by Laurie Schlosser | Mar 17, 2022 | Features, Research, Sustainability
An innovative project will reduce natural gas reliance and boost the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s institutional goal of reaching carbon neutrality. Food waste―common throwaways like banana peels, egg shells and coffee grounds―will soon be converted into a...
by News Bureau | Mar 10, 2022 | Briefs, Sustainability
Brooke Berrens, who provides administrative support to the Sustainability Institute for Regional Transformations (SIRT) at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, has been named the recipient of the March 2022 STAR Award. Berrens was nominated by Deanna VanderWielen, a...
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...