May 2020
May 31, 2020 beaver at gnawed tree / Max Rock headshot

Geography Student Proves an “Eager Beaver” for Research

Beavers were once ubiquitous in southeastern Wisconsin. The fur trapping craze of the 1600s decimated the population, however, and beaver were brought to the brink of extinction. Locally, the animals’ population never recovered their old habitats once the city of Milwaukee was built. …
May 27, 2020 UWM Anthropology alumna Nichole Sorensen-Mutchie (left) smiles during an excavation for the Maryland State Highway Administration. Photo courtesy of Nichole Sorensen-Mutchie.

Anthropology Alum Turns Army Archaeologist

UWM Anthropology alumn Nichole Sorensen-Mutchie takes position at Fort Campbellas as an archaeologist. The Fort is home to four buildings considered historically significant, including a house with a log cabin core that dates back to the 1830s, and an old school that was once Kentucky’s first racially integrated school, she works to preserve. …
May 20, 2020 A preliminary version of the digital map project shows the locations of Native American nations in the Great Lakes region. (Image courtesy of Lintaro Kajiwara)

Mapping the Connections Among Indigenous People

Margaret Noodin’s digital map project aims to provide a visual guide to the many Native American nations that are part of the Anishinaabe Confederacy. It has the potential to connect the indigenous peoples beyond a shared tie to an endangered language. …
May 18, 2020 This transmissionSARS-CoV-2 the virus that causes COVID-19. isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab.

A Treatment for COVID-19? UWM Scientists Work to Develop Anti-Viral Drugs

McBride is a distinguished professor of Biological Sciences, David Frick virologist and professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and others are looking for a treatments to SARS-CoV-2 which causes COVID-19. …
May 9, 2020

Journalism Student’s ‘Era-Defining Image’ of Wisconsin Election Goes Viral

When Patricia McKnight went to vote on Tuesday and snapped a picture of the long line and one voter’s sign of frustration at the polling station, she didn’t know how much the image would resonate with people across the country …
May 8, 2020 InFocus April 2020

April 2020 – Vol. 10, No. 4

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