Applied Science

Student Britney Serafina, left, and Professor Amanda Little talk about their plant research at Devil’s Punchbowl.

Research at Devil’s Punchbowl identifies more than 200 plant species

Devil’s Punchbowl Preserve near Menomonie has been protected for nearly 25 years by the Landmark Conservancy.

November 1, 2022

Maddie Olson, Michael Wilson and Heather Dickrell

First-generation McNair Scholars present research at national conference

U.S. Department of Education grant, totaling $1.31 million, allows students more opportunities

October 12, 2022

Jim Bryan, center, with a class outside of Applied Arts

Faculty members continue lifelong learning through sabbaticals, professorships

Seven professors earn awards for research, to improve teaching expertise through professional development

September 20, 2022

Stout Scholar Nathan Thompson at his engineering internship with Oxbo.

Stout Scholar gains hands-on experiences leading research, helping others on and off campus

Follow Thompson's third year as he serves as an ‘excellent Stout ambassador’

August 25, 2022

Faculty recognized for research in rehabilitation counseling, natural resource economics

Students also awarded for works in video, autoimmune diseases, E.coli detection in water

May 6, 2022

UW-Stout Professor Matthew Ray conducts a lab experiment. He enjoys helping students conduct research each year “to expand upon the basic concepts that we discuss in lecture and lab classes.”

Student research in spotlight at conferences, Journal of Student Research

At University of Wisconsin-Stout, every undergraduate and graduate program has an experiential learning component. Research takes center stage in April and May.

April 8, 2022

UW-Stout students in the Natural History of the Neotropics course, along with professors Mike Bessert, front on ground, and Steve Nold, second from right in back, stop in front of a giant strangler fig tree while in Belize in January.

Winter science course takes students on eye-opening tour of Belize

For Brianna O’Brien, it wasn’t just when class members hiked four miles up a mountain, guided by a naturalist, to breathtaking views of a double waterfall.

February 2, 2022