Tanner Knorr, Recreation Management & Recreational Therapy, was interviewed by Rob Ferrett & Kate Archer Kent of Wisconsin Public Radio on June 10. In 2025, Wisconsin had another record-breaking year for tourism, with more than 117 million visits and $27 billion in total economic impact. We talk to a tourism leader in Door County and a hospitality researcher about the latest numbers and whether Wisconsin can keep up its record-breaking streak.

Barrett Klein, Biology, presented "The Insect Epiphany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human Culture" at Gramercy Books on June 10 in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Bruce McPheron, former Ohio State University provost, dean, and entomology professor, interviewed Klein for an audience of entomophiles.

Barrett Klein, Biology, presented "The Insect Epiphany" at the Arc of Appalachia, a nature sanctuary on June 13 in Bainbridge, Ohio. This was a public lecture during his three-day course about insects.

Isabella Pahl, History student, presented "From ‘the Large, Nameless Peninsula’ to Wisconsin’s Cherryland: Marketing Door County in the Twentieth Century" at the annual conference of the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH) on May 29 in New Haven, CT. Pahl received an undergraduate research grant to conduct the archival research that led to this paper. Her travel to the conference was supported by grants from the History Department; the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities; and by NASOH's Chad Smith Student Travel Grant.

Penelope Hardy, History, presented "The Ocean Deep and Wide: Exploring the Breadth of Maritime Studies with The Northern Mariner" at the annual conference of the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH) on May 27 in New Haven, CT. Hardy organized and chaired this roundtable, which gathered the editors and authors of a forthcoming special issue of the journal The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord focused on past winners of NASOH's Clark G. Reynolds paper prize.