Office of Research and Sponsored Programs News
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New documentary features international research project in Lithuania that includes Blugolds
An expedition involving an international team of researchers — including UW-Eau Claire faculty and several students — that uncovered the most significant Jewish monument in Lithuania will be featured in a new documentary, which will preview Nov. 1.
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Exhibit highlights the Chippewa Valley women who fought for the right to vote
Blugolds are shining a light on the Chippewa Valley women who fought for their voting rights 100 years ago — making it possible for millions of women to vote today — as the U.S. celebrates the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment.
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New officers bring ethnic, gender diversity to campus policing
Two new officers hired by University Police this fall will add ethnic and gender diversity to University Police. Vincent Xiong is the unit's first Hmong officer, and Vanessa Evenson adds another female officer to the 11-officer department.
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UW-Eau Claire's virtual reading intervention program supports area youth
In a summer like no other, creative thinking by Blugolds is why some Eau Claire area kids who struggle with reading are strengthening their skills despite COVID-19 disrupting the last months of their school year and canceling many summer programs.
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UW-Eau Claire students selected for 2020 research scholarships
Recipients of the Kell Container Corporation Scholarship for Student-Faculty Collaborative Research and the James R. Larson and Vicki Lord Larson Undergraduate Research Fellowship have been named.
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UW-Eau Claire faculty honored for student research mentorship
Three faculty members have been selected by students and alumni for their skill and dedication in mentoring student scholarly projects.
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Award-winning instructor shares passion for mathematics
The national Council on Undergraduate Research has announced Dr. Carolyn Otto, associate professor of mathematics at UW-Eau Claire, as the winner of its math and computer science division’s 2020 Mid-Career Mentoring Award.
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Faculty mentors help new grad succeed despite health challenges and pandemic
Amelia Montie credits a team of faculty mentors for helping her thrive at UW-Eau Claire, including during her final semester of college as she is managing a new diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes as well as a global pandemic that moved all classes online.
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New grad built connections, embraced opportunities to make most of college
As Monica Dickson prepares to graduate this spring with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry, she says UW-Eau Claire’s supportive campus community is a big part of the reason she can pursue her dream of becoming a veterinarian.
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UW-Eau Claire to be site of NCUR 2023, bringing thousands to community
In the spring of 2023, UW-Eau Claire will be a focal point for undergraduate research worldwide when it hosts more than 4,000 students and their faculty mentors for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.
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28th annual student research event, CERCA, to take place online April 27-May 1
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the annual Celebration of Excellence in Research and Creative Activity event (CERCA) will take place virtually this year. The site will be open and accessible to everyone, with no campus login required.
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Dr. Jim Phillips receives national award for research mentoring
Phillips, professor and chair of the UW-Eau Claire chemistry department, is a 2020 recipient of the CUR Outstanding Mentorship Award, which recognizes excellence in mentoring undergraduate researchers.
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Geology major Trevor Nelson named UW-Eau Claire’s newest Goldwater Scholar
UW-Eau Claire geology major Trevor Nelson recently was named a recipient of a 2020 Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious U.S. national scholarships for future natural sciences, mathematics and engineering research leaders.
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Elizabeth Glogowski honored for innovation through research with students
As the leader of innovative faculty-student collaborative research at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Dr. Elizabeth Glogowski has been honored as one of just three UW System 2020 Regent Scholars.
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Blugold leads Mayo Clinic research team developing COVID-19 tests
Sara Lassila, who earned a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from UW-Eau Claire, is a test development supervisor at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Her team developed a test that can detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Dr. Catherine Chan to lead UW-Eau Claire Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Dr. Catherine Chan, an experienced undergraduate research program administrator and longtime faculty research mentor to students, has been named executive director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
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Kaleidoscope of Nursing Scholarship Day, Cancelled - Abstracts NOW due April 24, 2020 by 5PM
Kaleidoscope of Nursing Scholarship Day scheduled for Friday, May 8, 2020 has been cancelled. However, abstracts can still be submitted until 5pm, Wednesday, April 24, 2020.
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Immersion gives Blugolds new appreciation for, understanding of Hmong culture
UW-Eau Claire's “Cultural Practices of the Hmong in Fresno, California” Winterim immersion program, now in its fifth year, helps heritage and non-heritage students learn more about the Hmong culture.
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Environmental and social justice focus of immersion in Guatemala
A group of Blugolds spent part of Winterim in Guatemala as part of an immersion program that focuses on social and environmental justice.
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Larson Tenure-Track Time Reassignment Collaborative Research Program awardees announced
Six UW-Eau Claire faculty members are the first to receive awards from a new program to support tenure-track faculty as they develop and enhance their scholarship, and to encourage them to do so in collaboration with students.
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Boundary Waters research attracts media attention
A UW-Eau Claire research team’s discovery of microplastics in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota has generated a lot of interest, with media from throughout the Midwest, as well as some national media, featuring their work.
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Dr. April Bleske-Rechek to receive national award for research mentoring
Already recognized on campus multiple times for her excellence in mentoring, Dr. April Bleske-Rechek, professor of psychology, will receive the Mid-Career Mentoring Award from the psychology division of the Council on Undergraduate Research.
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'Blugold Spotlight' features Dr. Karen Havholm
A mentor, educator, researcher and geologist, she's fostering scholarship one research project at a time.
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NSF grant to boost supercomputing at UW-Eau Claire
A recent $350,000 award from the National Science Foundation will more than double the high-performance computing capacity for faculty and students at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, but the grant’s impact will not stop there.