Inside UW-Green Bay News
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Road-Rage Shootings Are Rising, Study Finds – Wall Street Journal interviews Prof. Martin
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Road-rage shootings killed or injured an average of 44 people a month in 2021, according to a new study by Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund. That figure is double the prepandemic average of 22 people killed or wounded in such incidents each month in 2019. The analysis, released Monday, found that there were 728 road-rage incidents…
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UW-Green Bay College Draft Day at Lambeau Field returns, Friday, April 22
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Local high school students engage in college preparation and fun, concluding with an interactive experience with homegrown Green Bay Packers player, Cole Van Lanen Green Bay, Wis.—Following a two-year hiatus, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will be hosting College Draft Day at the Lambeau Field Atrium (fourth floor), April 22, 2022, from 8:15 a.m. to…
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UW-Green Bay exchange student is waiting to hear from family in Ukraine
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GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — 19-year-old Ukrainian exchange student Anastasiia Lehova often plays the piano as a way to clear her mind from the devastating reality in her home country. “My [home] university destroyed, hospital, theaters,” Lehova said. Lehova is an exchange student at UW-Green Bay from Mariupol. That’s in the southeast of Ukraine and…
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Marquette law student (UW-Green Bay alumna) makes history as Miss Milwaukee 2022
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MILWAUKEE— A Milwaukee woman is making history as she is the first Black woman to win the Miss Milwaukee crown. Jada Monet Davis, 23, is currently a law student at Marquette University and an entrepreneur. Davis was selected as Miss Milwaukee 2022 on March 19 during the first-ever virtual online competition.“Just to be able to have a…
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Wisconsin plays large in new ‘Nova’ science program
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – An all-Wisconsin project, shot in Wisconsin with a Wisconsin crew, will be broadcast nationally on public television’s “Nova” starting Wednesday, April 6.A community screening is scheduled April 25 at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. According to press releases: The one-hour program tells…
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UW-Green Bay Receives $275,402 to Train Next Generation of Water Scientists – Green Bay News Network
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Green Bay, Wis—The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will receive $275,402 in support from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin this year to enhance its water-related academic programs.The funding is part of a statewide initiative, backed by the Wisconsin State Legislature and the Governor’s office, to tackle 10 grand water challenges and support curriculum development, undergraduate research…
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Inflation, tensions from Russia’s war in Ukraine could hurt ability of Wisconsin startups to raise money, with SBDC’s Tara Carr and alumnus Craig Dickman
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“…could weakened financial markets, the threat of recession, and geopolitical tensions put a crimp in that pipeline of money? Maybe so, experts say, as investors review their strategies…Experts say those types of startups, that solve real-life problems, will continue to attract investors even in a tighter market. While the pandemic blindsided the hospitality industry and…
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Free community screening of the award-winning film on Alzheimer’s disease, DETERMINED, on April 25
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The community is invited to the free community screening of the award-winning film on Alzheimer’s disease, DETERMINED, on April 25, 2022. The documentary is powerful as we follow the journey of three women at high risk for Alzheimer’s Disease. Three women at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease donate their brains and bodies to a research…