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Students from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls earned first-place team honors at the Mid-America Collegiate Horticultural Society (MACHS) Conference Horticulture Competition held Oct. 16-17 at Iowa State University. Eight UWRF students competed in four core divisions central to horticultural education and industry readiness: plant judging, woody plant identification, herbaceous plant ...read more

The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will celebrate GIS Day with an open house Nov. 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the UWRF Geographic Information Science (GIS) Lab, Room 301, Kleinpell Fine Arts, 420 E. Cascade Ave., River Falls. The event is free and open to students, staff and community members interested in learning how mapping technologies are used to solve real-world problems.  Hosted ...read more

The University of Wisconsin-River Falls Music and Stage and Screen Arts Department will present “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] {again},” a fast-paced comedy by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, Nov. 13-15 and Nov. 19-21 in the Sanford Syse Theatre in Kleinpell Fine Arts, 420 E. Cascade Ave., River Falls.  Three performers attempt the nearly ...read more

When Tia Lisa Erickson of Osceola attended the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in the 1980s, she broke ground in a couple ways. She was the first woman to work on the university’s grounds maintenance crew and she created a landscape feature that still stands on the campus mall to this day.  Forty years later, Erickson decided to come back and give the landscape an update. “I contacted ...read more

The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will offer student pianists the chance to learn from accomplished artists and strengthen their musical skills during the UW-River Falls Keyboard Festival, Nov. 13-14 in Abbott Concert Hall in Kleinpell Fine Arts, 420 E. Cascade Ave., River Falls. The event welcomes students in 1st grade through college, parents and teachers to experience engaging ...read more

The University Business Collaboration Center (UBCC) at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls will host entrepreneur and UWRF alum Kim Peterson, founder of KPT Collaborative, as part of the 2026-2027 Innovators Speaker Series Tuesday, Oct. 27. Peterson will speak at 6 p.m. in room 194 of the Science and Technology Innovation Center (SciTech), 262 E. Cascade Ave.  Peterson entered the mortgage ...read more

Hudson sits on the St. Croix River where Wisconsin meets Minnesota, a river town within reach of the Twin Cities whose outfitters and recreation operators trade on the water, the trails and the seasons around them. Selling those trips and tours means marketing an experience, and marketing an experience means a constant need for visuals — for the guide, the social feed, the seasonal campaign, the ...read more