Doug Stafford awarded Ernest Spaights Plaza Award

Two dozen faculty and staff of UW-Milwaukee were honored for their distinguished service to the university at the 2024 Employee Excellence Awards ceremony. Chancellor Mark Mone and other speakers praised the winners during a ceremony Wednesday in the ballroom of …

UWM Chemistry Alum Named “Inventor of the Year”

Anibal Boscoboinik, who earned his PhD in Chemistry at UWM in 2010 was recently named “Inventor of the Year” by Battelle Memorial Institute. Anibal currently works as a materials scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory. Read …

Dr. Mirza awarded a UWM Discovery and Innovation Grant (DIG)

Professor Shama Mirza received UWM funds to predict responses to anti-VEGF therapy in recurrent glioblastoma Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive of all brain tumors with limited treatment options and no cure. Even after multimodal treatments by surgical resection of …

Gloria Freschl wins Instructor of the year Award

Students in the UWM Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry voted to award Gloria Freschl the department’s annual “Outstanding Instructor” award in recognition of her work. The award was presented at the Department’s 2024 Research Symposium. Nominating students describe her as …

Michelle Meyer awarded the Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship

Michelle Meyer has been awarded the Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship award for 2024-25. Michelle’s research mostly focuses on developing novel agents and treatments for asthma, atopic dermatitis, and inflammatory bowel disease. She also works on several other research projects; for example, …

Kayode Medubi awarded UWM Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship

Kayode Medubi has been awarded a Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship award for 2024-25. Kayode is starting his third year as a graduate student in the Arnold research group. His research focuses on developing new drug candidates for asthma and inflammatory bowel …

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