UW-Stout Honors Chemistry students understand the world ‘at a deeper level’ through applied research
Experiments spark curiosity, students share processes in photo essay Story Link FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 29, 2025 Menomonie, Wis. – The first snowfall of the season blankets the grass and clings to pine boughs. Walking through campus, winter arrives early as the ground turns white. But inside a Jarvis Hall Science Wing chemistry lab, liquids turn vivid pinks and deep blues in beakers — a stark contrast to the scene outside. Clear flames ignite compounds and burn a sun-kissed orange hue.
Polaris, School of Education directors encourage UW-Stout grads to be proud as they ‘improve our wor
Students share messages of community, kindness, belonging with graduates at Dec. 20 ceremony Story Link FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 22, 2025 Menomonie, Wis. – Two alumni guest speakers and three students addressed 527 of their peers as they celebrated graduation from University of Wisconsin-Stout – Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University – on Dec. 20. During two ceremonies in Johnson Fieldhouse, the alumni speakers encouraged graduates to embrace the unknown and be proud of their Stout journeys as
Cool solution: Faculty-student research will help Madison company ship charcuterie, cheese boards co
Packaging professor and student identify sustainable insulation option Story Link FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 17, 2025 Menomonie, Wis. – Faculty-student research conducted this fall in University of Wisconsin-Stout packaging labs is poised to help a Wisconsin business deliver its tasty but temperature-sensitive goods coast to coast. Associate Professor Xiaojing “Kate” Liu of UW-Stout’s packaging program worked with Madison-based Tricky Foods to test the insulating abilities of two eco-friendly
UW-Stout interior design program partners with Helping Hand pantry to highlight ‘essential campus resource'
Student design team reimagines pantry space to ensure peers have comfortable, warm experience Story Link FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 16, 2025 Menomonie, Wis. – Two interior design students at University of Wisconsin-Stout are working to ensure their peers have a more efficient, comfortable and warm experience at Helping Hand Food+ Pantry, the university’s student pantry Emma Walstra and Klaire Johnson – project co-leads who form the EWKJ Interiors team – reimagined the pantry space to create
Designed to the Max: UW-Stout studio art major wins Wisconsin State Park sticker design contest
Logterman’s design inspired by adventures with family dog Story Link FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 10, 2025 Menomonie, Wis. – With a design inspired by her adventures with her black lab, Max, UW-Stout studio art major Jaelyn Logterman won the 2026 Wisconsin State Park and Forest vehicle admission pass design contest, recently announced by the state’s Department of Natural Resources. “It is a privilege to know that my artwork will be displayed on a great deal of vehicles across Wisconsin,”
UW-Stout students’ submarine survival game surfaces to victory at M+DEV, the Midwest’s biggest game
PC game’s win highlights UW-Stout’s globally ranked program Story Link FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 9, 2025 Menomonie, Wis. – The creators of a computer game about a doomed submarine had a real-life sinking feeling last May as the date of the Stout Game Expo (SGX) approached. After months of work on the claustrophobic, cooperative game Dread Not, the team of 15 University of Wisconsin-Stout students were facing problems with their code which had broken an otherwise polished game. It was a stressful
UW-Stout Game Expo, Senior Show, STEMM Student Expo cap fall semester with public demos, showcases
Students design custom controllers for unique racing games, puzzles, AR experiences Story Link Photos attached FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 8, 2025 Menomonie, Wis. – An Aesop’s fables-inspired racing game, a haunted hotel and a futuristic repair shop are all on the menu for players at the Stout Game Expo, western Wisconsin’s largest game developers’ event, featuring the creative works of about 250 University of Wisconsin-Stout students. SGX is from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10, in the
