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Explore the teaching and research collections at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point as part of the Olson Museum of Natural History 2024 Collection Crawl next month. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 6, beginning and ending at the Olson Museum of Natural History, 2001 Fourth Ave., Stevens Point. […]

Journey to the sun and watch a solar eclipse this April at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. A partial solar eclipse will pass over UW-Stevens Point on Monday, April 8. A free viewing session of this partial eclipse will be held that day for students and local community at Colman Field, located on the corner […]

Learn how prescribed fire can be used as a tool to benefit forest ecosystems and restore the environment as the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Wisconsin Forestry Center continues an online speaker series on prescribed fire forest management. Offered free of charge, the year-long webinar series, “Prescribed Fire for Forest Management,” is held monthly from 8:30-10 […]

Enjoy a laser light show set to music, from pop to classic rock, this April at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Allen F. Blocher Planetarium. The shows will be offered at 7, 8, 9 and 10 p.m. on select Wednesdays through Saturdays, April 3-13. Tickets will be available at the door starting at 6:30 p.m. […]

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Cornerstone Press, one of five publishing houses in the United States staffed by undergraduate students, will mark 40 years with a gala event next month. Open to alumni, students and community members, the free event will be held from 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, April 5, in the Alumni Room of the […]

The world famous 54-hour trivia contest is set for its 54th year at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s student-run radio station 90FM WWSP as it hosts “Trivia 54: Very Superstitious” April 12-14. The world’s largest trivia contest 2024 theme poses “an exciting twist that is leaving everyone in anticipation,” said Dave Coulthurst, 90FM trivia coordinator. […]

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is hosting an event next month that will bring together two seasoned political analysts for a discussion of the American political landscape. Donna Brazile, former chair of the Democratic Party, and Republican strategist Ana Novarro will present “The Health of American Democracy in a Polarized World” at 7 p.m., Monday, […]

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is taking sustainability to the next level in 2024 by developing a Climate Action and Resilience Plan and kicking off a task force that will help the university work toward carbon neutrality in years to come. Chancellor Thomas Gibson has signed a Resilience Commitment with Second Nature, a national organization […]

The third segment of a lecture series about the sustainability and resiliency impacting Wisconsin communities will be offered in March through the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The lecture, “Navigating Solar Energy Deployment in the Urban/Rural Divide,” presented by Brian Ross, vice president of renewable energy at Great Plains Institute, will be held at 6:30 p.m., […]

A gift from an alumni couple will help reestablish the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s natural history museum in a new location inside the university’s Science Building. Don and Judi Olson of Stevens Point gave a donation valued at $450,000 to the museum, which has been renamed the Olson Museum of Natural History in their honor. […]

High school students from across the state will explore future career opportunities in education at the 7th annual Educators Rising Wisconsin Summit to be held Wednesday, March 6, at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Hosted by the School of Education and the Harju Center for Equity in Education at UW-Stevens Point, the summit is intended […]

A new partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Northcentral Technical College (NTC) offers students a degree completion program in technology management through both institutions. Administrators from the schools met today at Greenheck in Wausau to sign an agreement that awards equivalent credits to those who complete four different technology associate degrees at NTC […]