College of Arts + Sciences News
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Blugold Spotlight features Dr. Tomomi Kakegawa
The sole professor of Japanese language at UW-Eau Claire is teaching more than just linguistics. She's educating students about Japanese culture to help them understand how to better communicate with other native speakers.
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'Unusual Message' on display at the Foster Gallery
"Unusual Message," the UW-Eau Claire Foster Gallery's current exhibition, features everyday objects transformed into extraordinary unusual images by artists and designers from 12 countries.
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UW-Eau Claire grad now leading his own undergrad research team
Nearly a decade ago, Adam Schneider was among the first Blugolds to work on research in the Galapagos Islands. This summer, the UW-Eau Claire grad returned to the same research center, this time as a faculty mentor leading his own student researchers.
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Meeting EDI goals: Wendy Makoons Geniusz
In addition to Ojibwe language courses, Wendy Makoons Geniusz offers a class in Ojibwe culture, LANG 160, that helps meet LE and EDI credits, as well as an inclusive approach to experiencing culture through language learning. It's a win-win!
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Proposed curricular changes in College of Arts and Sciences
Following are proposed curricular changes in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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UW-Eau Claire moves up in U.S. News 2020 Best Colleges ranking
UW-Eau Claire ranks fourth among the top 33 public regional universities in the Midwest according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Colleges listing released today.
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Researchers create tools to test hearing in people who speak Hmong
Speech-language pathologists will eventually have a better option for testing the hearing of their patients who speak Hmong thanks to the work of a UW-Eau Claire faculty-student research team.
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UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff receive 2019 excellence awards
Eight UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff members were recognized for excellence during the university's academic year opening meeting Aug. 27.
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Welcome week challenge encourages new students to think about sustainability
Senior Lily Strehlow will lead UW-Eau Claire’s first "Waste and Sustainability Challenge," a weeklong competition for new Blugolds that aims to help them think seriously about sustainability and to embrace a zero-waste philosophy.
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International research helps criminal justice majors prepare for future success
Three Blugolds spent time in Taiwan this summer learning about the culture and the criminal justice system.
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Clearing the air: NSF grant to help UW-Eau Claire researchers contribute to ozone solutions
A new National Science Foundation grant will help Dr. Patricia Cleary and student research collaborators gather new data to help improve strategies for regulating air quality in southeastern Wisconsin.
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UW-Eau Claire to offer new biomedical engineering, public health programs
The UW System Board of Regents has approved new UW-Eau Claire bachelor's degree programs in biomedical engineering and public health. Both complement UW-Eau Claire's existing programs and meet demonstrated demand by students and in the job market.
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2019 Spring College of Arts and Sciences Dean's List
At the end of each semester, the College of Arts and Sciences recognizes excellence in scholastic achievement by publishing the Dean’s List. Check out the Spring 2019 College of Arts and Sciences Dean's List recipients.
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Blugold siblings launch app that aims to give more people access to legal system
Jesse and Simon Okiror, brothers and UW-Eau Claire graduates, have created a new app that they hope will make it easier for more people — especially those with low incomes and people of color — to get help navigating the complex legal system.
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Blugold retires after decades of bringing the art world to northern Michigan
UW-Eau Claire 1971 physical science graduate Eugene Jenneman started his career as a planetarium coordinator, but decades later he's retiring from a career that brought the beauty of art from around the world to the residents of northern Michigan.
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Dr. Alvergue awarded Poets Out Loud Editor's Prize
Dr. José Alvergue has been awarded the 2019 Poets Out Loud Editor´s Prize for his manuscript "scenery."
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Alum appointed as director of University of Iowa School of Music
UW-Eau Claire music and theatre arts alum Tammie Walker was recently appointed director of the University of Iowa School of Music.
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Chancellor’s Blog: JFC approves Science and Health Sciences Building phase one funding
The capital budget passed June 11 by the state Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance included $109 million for phase one of a Science and Health Sciences Building to replace UW-Eau Claire's Phillips Hall.
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Joint Finance Committee approves Science and Health Sciences Building phase one funding
Funding of $109 million for the first phase of a Science and Health Sciences Building at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is included in the capital budget passed today by the state Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance.
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Blugolds receive record six Fulbright awards for 2019-20
Four UW-Eau Claire alums and two current students expected to graduate this spring have received 2019-20 Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards.
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Chippewa River research by UW-Eau Claire geographers and students garners national attention
UW-Eau Claire researchers led a long-term study of the Chippewa River that is gaining national attention and being celebrated as a new model that can be applied to the study of river systems around the world.
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Nine to receive UW-Eau Claire alumni awards
Nine alumni and friends of the university will receive UW-Eau Claire Alumni Association awards May 24 at an event associated with spring commencement.
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Blugolds give the saying 'playing with heart' new meaning
Jackson Lindquist and Danny Schoen were both on the Blugold tennis team when they learned they had the same heart defect, tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve, a rare heart condition that requires ongoing monitoring and management.
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Math major receives prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Junior math major Tyler Gonzales is the eighth Blugold in the last 12 years to earn the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, an award that recognizes only the top students nationally in STEM-related fields of study.