54th annual Falcon Frontier Days Rodeo set for Sept. 7 and 8 at UW-River Falls August 23, 2018 – The public is invited to the 54th annual Falcon Frontier Days Rodeo on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 7 and 8, at the outdoor rodeo arena at the UWRF Campus Farm, 1475 S. Wasson Lane, on the corner of Wasson Lane and Cemetery Road in River Falls.
Faculty art/research exhibition at UW-River Falls August 23, 2018 - Art Department faculty at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls will present their artwork and research in an exhibition Sept. 5-28 in Gallery 101 of the Kleinpell Fine Arts building.
Howry honored with AAEA Teaching Award August 22, 2018 -- Sierra Howry, associate professor of agricultural economics at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls received the 2018 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Distinguished Teaching: Less than Ten Years’ Experience Award at AAEA’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. earlier this month.
Science and Technology Innovation Center project gains UW System board approval August 24, 2018 – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents voted Thursday to include the new Science and Technology Innovation Center at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in the approved 2019-21 biennial budget request. Regents included the request of $110.9 million in enumerated funding for the new building in the capital budget request that will be considered by state legislature and the governor.
UW-River Falls makes Sierra Club’s List of Cool Schools August 29, 2018 – The Sierra Club recently released the 2018 ranking of Cool Schools and campus sustainability efforts land the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on the list.
UW-River Falls students awarded national scholarships for Montessori teacher education August 14, 2018 - The American Montessori Society Board of Directors and the AMS Scholarship Committee has awarded teacher education scholarships to two graduate students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Montessori Teacher Education program.
UW-River Falls to offer free program on intellectual property and inventor resources August 14, 2018 - The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will host an education and networking event “Intellectual Property Basics and Local Inventor Resources” on Wednesday, Aug. 22, from 3-5 p.m. as part of a program aimed at small businesses, entrepreneurs and inventors.
Variety of events welcome students for fall semester at UW-River Falls August 30, 2018 - The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will welcome more than 1,300 new students and their families to campus for New Student Move-In Day on Saturday, Sept. 1. Traffic around campus and residence halls will be restricted to single-direction and designated parking zones. The day is filled with many firsts for the new UWRF students – living in a new city, their first college roommate, their first Falcon football game, their first college class, and much more.
