June 2020
June 29, 2020 Bethany Nelson and UW-Madison mascot Bucky Badger

Physics Alum Navigates Export Control for UW-Madison

To bring something in or out of the country means navigating a minefield of bureaucratic rules and regulations to comply with the policies of the U.S. government. Bethany Nelson is something of a minesweeper. …
June 24, 2020 Decorative

You Have the Power—To De-stress Yourself

Throughout his career as an experimental psychologist, Marcellus Merritt has observed the positive effects of rehearsed relaxation – such as music therapy and scheduled meditation – on chronic stress. But as a human being, he also knows firsthand how much of his own anxiety is relieved by a simple round of golf. …
June 16, 2020 photo of Andrew Karnopp and Stephen Drena

Students Lead the Charge to Salvage Religious Conference

In March, university administrators cancelled the remainder of UWM’s spring events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With just two weeks to go before their April 4 undergraduate research conference, members of UWM’s Religious Studies program were left with a difficult choice. …
June 16, 2020 decorative artwork

Life, Interrupted

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted daily life, but for some, it’s disrupted the process of creating life. When the Stay at Home order across the U.S. was put into place, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine issued recommendations that reduced fertility patients access to treatments and other routine fertility procedures. …
June 15, 2020 Graph available at link in text

UWM Study Finds Racial Divide in Coronavirus Spread in Milwaukee

The spread of confirmed coronavirus cases in Milwaukee is associated closely with race and patterns of segregation in the county, UWM researchers have found. Areas with higher concentrations of African American residents have disproportionately high numbers of reported cases and COVID-19 clusters. …
June 11, 2020 decorative

UWM Psychologists Urge Virtual Mental Health Visits in a Pandemic

Federal guidelines overseeing the availability of mental health services online have been loosened to give providers more flexibility to offer counseling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtually all mental health clinics now offer telehealth services through video or over the phone, said W. Hobart Davies, professor and chair of the psychology department at UWM. …
June 5, 2020 In Focus May 2020 cover

May 2020 – Vol. 10, No. 5

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