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Blugolds chase excellence every day. Our students, faculty, staff, and alumni form a community of curious minds, change-seeking adventurers, competitive athletes, dedicated leaders, thoughtful citizens, and ambitious go-getters.
Explore our stories to learn how Blugolds are chasing excellence today.
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Blugold Stories & University Updates
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Blugolds chase excellence every day. Our students, faculty, staff, and alumni form a community of curious minds, change-seeking adventurers, competitive athletes, dedicated leaders, thoughtful citizens, and ambitious go-getters.
Explore our stories to learn how Blugolds are chasing excellence today.
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Sonnentag Grand Opening Week includes national acts, salute to first responders
The two-year, $231,709 government subcontract received by Dr. Deidra Gerlach, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is the first of its kind for UW-Eau Claire and is laying the groundwork for more industry contractual projects in the future.
Blugolds assist effort to add 143-year-old bridge to historic register
UW-Eau Claire biology graduate and Seattle-based clinical researcher Dr. Rachel Issaka reminds us that March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a time to learn the facts about the disease, the risk factors and when to begin routine screening.
So, what does it take to be among those elite athletes who make March Madness so exciting? Talent, practice and a basic understanding of physics, says Dr. Erik Hendrickson, a UW-Eau Claire physics professor.
Grace Arrigoni found her way at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire – Barron County by becoming a campus leader in her hometown.
Samuel Stein has been performing on and around the UW-Eau Claire campus since he was a freshman. COVID-19 forced the music composition and mathematics major to pause the live performances, something he says gave him time to reimagine his music and goals.
"Silent Sky" from renowned American playwright Lauren Gunderson honors the life and work of early 1900s astronomical scientist Henrietta Leavitt.
A team of undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will share their research with a national audience this spring during the prestigious Posters on the Hill event in Washington, D.C. Just 60 projects were selected for the event.
UW-Eau Claire's Facilities staff have added a new tool in their ongoing work to make the campus more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Liquid salt brine is now being used to de-ice and pretreat roads and walkways in a more sustainable way.
Broc Kelley, who will graduate from UW-Eau Claire in May with a biology major and minors in chemistry and pre-professional health science, received a full scholarship to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. A decade ago, Kelley was homeless.
Zach Caterer was volunteering at a summer youth camp when a water accident left him with a spinal cord injury, changing his life forever. Now at UW-Eau Claire, he's excelling in and out of the classroom as he embraces his "new normal."
UW-Eau Claire has received a nearly $400K grant from the National Science Foundation to support research opportunities in computational science for 10 students each summer for three years, positions expected to attract a diverse pool of applicants.
On Feb. 3, campus, local and state leaders came together to discuss implementation plans for the $9.4 million grant awarded to the university in December by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. and the state’s Department of Workforce Development.
Fifteen Blugolds were part of the 2022 “Guatemala: Social and Environmental Justice Winterim Immersion Program” during UW-Eau Claire's Winterim session. They learned about Latin American history, as well as social and environmental justice.
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