Inside UW-Green Bay News

  • Photos: Planting Wequiock Creek Natural Area

    Photos: Planting Wequiock Creek Natural Area

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    Staff from the Cofrin Center of Biodiversity, community volunteers, and UW-Green Bay students from Professor Amy Wolf’s Conservation Biology plant seeds at the Wequiock Creek Natural Area. The restoration being conducted here will provide crucial habitat for pollinators, birds, bats and other wildlife. The work will improve the Wequiock Creek watershed by reducing nutrient and…

  • UW-Green Bay sustainability intern managing pine chips and dining food scraps used for compost

    UW-Green Bay sustainability intern managing pine chips and dining food scraps used for compost

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    Bryce Oysti, the University Union’s Sustainability Intern, is turning food scraps from Campus Dining into nutrient-rich compost. An Instagram post tells us how it works: Chartwells staff bring food scraps (from food prep & food scraped off people’s plates) to the loading dock in five-gallon buckets. Bryce weighs them & dumps them into the composter…

  • Reminder: It’s Veteran’s Week

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    A full week of events for UW-Green Bay Veterans and dependents, and active military, will be held in November, including a Vietnam Veteran Display. The display is available for walk thru in the Phoenix Rooms during the day, Nov. 10, 2021 between Noon and 4 p.m. followed by the Chancellor’s Veteran Reception. This year, members of…

  • UW-Green Bay mourns the loss of Phoenix women’s basketball hall-of-famer Candy Kaye

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    UW-Green Bay learned of the passing of Candy Kaye, on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 following a lengthy illness. A Phoenix Hall of Fame athlete, Kaye played from 1978-1982 and majored in Business Administration at UW-Green Bay. She was a lifelong resident of Green Bay and graduate of Green Bay Preble High School. Her former Head…

  • Video: COVID-19 Why it Matters Part 27, Why so much pressure to get vaccinated?

    Video: COVID-19 Why it Matters Part 27, Why so much pressure to get vaccinated?

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    This video series features UW-Green Bay’s Immunologist Brian Merkel on COVID-19 and Why it Matters. This series empowers viewers with knowledge to help them navigate through the pandemic. Merkel has a Ph.D. in Microbiology & Immunology from the Medical College of Virginia. He is an associate professor in UW-Green Bay’s Human Biology & Biology programs…

  • Reminder: Cofrin Library seeking ‘Give a Kid a Book’ donations

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    The Cofrin Library is collecting books for the Give a Kid a Book program through the Friends of the Brown County Public Library. From Nov. 8 to Dec. 10, 2021, bring new children’s books to the third-floor desk for a child in need. You can also purchase books from the Give a Kid a Book…

  • 49th Annual Juried Student Exhibition begins Nov. 11

    49th Annual Juried Student Exhibition begins Nov. 11

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    The UW-Green Bay Lawton Gallery presents the 49th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. With an opening reception on Thursday, Nov. 11, 4 to 6 p.m., this exhibition will feature photography, painting, drawing, textiles, ceramics, woodworking, and other student art pieces. This exhibition will run until Dec. 16 and is located in UW-Green Bay’s Theatre Hall Room…

  • Register today for ‘How AI Algorithmic Bias Affects Society’, Monday, Jan. 17

    Register today for ‘How AI Algorithmic Bias Affects Society’, Monday, Jan. 17

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    UW-Green Bay’s Frederick E. Baer Prof. in Business Gaurav Bansal and Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of Inclusive Excellence Stacie Christian, are organizing a panel discussion, “How AI Algorithmic Bias Affects Society: How did I learn my implicit biases, what it means and now what can I do about it?” on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 from…

  • Faculty note: UW-Green Bay’s Prof. Weinschenk Speaks at The University of Western Ontario

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    UW-Green Bay’s Prof. Aaron Weinschenk was recently invited to speak at The University of Western Ontario. He provided a methods demonstration to political science graduate students and also presented a paper on personality traits and political behavior for a Science and Politics Workshop. Weinschenk is the Ben J. and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Political Science…