Fall 2025 Newsletter – Alumni Spotlight

Former UWM Biosciences Graduate Student now a Shining Star at McGraw-Hill; see LaKisha Barrett’s smiling face on the poster of McGraw-Hill’s latest product for helping students learn. Rachel Kuehn is working full time as a research technologist at the Medical… Read More

Fall 2025 Newsletter – Faculty, Staff and Facilities Updates

Faculty Kudos Dr. Jennifer Gutzman was named one of our Notable Leaders in STEM BizTimes Milwaukee! Dr. Ching-Hong received the promotion as Distinguished Professor. Dr. Alita Burmeister received notification of funding on August 29, 2025, for her R15 grant proposal:… Read More

Fall 2025 Newsletter – Graduate Student News

Graduate Students Spotlight Madi Rittinger is a PhD candidate in Dr. Rodríguez’s Lab. She investigates the behavior and cognition of small animals – specifically spiders. Although small animals have small brains in absolute terms, they have relatively large brains in… Read More

Fall 2025 Newsletter – In the News

Anyone for tea? UWM researchers assisted in a global carbon sequestration study by burying tea bags in Estabrook Pond. UWM biological sciences professors John Berges and Erica Young participated in a global research effort to measure carbon sequestration in wetland… Read More

Fall 2025 Newsletter – Undergraduate News

Student Spotlight As a senior double major in Biological Sciences and Neuroscience with a minor in Chemistry, Sam Pruhs has spent the last two and a half years diving deep into environmental and biological research in Dr. John Berges’ lab…. Read More

Applications open for 2026-2027 Biological Sciences Scholarships and Awards

The application is now open for scholarships and awards from the Department of Biological Sciences for undergraduates majoring in Biological Sciences or Microbiology and for graduate students. All applications must be submitted through the UWM Scholarship Portal, and all applications and… Read More