Watershed Institute News
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New Public Health Major
Explore how a public health major can connect to your other passions and interest.
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Environmental public health alumni respond to COVID-19
Over the past month, numerous UW-Eau Claire alumni have shared stories of how they have helped support efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Crispin Pierce, professor of environmental public health, reports on the work of two recent graduates.
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ENPH Students Visit Wastewater Treatment Plant
Environmental Public Health (ENPH) 441 students gather around the Eau Claire wastewater treatment plant’s aeration basins.
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Professor studies impact of climate change in Iowa following devastating floods
A UW-Eau Claire faculty member’s analysis of the impact climate change is having in Iowa following devastating spring flooding is being shared widely in Iowa and beyond.
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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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ENPH Students Make Safe Sushi
Environmental Public Health students created a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan for safely preparing sushi in their Microbial Safety of Food course this spring.
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ENPH Students Visit Silver Springs Foods
Environmental Public Health students visited the largest horseradish manufacturing plant in the U.S., Silver Spring Foods, this spring on a class field trip.
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Students featured in the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Newsletter
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire ENPH student Tori Vouk and alumna Olivia Feider were featured in the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene's spring 2019 newsletter.
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ENPH Students visit Castle Rock Dairy
The ENPH Microbial Safety of Food class visited Castle Rock Organic Dairy this spring to learn how cheese curds, milk and ice cream are processed and manufactured safely at the wholesale level.
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Blugold Women's Softball Honors UW - Eau Claire Faculty
Environmental Public Health faculty member Dr. Crispin Pierce was one of several UW Eau Claire faculty members who who were honored by members of the Blugold Women’s Softball team.
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Honors Colloquia Spotlight: Taking the Measure of Sustainability
Take a peek at Honors 398: Taking the Measure of Sustainability, where current Honors students are joining a campus-wide effort to usher UW-Eau Claire to carbon neutrality by 2050.
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CANCELED: Nobel Prize-winning climate change expert to speak at UW-Eau Claire
EVENT CANCELED: A global climate change expert and former leader in an organization that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize will speak at UW-Eau Claire about climate change as the world's top public health challenge.
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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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One year, one goal: Blugold alumnus travels to 31 countries
If you want to travel, there’s no better time than to do it now, says UW-Eau Claire alumnus Andrew Kleist. The Blugold made traveling a top priority over the past year, going on a yearlong expedition to 31 countries, spanning five continents.
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Curiosity about health issues around the globe leads to UW-Eau Claire alum’s world tour
Driven by his desire to learn about how environmental issues are addressed in other countries, 2013 UW-Eau Claire graduate Andy Kleist has been on a 364-day trip around the world that began in October 2017 and will end this Oct. 31.
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Student researchers studying nitrate levels in area private wells
UW-Eau Claire environmental public health students and faculty researchers are working with Eau Claire County homeowners to determine how nitrates are getting into their private wells.
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UW-Eau Claire to celebrate Tree Campus USA honor with April 23 event
The Arbor Day celebration, to be held at 1 p.m. Monday, April 23, will begin with a program near the Sprites sculpture between Schofield and Centennial halls. It also will include a tree walk highlighting 15 tree species on lower campus.
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Discussion to focus on controversial pipeline, protests
Protests around a controversial oil pipeline that critics say could harm the environment and threaten Native American historic, religious and cultural sites in the Upper Midwest will be the topic of a discussion this month at UW-Eau Claire. A #NoDAPL (Dakota Access Pipeline) panel discussion will begin at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, in Woodland Theater of Davies Center.
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Planting ceremony to launch Centennial 100 Trees Project at UW-Eau Claire
The Centennial 100 Trees Project at UW-Eau Claire will officially be announced during a ceremonial tree planting at noon on Monday, Oct. 24.
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Blugold researcher leads advances in pool water safety
For most people, swimming pools evoke images of leisurely summer days, family fun and physical fitness. Most of the time, that vision is a reality. But pool water also can make people sick, a phenomenon that can put a damper on the public’s recreational activities.
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Blugolds help city of Eau Claire improve sustainability, life through internship program
UW-Eau Claire environmental studies students are working toward a greener Eau Claire community while taking advantage of a valuable internship opportunity.
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Blugolds raise funds for safe drinking water systems around the world
When forming a relay team for the May 1 Eau Claire Marathon and deciding on a cause for which to raise funds, members of SNEHA chose Crabtree Scientific, a company that develops water chlorination systems for communities worldwide.
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Public donations provide new instrumentation for air quality research
UW-Eau Claire students will use federally sanctioned air monitors for research on air quality around industrial sand mining sites thanks to citizen-based funding efforts coordinated by Dr. Crispin Pierce.
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A community effort for cleaner air
Faculty and students, at UWEC, along with community partners, conduct research related to silica sand mining and the possible environmental and health effects it has on the community. The ongoing research is beneficial to the community as well a great learning opportunity for students.