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...
by Shane Nyman | Oct 13, 2022 | Features, Sustainability
Give a group of fourth graders an opportunity to make a wish and they are likely to come up with everything imaginable. From “I wish for nature to be forever” to “I wish for a million dollars.” And everything in between: “I wish money to grow on trees.” A group of...
by Amanda Rice | Sep 29, 2022 | Headlines, Sustainability
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Earth Charter Community Summit kicks off Oct. 12 with a week of events focused on committing to sustainability and social justice. The Earth Charter is an international declaration that provides shared values for building a just,...