To read this article, chances are you had to first press a button to turn your computer on. You may have double-clicked your mouse button to open a web browser, pressed keyboard buttons to type your email password, and clicked …
Buying or obtaining groceries and preparing food may sound like mundane tasks, but collecting information on how people seek and connect with food can actually foster understanding and help us communicate in a polarized world, said Nicole Welk-Joerger. Welk-Joerger, former …
Off the coast of the island of Fournoi in Greece lies a sunken graveyard. “Here we discovered the largest concentration of ancient shipwrecks in the world,” said Peter Campbell, an underwater archaeologist and a Lecturer at Cranfield University in England. …
If a forest technician falls while hiking through a forest and no one is there to see it, does her backside still hurt? Unequivocally, yes. “There is no trail where we walk,” said Riley Thomas, a forestry technician in the …
Justin Miller’s favorite church wasn’t even on his list of buildings to visit. But as he was wrapping up a long day of surveying religious buildings in Milwaukee last January, he looked across the road from the church he’d just …
The Neville Public Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin, just wrapped up an exhibit entitled, “Morbid Curiosities.” As the name might suggest, the displays featured fascinating, arcane, and at times, even disgusting, oddities from years past. Among the items available for …
Citizen scientists have provided important help to astronomers exploring the heavens, and now they are invited to take a more hands-on role. In their efforts to scour the universe for evidence of gravitational waves, scientists have enlisted the help of …
Allison Jornlin is a writer, a ghost hunter, and, in her own words, a professional weirdo. She’s also the tour developer for American Ghost Walks, a family business that takes guests on haunted history tours of cities in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, …
Home values appreciate more slowly for lower-income, minority and female homeowners. These were among the findings of a recent research project by a team from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The project was funded by the Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC). …
Why do young people in rural areas become addicted to cigarettes, and how can this addiction be prevented? What is a treatment that can best combat triple-negative breast cancer with fewer side effects? What’s happening out in the universe that …
If you’re a Packer fan, you know the name of Jerry Kramer. A former offensive lineman and kicker for the Green Bay Packers who played with the team for 11 years, he was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in …
UWM alum Olivia McDaniel is not done making history. First, she and her sister, fellow UWM graduate Chandler McDaniel, helped the Philippines national women’s soccer team qualify for the World Cup for the first time ever. And now, Olivia McDaniel …
It might be a small bag of white powder found on the floor of a suspect’s car. It might be some residue left on a dirty spoon in someone’s pocket. It could be a container of pills passed around at …
Graduation is quickly approaching, and while seniors are celebrating, they may also be asking an important question: What’s next? Scott Dettman has some suggestions. Dettman, himself a UWM graduate who earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the university, …
“Earlybird” is an independent comedy film that debuted at the Milwaukee Film Festival at the end of April. The movie tells the story of desperate theater owner trying to keep his business alive in the face of rent hikes and …
