Sustainability in Research
Create sustainable solutions to our global challenges
UWEC prioritizes student-faculty research opportunities, including sustainability research. The articles below highlight only a few of the many ongoing research projects related to food security, plastics, equity, energy efficiency, public health, microplastics, and water research. As a student at UWEC you have the opportunity to join ongoing research projects like these or to create your own research project! To learn more talk with your advisors about research opportunities, or email sustainability@uwec.edu.
Improving access to healthy foods
A UW-Eau Claire faculty-student research team is collecting and analyzing data relating to a community initiative that helps people who are food insecure to purchase more fresh, local and healthy foods at the Eau Claire Downtown Farmers Market.
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Building molecules and understanding
The chemistry and biochemistry department’s new X-ray diffractometer, an instrument used for many purposes including analysis of crystals of organic and inorganic small molecules at the atomic level, is creating new opportunities for student research.
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Preparing water scientists
Freshwater Collaborative Wisconsin has issued the first round of state funding to all 13 schools in the UW System, funds that give UWEC $133,000 to enhance water-related academic programs.
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Microplastics in the Boundary Waters
Microplastics have made their way into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a wilderness area in northern Minnesota, according to a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire research team. Researchers found microplastics in earthworms, water and soils.
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Changing lives through research
Julieta Murillo knew that her future career would involve helping youth and their families, but the Blugold didn’t expect to make an impact on people’s lives before she even graduated from college. However, that's what she's doing through her research.
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