features, Social Science
The mystique of sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago and a fascination with the art of distilling drew University of Wisconsin Oshkosh history professor Karl Loewenstein to an interesting new entrepreneurial venture—one that may include a few history lessons for his...
by Natalie Johnson | Oct 25, 2022 | Business, Education and Human Services, Features, Fine and Performing Arts, Math and Natural Science, Social Science
To study the political polarization of climate change in America, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh sociologist Jeremiah Bohr knew he had plenty of data to work with … something like 3 million tweets posted by members of Congress from 2015 to the present. What he...
by Laurie Schlosser | Oct 19, 2022 | Headlines, Social Science
Intense training paid off for University of Wisconsin Oshkosh ROTC cadets who took second in a competition that tested them on everything from physical strength and endurance to weapons qualification and knot tying. Task Force McCoy 2022 Army Ranger Challenge took...
by Laurie Schlosser | Oct 11, 2022 | Headlines, Social Science
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is helping to foster a successful election Nov. 8, supplying a class of trained student poll workers. More than two dozen students from the Quest III course Essentials of Civic Engagement were trained in class by Oshkosh City Clerk...
by News Bureau | Oct 4, 2022 | Headlines, Research, Social Science
A new report from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Whitburn Center for Governance and Policy Research offers guidance for local governing boards on how to improve their performance. Despite so much attention on politics at the highest levels, local government is...
by News Bureau | Sep 8, 2022 | Briefs, Social Science
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Whitburn Wednesdays event series returns for the 2022-23 academic year on Sept. 14 with “A Practical Approach to Improving Governing Board Performance.” The virtual event takes place from noon to 1 p.m. on Zoom....
