UW-Milwaukee

  1. UWM alum honored with ESPN sports humanitarian award

    Photo of UWM alum Brice Christianson (center), honored with an ESPY for his work in making sports more accessible to the Deaf community. Flanking him are two of the first deaf broadcasters in live sports, Jason Altmann (left), COO of P-X-P, and Noah Blankenship. Behind them are (from left) Matt Celli, vice president of NHL Productions, Ray Jacobs, producer of NHL Productions, and Joshua Ayoub, ASL interpreter. (Photo illustration by ESPN Citizenship)

    August 16, 2024

    Brice Christianson, a UW-Milwaukee alumnus, was honored with the Stuart Scott ENSPIRE award as part of the ESPN 2024 Sports Humanitarian Awards. The award were presented July 10 in Hollywood and featured July 11 on ESPN programming as part of the 2024 ESPYs. Christianson earned his B.S. in Education with focus on ASL/English Interpreting. After becoming […]

  2. UWM undergraduate students get involved in research

    Photo of undergraduate researcher Spencer Smolen and mentor Carolyn Esswein from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning discussing their work to make school playgrounds safer and better for play and learning while also improving stormwater management.

    July 31, 2024

    Providing opportunities for undergraduates – not just graduate students – to do research is an important part of UWM’s mission. Whether students interested in science, engineering, the humanities or art, UWM’s Office of Undergraduate Research supports over 500 undergrads every year to engage in research collaborations with faculty. They do things such as assessing a building’s vulnerability […]

  3. UWM student entrepreneurs look to streamline construction projects

    Photo of Sidonie Dessoubret, a junior in information science, and Jeremi Lukos, a junior in architecture and urban planning, who won $1,000 in a UWM pitch contest in March for Insite, a platform designed to make construction projects simpler to manage. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    July 25, 2024

    Any building project involves architects, construction workers, project managers and others. As a result, possibilities for miscommunication and cost overruns are plentiful. Two UWM student entrepreneurs are developing a way to overcome these problems, especially in developing countries where language and technology barriers add to the challenges. Sidonie Dessoubret, a junior in information science, and […]

  4. UWM leads new NSF-funded consortium to research greener, high-performance concrete

    Photo of Konstantin Sobolev, UWM professor of civil engineering, and doctoral student Meraly Lopez Morales looking over concrete samples made with various added materials. A new NSF-funded research center in the College of Engineering & Applied Science will research high-performance concrete and greener methods of making concrete so that industry can bring discoveries into use. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    July 16, 2024

    UW-Milwaukee’s College of Engineering & Applied Science and Oregon State University have been selected by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a research center devoted to developing new knowledge to help industry create new technologies that will dramatically improve concrete’s sustainability, durability and labor efficiency, while also bringing down its cost. Use-inspired research […]

  5. Love of tech and desire to help draw UWM student to nonprof-IT

    Photo of UW-Milwaukee student Lauren Rodriguez

    June 27, 2024

    Lauren Rodriguez knew she wanted a major related to technology, so she started her studies at UWM in computer science. “I’ve always been interested in computers and technology, so my major was going to be something related to that,” she said. However, after her first year she switched to the BSIST program (bachelor’s degree in […]

  6. UWM to house nation’s first Microsoft AI lab focused on manufacturing

    Photo of Brad Smith, vice chair and president of Microsoft, talking with Soumya Katukam (right) and Deepak Tandra, both information technology management graduate students at UW-Milwaukee (UWM), during a tour of the Connected Systems Institute at UWM. At left is UWM Chancellor Mark Mone. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    June 21, 2024

    The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Connected Systems Institute, as part of Microsoft’s $3.3 billion investment in southeast Wisconsin, will house the nation’s first manufacturing-focused AI Co-Innovation Lab. The lab will strengthen UWM’s education and research mission while connecting Wisconsin manufacturers and other companies with Microsoft’s artificial intelligence experts and developers. Brad Smith, vice chair and president […]

  7. $1.3 million gift moves UWM closer to new research vessel

    Image of an artist's rendering of the 120-foot Maggi Sue, which will be the most advanced research vessel on the Great Lakes and the first designed specifically for conducting sophisticated research on these bodies of water.

    May 22, 2024

    The Kohler Trust for Clean Water has given the UWM Foundation $1.3 million toward construction of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences’ state-of-the-art Research Vessel Maggi Sue. This gift brings the university within $3.5 million of its goal of $20 million needed to begin the construction process.   “For decades, the Kohler name has […]

  8. Soon to graduate at 72, UWM student reflects on the life lessons she’s learned

    Photo of nontraditional student JoAnne Potter, who brought a different perspective and energy to her classes at UW-Milwaukee. “One of the great things about having someone with such profound life experience in class is that I can see it inspiring other students to think about the process of aging and becoming a full person,” said one of the teachers, philosophy lecturer Ágúst Magnússon. (UWM Photo/Sarah Vickery)

    May 13, 2024

    JoAnne Potter is 72 years old. That makes her among a very small group of older seniors working on a bachelor’s degree at UWM, and almost certainly the oldest student ever in the Honors College. She’s set to graduate this month with her bachelor’s degree, 55 years after she first began college. Though she’s learning […]

  9. UW-Milwaukee engineer helps create sensors of foodborne bacteria using quantum dots

    Photo of Qingsu Cheng, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at UWM, who is part of a team developing low-cost biosensors that can quickly identify foodborne bacteria using the fluorescence of quantum dots. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    May 7, 2024

    A vial of nanocrystals suspended in a solution looks clear, like water. But shine ultraviolet light on these nanoscale crystals, called quantum dots, and you’ll see florescent green, orange or red, depending on the material in the crystals. That’s just the behavior that Qingsu Cheng will take advantage of in new collaborative research funded by […]

  10. UWM alum uses art to make a difference in her community

    Photo of Jeanette Arellano, who found a welcoming space in UWM’s ArtsECO program. “I felt like I was in the right place.” (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    February 29, 2024

    When Jeanette Arellano was a child growing up in Houston, she struggled with English. Since Spanish was her first language, she had difficulty with most academic subjects. “There was no one to help me, but my art teachers helped me. Art was a way to express myself and connect everything that was going on in […]

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