UW-Milwaukee

  1. Afghan refugees start a new journey at UW-Milwaukee

    Photo by Afghan students Tahera and Farzana (center, in blue top and gray sweatshirt) listening during a writing class taught by Mark Sondrol, senior lecturer in the English Language Academy at UWM. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    May 6, 2022

    As they waited in their bus at the airport in Kabul last August, Samira and her friends kept watch out the windows in case someone might be approaching the bus with a bomb. That was just one moment in a long, harrowing journey from Afghanistan to Milwaukee for a group of young women now enrolled […]

  2. Team from UW-Milwaukee and UW-Madison reaches finals of national Solar Decathlon

    Image of the Wisconsin team’s design shown in this rendering includes features such as an orientation that allows photovoltaic panels to capture the sun’s energy year-round, energy efficient windows, extra insulation and window overhangs that provide shade in the warmer months.

    April 28, 2022

    Energy costs are a major concern for consumers these days. And it’s not just the so-called “pain at the pump.” Home energy costs are also rising. That’s part of the reason the U.S. Department of Energy sponsors an annual Race to Zero Solar Decathlon for colleges and universities each year. For the seventh year in […]

  3. UWM brain study provides insight into how pandemic is affecting adolescents

    Photo of Krista Lisdahl (standing), professor of psychology, and graduate student Ashley Stinson looking at brain scans of adolescents participating in the ABCD Study, the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    April 14, 2022

    How much worse was the mental health of “tweens” – children between the ages of 10 and 14 – during the height of COVID-19, compared to before the pandemic? Did adolescents who experienced loss, family strife and social isolation suffer more from depression and substance use than those with fewer pandemic-related stresses? Curious Campus, UWM’s […]

  4. Pandemic within a pandemic: Childhood obesity rises during COVID shutdown

    Photo of scale (stock photo)

    April 8, 2022

    A significant portion of adults in the United States put on weight during the pandemic, a phenomenon some are calling the “COVID 15.” But how did the lockdown affect our children? Curious Campus, UWM’s podcast about science, discovery and culture Obesity affects nearly 1 in 5 children, with higher rates among communities of color. A […]

  5. UWM students make a rare find while on a class hike

    Photo of a four-toed salamander (scientific name Hemidactylium scutatum) found statewide in Wisconsin, but had never been spotted in Ozaukee County until UWM students Morgan Schmanski and Joey Cannizzaro saw one on a class trip to the UWM Field Station adjacent to the Cedarburg Bog. (Photo courtesy of Morgan Schmanski)

    April 4, 2022

    Exploring the outdoors can lead to some interesting scientific finds. Look what happened when Isaac Newton saw that apple fall from the tree. UWM students Morgan Schmanski and Joey Cannizzaro made an interesting and rare find just by digging in the dirt. Schmanski, who graduated in December in conservation and environmental sciences, and Cannizzaro, a […]

  6. Award affirms UW-Milwaukee’s commitment to educating and welcoming veterans

    Photo of student veterans at UW-Milwaukee: “UWM has changed my life,” says Autumn Carroll (left), who came to the university after serving in the military as an Army combat medic in Kuwait and Iraq. She says the Military and Veterans Resource Center, run by Yolanda Medina (right), helped her find her way. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)

    March 19, 2022

    UW-Milwaukee (UWM) is one of the 10 best colleges and universities in the country when it comes to educating and fostering welcoming environments for students currently or formerly in the military. Military Friendly designated UWM a Top 10 school for 2022-23 in the “large, public” institution category in the latest ratings released Monday. It’s the university’s best-ever […]

  7. Hands-on water research leads to job at Wisconsin DNR for UW-Milwaukee alumna

    Photo of Katie Schulz, who started her career in marketing, but soon turned to science and returned to her roots in Milwaukee and Lake Michigan. (Photo courtesy of Katie Schulz)

    March 15, 2022

    What’s one of the most rewarding parts about working in water science? You can make a difference in a multitude of ways. “One of the reasons I wanted to go into science is that I wanted to have a positive impact on the world,” said Katie Schulz, who earned her master’s degree from UWM’s School […]

  8. UW-Milwaukee: Meet the Neeskay’s New Captain

    Photo of Max Morgan, SFS alum and Neeskay captain

    February 22, 2022

    Last October, Max Morgan landed his dream job: captain of the Neeskay, the UW-Milwaukee (UWM) School of Freshwater Sciences’ research vessel. The Neeskay is the only research vessel that explores the Great Lakes year-round. It allows UWM students, faculty, and scientists, as well as partner researchers, to focus on answering fundamental questions essential to the […]

  9. Fish and frogs may hold the secret to reversing blindness in humans

    Photo of fish swimming

    February 10, 2022

    When a person’s optic nerve is damaged, by disease or injury, their eyesight goes with it. The nerve can’t be healed, and blindness is permanent. That’s not the case for fish, which can regenerate their optic nerve in as little as 12 days and regain their eyesight about 80 days after an injury. Amphibians, like […]

  10. Brookby Foundation gives $1 million for UWM research vessel

    Rendering of new research vessel Maggi Sue (UW-Milwaukee)

    February 1, 2022

    The Brookby Foundation has committed $1 million to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in support of the School of Freshwater Sciences’ new research vessel, which will be named the Maggi Sue. “I am deeply grateful to our friends at the Brookby Foundation for their visionary support of our world’s most precious resource: fresh water,” UWM Chancellor […]

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