Four years ago, UW-Milwaukee debuted its neuroscience major. The first year, two students enrolled in the program. By the second year, there were 75 neuroscience majors. Now, there are over 150 – and that number is only growing. “There’s a …
Do you agree with this phrase? “Some elephants have trunks.” If you’re a pragmatic thinker, you might disagree. It’s not just some elephants that have trunks; all elephants have trunks. If you’re a logical thinker, you might agree. All elephants …
You might think Antarctica is the most remote place someone’s career might take them. UWM alum Libby Ives traversed Antarctica’s ice landscapes to study glacial sediments laid down more than 300 million years ago, but years later, she found herself …
Biochemistry major Shaun Harrington found his passion for research right here at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Hear how he got started in the lab — and why opportunities like the Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) program make a big …
UWM student Gabrielle Sweeney had an unusual summer job: She was a youth ambassador at the American Pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka, Japan. What, exactly, is a World Expo? “That’s what I wondered at the beginning!” Sweeney laughed. …
This is not your same old Physics Department. Beginning this fall, UW-Milwaukee’s newly renamed Physics & Astronomy Department is enjoying a novel title that reflects the strengths of its fields of study. While our faculty and students continue to carry …
All work and no play? No thank you, says Cassie Coffey. For her, work is play. Coffey is the Director of Playful Experiences at DuPage Children’s Museum in Naperville, Illinois. She oversees a team of over 50 employees whose primary …
Name: Torrince “Tori” Aster (formerly Tori Freund) Graduation Year: 2020 Major: Women’s & Gender Studies Job: Doula at Greater Love Birth and Community Care and midwife-in-training with Transitions Birth Services “Call the Midwife” is a surprisingly accurate show, said Tori Aster. They would know; …
UWM Chinese program students Owen Czubin, Emmanuel Weber, and Hidayah Osman spent three weeks over the summer learning about emerging technologies and experiencing Chinese culture at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. For the students, it was a dream …
In September, the UWM Biological Sciences Greenhouse participated in the city-wide Doors Open Milwaukee event, a two-day public celebration of Milwaukee’s art, architecture, culture, and history. Visitors were invited to explore behind-the-scenes of 160-plus unique and interesting spaces around Milwaukee that are …
Dr. Robert Greenler saw the world differently. Where most people marvel at the beauty of a rainbow or a snowflake, Greenler was marveling at the physics behind them. He made it his life’s mission to help others look at the …
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Make New Waves celebrates our community’s curiosity, creativity and impact. At UWM, ideas create ripples that grow into waves of progress that uplift entire communities. Those ripples start in labs, libraries, studios and on the …
Every year, graduates from the College of Letters & Science enter the workforce and begin to contribute thousands of dollars to their local, state, and national economies. They bring the skills and knowledge they gained at UW-Milwaukee to their jobs, …
Have you ever typed a question into ChatGPT and had it return an answer that was almost, but just not quite, right? Khatera Nazari knows that frustration well. Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company has an internal AI system that, just like …
You’re familiar with the image of a wise old man meditating on a mountaintop as a weary traveler climbs the treacherous path to ask this sage for his knowledge. But how did that wise man get up the mountain? How …
