How much worse was the mental health of “tweens” – children between the ages of 10 and 14 – during the height of COVID-19, compared to before the pandemic? Did adolescents who experienced loss, family strife and social isolation suffer …
Spanish is the official language of 20 countries, plus Puerto Rico, and is the second-most spoken native language in the world. In 23 countries where Spanish has a significant presence, there is a branch of the Academies of the Spanish …
Exploring the outdoors can lead to some interesting scientific finds. Look what happened when Isaac Newton saw that apple fall from the tree. UWM students Morgan Schmanski and Joey Cannizzaro made an interesting and rare find just by digging in …
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a worker shortage in the United States. As the country recovers from the pandemic, companies are trying to bring their employees back into the workplace but are finding that many of those employees have …
Carolyn Eichner, an associate professor of history and women’s and gender studies, has been awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship to France for 2022-23. The award will allow Eichner to conduct more research for her upcoming book, “The Name: Legitimacy, Identity, …
You’ve probably heard his voice over the airwaves during his morning show on WTMJ Radio. If not, you probably watched him comfort a grieving city in the aftermath of the 2012 Sikh temple shooting. And if you were at UWM …
Typically, the Port of Milwaukee stores over a million tons of road salt at any point during the winter, and much of what is used on icy roads washes into waterways as the snow melts. So it wouldn’t be surprising …
When Daniel Pope was working as a chef at Lula Café in Chicago, he manned the kitchens with a line cook named Cipriano. “He was the best line cook I have ever seen. I mean, the way he moved,” Pope …
Over the last 50 years, the computer has been transformed from a hulking scientific super-tool to a diverse family of devices that billions rely on to play games, shop, stream entertainment and communicate. “A New History of Modern Computing,” a …
Whenever federal or state agencies undertake a new building project, they are required by federal, and often state, laws to consider their impact on any historical resources in their vicinity before they begin. Those laws help keep Allison Densmore employed. …
For female common yellowthroats, beauty isn’t just skin – or features – deep. New research provides evidence that large or showy physical features of males attract females because they signal highquality male genes, such as those linked with robust immunity …
The game was simple: Move your paddle up and down to bounce the little digital “ball” to the other side of the screen, where your partner’s paddle was waiting. If you missed, the ball disappeared offscreen. It was easy, novel, …
For half of the 20th century, Black people in Milwaukee and other cities were not legally allowed to live where they wanted. A list of policies and institutional processes were in place to keep Black and white neighborhoods separate. One …
A carpet of freshly-fallen snow lays over the Cedarburg Bog, and Liz Herzmann is thrilled. She’s leading a group of 18 hikers through the bog to look for signs of animal activity. “Mammals are tough (to see) on a hike …
How movie theaters responded to the pandemic Many cinemas have reopened in 2021 after being shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been other positive signs that theaters may be rebounding, especially as more Americans get vaccinated. Still, some customers …
