Student Stories
Shining a new light on MS treatment
By Matt Hrodey It sounds a bit like a medical treatment straight out of “Star Trek.” A beam of light runs over a patient’s skin, and that simple process produces relief from a disease. But Miguel Tolentino doesn’t work on... Read More
Getting computers to know your face
By Laura Otto University Relations & Communication Reihaneh Rostami’s 2-year-old daughter recognizes her mother instantly, even when Mom is wearing sunglasses. Rostami’s research aims to teach computers to distinguish individual human faces just as accurately. It’s a tall order, says... Read More
Studying Great Lakes half a world apart
By Laura Otto University Relations & Communication Maxon Ngochera wanted to research Lake Malawi, part of the African Great Lakes system, while working toward his doctorate. To do so, he enrolled in a graduate school 8,500 miles away. At UWM’s... Read More
UWM grad students help Lung Association turn research into policymaking
From left: Graduate students Angela Thao, Nelson Sederstrom and Langston Verdin co-wrote a policy brief on vaping. By Laura Otto UWM Communication & Media Relations The use of e-cigarettes among Wisconsin’s high school students is at an all-time high, according... Read More
The growing pervasiveness of demagogic rhetoric
By Dan Simmons Before arriving at UWM, Marnie Lawler McDonough enjoyed a career as a corporate communications and marketing executive in New York. That led to her research interest as a communication doctoral candidate – the rhetoric of organizational leadership,... Read More
A promising search for relief without addiction
By Gene Armas Daniel Knutson watched as his wife of nearly 10 years struggled with depression and migraine headaches until, in 2014, an addiction to prescription medications took her life. Knutson had worked for nearly two decades in the pharmaceutical... Read More
A personal path to preserving Oneida culture
By Matthew Wamser University Relations The Oneida language is struggling to survive. Only a few dozen people grew up with it and still speak it fluently in Wisconsin, New York and Canada. UNESCO classifies the language as critically endangered. How... Read More
American Translators Association elects MALLT alumna to board of directors
From the American Translators Association ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Translators Association (ATA), the nation’s largest professional organization for translators and interpreters, has elected UWM alumna Meghan (McCallum) Konkol (MA, Language, Literature, and Translation, 2010) to its Board of Directors.... Read More
Students go to ends of the Earth to dig up climate history
By Sarah Vickery College of Letters and Science Between 256 million and 335 million years ago, the landmasses of the Southern Hemisphere were squished together in a super continent called Gondwana. Gripped in the cold throes of an ice age,... Read More
Two Kinesiology PhD students receive CHS Research Awards
Graduate students in the PhD Health Sciences program Reshma James and Mukta Joshi each received a CHS Student Research Award. James received $1,392 to work on the project, “Determining the Potential Benefits of High-intensity Interval Training on Cognitive Function in... Read More