Solar geoengineering (SGE) is an emerging technology that has the potential to help cool our warming earth. It works quickly, it’s cheap, and it can cool large areas of the globe. It’s also an addictive Band-Aid with long-term consequences that …
For the first time, a compound discovered at the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery (MIDD) has been approved to enter human clinical trials. The drug is under development by Damona Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company developing drugs to reverse cognitive deficits …
UW-Milwaukee’s Center for Jewish Studies is breaking new ground this year: The program is welcoming its first-ever postdoctoral research fellow to campus. Samantha Cooper, who holds a PhD in Historical Musicology from New York University, begins her new post at …
The UW-Milwaukee Field Station is hardly the Little Shop of Horrors, but it’s still the home of some fascinating carnivorous plants. Now, thanks in part to a UWM biologist, scientists have a better understanding of how those carnivorous plants digest …
A group of UWM chemists has pioneered a new method to measure the energetics of chemical reactions. Their work was published in May in ChemCatChem, the European Society Journal for Catalysis. The publication is a top-level chemistry catalysis journal in …
Providing opportunities for undergraduates – not just graduate students – to do research is an important part of UWM’s mission. Whether students interested in science, engineering, the humanities or art, UWM’s Office of Undergraduate Research supports over 500 undergrads every year to …
Hawaiian monk seals are one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals. Only about 1,600 individuals still exist in the wild. They are threatened from multiple angles. Overhunting has decimated their historic population. Overfishing has threatened their food source. They’re …
The UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium is an annual event where student researchers from across the university can showcase the results of their work. At this year’s symposium in April, more than one hundred students presented on topics ranging from E-cigarette …
Urban Studies Programs’ 26th Annual Student Research Forum took place at the Milwaukee City Hall Rotunda on May 3 and showcased student research poster presentations. The event also featured a panel discussion with elected and city officials and community leaders …
Dulmini Jayawardana is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography at UWM whose research philosophy is rooted in community-based participatory action research. Through her research, she tries to uplift and amplify voices in the Milwaukee community that are often …
Mars seems to get all the attention when it comes to interplanetary study, but Earth has another neighbor that’s shrouded in mystery – and a thick layer of yellow clouds. Venus is a barren, rocky planet that has long fascinated …
Researchers and architectural historians from UWM’s Cultural Resource Management program are documenting the work of Alonzo Robinson Jr., the first registered Black architect in Wisconsin. Robinson’s career spanned over four decades and included public buildings, churches and projects for members …
UWM research is making a difference, and UWM Chancellor Mark Mone is sharing what’s happening in a series of Chancellor Chats. Karyn Frick, distinguished professor of psychology, joined Mone for the inaugural chat on Wednesday, Feb. 14. The two discussed …
Amy Reyes got a late start on her research, but she’s learned it’s never too late to make a difference. Reyes is a senior on the pre-optometry track at UWM, set to graduate with a major in biology and a …
Chronic fatigue syndrome is not well understood, though the Centers for Disease Control estimates that up to 2.5 million Americans are living with CFS. The syndrome is characterized by “post-exercise malaise,” or extreme fatigue after a person does any strenuous …
