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Professor James Longhurst's Schwinn bike, parked on La Crosse Street near King Street in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Biking in the Driftless Posted 4:27 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, 2021 Professor reflects on history of Wisconsin city and countryside aboard a bike Read more about Biking in the Driftless Story from Currents Zac Lois, a 2006 UW-La Crosse alum and former Green Beret with the U.S. Army Special Forces, is helping coordinate a volunteer effort to rescue thousands of people from the unrest in Afghanistan's capital city. In modern military history, he says, Man on a mission Posted 10:35 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021 UWL alum coordinates daring evacuations in Afghanistan Read more about Man on a mission UWL History Professor Kenneth Shonk will present “Popular Music and Gender During the MTV Era. New history lecture series launches Posted 1:13 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021 UWL professor shares what we can learn from MTV that we didn’t learn in school Read more about New history lecture series launches The La Crosse Normal School band outside of what is now Wittich Hall. The university closed in mid-October 1918 due to the 1918 flu epidemic. Photo taken from the 1919 yearbook, courtesy of UWL Murphy Library Special Collections. How do pandemics change society? Posted 8:45 a.m. Monday, June 21, 2021 Professors share history lessons that could predict shifts in our post-pandemic lives Read more about How do pandemics change society? Story from Currents Graduating senior Johnathon Jaeger, a double major in philosophy and history: public and policy, is this year’s UWL Student Employee of the Year. As a digital preservation technician, he has been listening to and creating indexes for oral histories from UWL’s vast collection of interviews in the Oral History Program. Good job! Posted 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Graduating senior takes top award among UWL student workers Read more about Good job! Along with her research, UWL English Professor Kelly Sultzbach went on several, all-day, 10-mile hikes with a club made up of Liverpudlians. Read more → Global experiences Posted 3:07 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities students and faculty make connections across the world Read more about Global experiences Read more → Six to receive distinguished alumni awards Posted 11:55 a.m. Friday, April 2, 2021 Alumni from five decades earn awards from Alumni Association Read more about Six to receive distinguished alumni awards Since its start in 2015, Hear, Here has created a new project in London Ontario (2019), a project in North La Crosse is planned in 2021, and project organizers are currently in discussions with communities in La Farge, Wisconsin and Miami, Florida for future projects. Read more → 'Hear, Here' reaches a milestone Posted 1:23 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 UWL award-winning oral history project tallies calls from all 50 states Read more about 'Hear, Here' reaches a milestone The Free Speech event is set for Tuesday, Oct. 22. Read more → You can’t say that! Can you? Posted 1:23 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 Free Speech Week panel discussion with Q & A set Oct. 22 Read more about You can’t say that! Can you? UW-La Crosse History Department Associate Lecturer Kyle C. Lincoln, a historian of medieval Europe, has received the 2019 Lone Medievalist Prize for Teaching. Read more → International award Posted 1:24 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 UWL lecturer earns top honors Read more about International award

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