Eight high school students from the tri-state area recently participated in the Plant Biotechnology Boot Camp held at UW-Platteville. The week-long residential camp offered hands-on learning opportunities in the areas of plant biotechnology, genetics, molecular biology, plant pathology and microbiology.

UW-Platteville recently wrapped up its inaugural summer coding camps and hackathon, introducing nearly 60 high school students to the rapidly expanding computer science and cybersecurity fields. The camps – focusing on computer games programming, esports, and cyber defense – were the first of their kind to be offered in the region.

The UW-Platteville Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering is offering three new, interactive summer coding camps for high school students.

UW-Platteville recently offered two courses to spark children's interest in STEM and interact with real-life industrial robots.