by Laurie Schlosser | Sep 29, 2021 | Campus Life, Headlines, Sustainability
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh community will start the month of October focused on the Earth and climate change. Earth Charter Community Summit 2021: Climate Action in Wisconsin is the theme of a week of events intended to teach, inspire and rally the campus...
by News Bureau | Sep 24, 2021 | Headlines, Math and Natural Science, Sustainability
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $417,830 grant to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh to keep litter and trash out of Green Bay and Lake Michigan. EPA provided the Trash-Free Waters Grant under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, or GLRI....
by Natalie Johnson | Sep 21, 2021 | Headlines, Humanities, Math and Natural Science, Sustainability
Not all algae are created equal. The good green stuff produces oxygen in healthy waters, while the harmful blue-green kind grows rapidly and can be toxic to humans and animals. That second type is the subject of a new interdisciplinary research project underway at the...
by Natalie Johnson | Jun 22, 2021 | Business, Education and Human Services, Fine and Performing Arts, Headlines, Humanities, Math and Natural Science, Research, Social Science, Sustainability
Learning doesn’t stop for the year following May commencement. Some University of Wisconsin Oshkosh students take summer session courses while others team up with faculty mentors and exchange the classroom for labs, studios or the outdoors to pursue research and...
by Shane Nyman | Jun 2, 2021 | Features, Sustainability
We once again turn our attention to Pfizer and Moderna. You know, the fuzzy little falcons. The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is again playing host to a pair of young peregrine falcon chicks nested atop the Gruenhagen Conference Center. In an operation overseen by...
by Laurie Schlosser | Jun 1, 2021 | Campus Life, Features, Headlines, Math and Natural Science, Sustainability
Colonies of honey bees are thriving behind the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, thanks to a push by student Mariah Parkin to add the valued pollinators to the campus’ sustainability efforts. “I was walking along the path behind the Student Recreation and Wellness...
