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Community members are invited to explore the health of their yard and garden soil at a free soil testing event hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. The soilSHOP event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, at the Daniel Trainer Natural Resources building, 800 Reserve St., Stevens Point. […]

The following University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students, faculty and staff have been honored for excellence and achievement: 

The following University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students, faculty and staff have been honored for excellence and achievement: 

UW-Stevens Point Honors Bryant Scharenbroch with University Scholar Award for Transformative Soil Science and Mentorship Few scientists can connect the invisible workings of the soil to the urgent challenges of our modern world, and fewer still do it with the scope, energy, and human impact of Bryant Scharenbroch. This year, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point […]

A collaborative research project that has University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students and faculty and a UW-Madison faculty investigating how to remove industrial toxins from soil will be among those featured at the state Capitol building in Madison next month. “I just find the topic really fascinating,” said senior biochemistry major Danielle Singkofer, Wausau, of the […]

The following students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point were honored for excellence in academic achievement:

The first incident of avian influenza in a commercial flock of birds in the United States was on February 8, 2022. In just two short years, the bird flu has affected more than 97 million commercial and backyard birds across the country, as it is spread quickly by wild bird droppings. The number of domestic […]

Learn about the soil in your yard or garden spaces at a free soil testing event at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point next week. The soilSHOP event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the College of Natural Resources building, 800 Reserve St., Stevens Point. Parking is available in […]

Five faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and a collaborator at UW-Madison were awarded one of three 2023 Universities of Wisconsin Innovation Grants for research on phytoremediation, the removal of synthetic materials from soil using living plants. The group’s proposal, Phytoremediation of PFAS in Wisconsin Soils using Hemp and Alfalfa, was funded $175,000, […]

The following University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students, faculty and staff have been honored for excellence and achievement:

Anthony Spiegel may not be a typical College of Natural Resources student. The senior from Milwaukee, who is studying soil science and land management, is following his own path. This semester, that path led him to France on a first-ever federal scholarship awarded to a UW-Stevens Point student.   The path began in the Black […]

All three men being inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame this spring have ties to UW-Stevens Point and have spent their lives protecting natural resources. Inductees are: The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame was established in 1982 to encourage the growth and practice of a conservation ethic. Past inductees from UW-Stevens Point include […]