Jackson Ver Steeg, Management, co-authored the article "'Community sensemaking':community-based participatory research to develop Indigenous adolescents' ethnic identity by integrating Rukai TEK of water within a STEAM curriculum." in :Cultural Studies of Science Education," published on March 1 by Springer. Other authors: T.Y. Kuo, P. Sukinarhimi

Jackson Ver Steeg, Management, co-authored the article "An Inner compass to Guide the Journey: A Preliminary Framework of Sustainable and Inner Development Key Competencies for Rural Indigenous Social Entrepreneurship" in "The Journal of Environment & Development," published on March 1 by Sage. Other authors: P. P. Shein, P. Sukinarhimi

Kim Blum, Erin Hanson and Carly Sprouse, all Athletics, directed "NCAA Division III National Track and Field Meet" on May 23 in Lacrosse, WI. This group led an amazing group of volunteers in hosting the NCAA Division III National Track and Field Meet. There are too many people to thank individually, but this group was awesome! Congratulations on a successful meet and to both the Men's and Women's Track and Field teams on winning the National Championship at home. An extraordinary weekend for UWL and UWL Athletics!

Robert Wilkie, English, presented "Writing/Opposition/Contradiction: Fragment Writing and AI" at 2026 Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Annual Conference: Oppositions on May 30 online. He chaired the panel "AI Media and Cultures," and his paper addresses the way in which contemporary cultural theory on AI celebrates "fragment writing" as resisting algorithmic instrumentalism, but that such fragmented thinking ultimately reflects the alienation of life under digital capitalism.

Kenneth Shonk, History, presented "'The gift of a baby elephant: Ireland and Tanzania's national development, 1975-1979'" at the Annual Meeting of the American Conference on Irish Studies on May 30 in Denver, Colorado.

Kenneth Shonk, History, presented "‘Roundtable on Journal Publication in Irish and British Studies, featuring editors from New Hibernia Review, Éire-Ireland and the Journal of British Studies" at the Annual Meeting of the American Conference on Irish Studies on May 30 in Denver, Colorado.

Reese Resheske, student, and Sujat Sen, both Chemistry & Biochemistry, co-authored the article "Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) at Oxalate and Polypyrrole Modified Copper Surfaces" in "Nanoscale," published on May 28 by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and conducted in collaboration with Purdue University. Additional student co-authors include Meredith Zannacker, Elijah Behnke, Ella Mack and Reilly Eiynck.

Heather Walder, Archaeology & Anthropology and Kristofer Rolfhus, Chemistry & Biochemistry, presented "Practicing Good Chemistry: Testing soil for tracers of fur trade history on Mooningwanekaaning" at the Native American Educational Technologies community lecture event on June 3 in La Pointe, Wisconsin. The event shared results of their 2025 collaborative environmental archaeology research with interested landowners, Ojibwe community members, and other stakeholders.