Community paramedics help close a gap in health care
Many patients making 911 emergency calls would have been better treated in a different way. A program at UWM trains first responders to recognize that and find ways to offer better care.
Many patients making 911 emergency calls would have been better treated in a different way. A program at UWM trains first responders to recognize that and find ways to offer better care.
Food has a way of connecting people. To explore that, UWM’s Center for 21st Century Studies embarked on the Story Cart Project, in which graduate students and researchers traveled with a mobile cart to 27 Milwaukee locations to question strangers about food.
Citizen scientists have provided important help to astronomers exploring the heavens, and now they are invited to take a more hands-on role.
High school students, teachers and community partners will gather at UWM on Oct. 27 to learn about potential careers in education at the Future Educators Summit.
The number of people in the United States who are caring for aging family members has skyrocketed in recent years, but public policy hasn’t caught up. That was the focus of a gathering at UWM recently.
The chancellor hosted a panel discussion with representatives of five partnerships that aim to knit together resources and conduct research into best practices to remove obstacles and close the racial achievement gaps in education at various levels.
UWM and Marquette students in the program use a variety of techniques – writing, oral history interviews, story circles, podcasts and videos – to help community members share their stories.
Sixth- through ninth-grade students can attend JA Finance Park after they complete a 14-lesson curriculum. During the classroom lessons, students learn the basics of building a budget and making the hard choices between needs and wants.
There’s a severe shortage both in Wisconsin and nationwide of nurses who have specialized training and education to work with patients who have experienced sexual assault, abuse or incest.
Tatiana Gritsevskiy has translated her love for reptiles, spiders and insects into a business that teaches people to appreciate the critters that many people can’t stand.