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Startup team formed as Blugolds named 2022 Innovators of the Year by WiSys
Technology startup ParityBlu was a student entrepreneurship project and recently won the WiSys Innovators of the Year Award for 2022.
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Powerful supercomputing capabilities reshape undergrad research and teaching at UW-Eau Claire
The Blugold Center for High Performance Computing has grown not only in terms of hardware and technology capabilities, but also with a new full-time administrator, training workshops and daily coursework.
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Blugold research team studies use of artificial intelligence during COVID-19 pandemic
UW-Eau Claire student researchers examined what other researchers were doing and how successful they were in creating models to solve problems related to COVID-19, along with examining the limitations and difficulties they experienced.
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Four to receive Alumni Association awards
Alumni and friends of the university will be honored by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Alumni Association on Sunday, Oct. 9, as part of Homecoming activities.
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Unique NSF-funded collaborative research underway at UW-Eau Claire
The first cohort of undergraduates has been conducting innovative, collaborative and interdisciplinary computational research studies since early June under the mentorship of 10 Blugold faculty members.
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Blugolds travel to Washington, D.C., to lobby for students in higher education with learning disabilities
Student leaders from UW-Eau Claire joined advocates from around the country in Washington, D.C., this summer to lobby for legislation regarding students in higher education with learning disabilities.
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International student builds language skills and community through esports
For recent alumnus Yiming Liu, esports at UW-Eau Claire provided not only valuable and rewarding social networking but also a way to help improve his English language skills.
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UW-Eau Claire team places high in CypherCon 5.3 RC3 competition
A team of UW-Eau Claire computer science students attended CypherCon 5.3 RC3 conference April 28-30 at Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. The team placed fourth out of 23 teams in a "Capture the Con" competition.
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Blugold senior geography student earns top honor from American Association of Geographers
Senior Matt Dewitte has been honored by the American Association of Geographers, one of only three students in the country to earn top honors for combining geographic and computer science in research and outreach.
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UW-Eau Claire receives major NSF grant for summer undergraduate research
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.
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Ninth annual Jig’s Up Blugold ice fishing contest set for Feb. 12
The ninth annual Jig's Up ice fishing contest will run from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. on Lake Wissota near The View bar and grill. Fish and raffle prizes will be awarded at 3 p.m.
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New grad 'pays it forward,' works to make computer science field more equitable and inclusive
“Pay it forward” has become a popular saying, but it’s long been a way of life for Alexis Lappe, a UW-Eau Claire senior who will graduate in December with a major in computer science-software engineering and a minor in communication studies.
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Blugolds' app project wins statewide business competition
A team of UW-Eau Claire students and recent graduates earned top honors in the 2020-21 WiSys APPStart Challenge, a statewide competition that connects mobile app ideas with the expertise and resources needed to launch them.
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Multiple research projects help Blugold gain skills, direction as she looks to future
Avi Devy Mohan transferred to UW-Eau Claire because of its undergraduate research program. Still, the Blugold — now a senior computer science and applied mathematics major — never imagined just how much research would shape her future plans.
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Research helps Blugold discover how computer science, health care intersect
This summer — thanks to his work on multiple research projects — Nichol He discovered he doesn’t have to choose between his two passions when planning for his future career because computer science and health care intersect in ways he never imagined.
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Building bridges between health care and higher education to enhance patient care
Dr. Rajeev Chaudhry — an expert in analyzing large datasets to help health care organizations improve patient care — began a new role with Mayo Clinic Health System that includes time to work with UW-Eau Claire faculty, staff and students on research.