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Alder Yu

Alder Yu, Biology, presented "Accommodating Student Creativity In the Context of GEP Research" at the 2025 National Genomics Education Partnership Faculty Workshop on Monday, June 23 online.

Submitted on: June 23

Barrett Klein

Barrett Klein, Biology, presented "Insect Epiphany" at Morning Blend, Wehr Nature Center, & Boswell Book Company on June 11 in Milwaukee, WI. It started with silkworms and a hive helmet on the morning TV show, continued with a discovery walk in the woods, and closed with a talk at an independent book store.

Submitted on: June 16

Elizabeth Peacock, Anita Davelos, Kristin Koepke, Eliza Carlson, Weixu Lu, Valerie Krage, Gicheol Kim, Dany Jacob, Aaron Koepke and Lisa Kruse

Elizabeth Peacock, Archaeology & Anthropology; Anita Davelos, Biology; Kristin Koepke, CATL; Eliza Carlson and Weixu Lu, both Communication Studies; Valerie Krage, Educational Studies; Gicheol Kim, Exercise & Sport Science; Dany Jacob, Global Cultures & Languages; Aaron Koepke, Marketing; and Lisa Kruse, Sociology & Criminal Justice; served as part of the UWL delegation at the Universities of Wisconsin Faculty College. This intensive four-day workshop experience focused on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).

Submitted on: May 30

Kiona Leeman

Kiona Leeman, Biology student, received the Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award from the Botanical Society of America. This competitive award provides $1,500 to support her master's thesis research on parasitic plant evolution and systematics.

Submitted on: May 7

Maria Jerabek, Elena Kozich and Adam Schneider

Maria Jerabek and Elena Kozich, biology students; and Adam Schneider, biology faculty member, were interviewed by WEAU on May 6 about a course embedded research project in Schneider's Plant Taxonomy class where students used DNA barcoding to identify tree roots that had infiltrated the concrete liner of the La Crosse city reservoir on Grandad Bluff.

Submitted on: May 7