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. …
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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. …
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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. …
May 31, 2020 beaver at gnawed tree / Max Rock headshot

Geography Student Proves an “Eager Beaver” for Research

Beavers were once ubiquitous in southeastern Wisconsin. The fur trapping craze of the 1600s decimated the population, however, and beaver were brought to the brink of extinction. Locally, the animals’ population never recovered their old habitats once the city of Milwaukee was built. …
May 27, 2020 UWM Anthropology alumna Nichole Sorensen-Mutchie (left) smiles during an excavation for the Maryland State Highway Administration. Photo courtesy of Nichole Sorensen-Mutchie.

Anthropology Alum Turns Army Archaeologist

UWM Anthropology alumn Nichole Sorensen-Mutchie takes position at Fort Campbellas as an archaeologist. The Fort is home to four buildings considered historically significant, including a house with a log cabin core that dates back to the 1830s, and an old school that was once Kentucky’s first racially integrated school, she works to preserve. …
May 20, 2020 A preliminary version of the digital map project shows the locations of Native American nations in the Great Lakes region. (Image courtesy of Lintaro Kajiwara)

Mapping the Connections Among Indigenous People

Margaret Noodin’s digital map project aims to provide a visual guide to the many Native American nations that are part of the Anishinaabe Confederacy. It has the potential to connect the indigenous peoples beyond a shared tie to an endangered language. …
May 18, 2020 This transmissionSARS-CoV-2 the virus that causes COVID-19. isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab.

A Treatment for COVID-19? UWM Scientists Work to Develop Anti-Viral Drugs

McBride is a distinguished professor of Biological Sciences, David Frick virologist and professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and others are looking for a treatments to SARS-CoV-2 which causes COVID-19. …
May 9, 2020

Journalism Student’s ‘Era-Defining Image’ of Wisconsin Election Goes Viral

When Patricia McKnight went to vote on Tuesday and snapped a picture of the long line and one voter’s sign of frustration at the polling station, she didn’t know how much the image would resonate with people across the country …
August 8, 2019

Journalism student interns in D.C. Mayor’s office

Cynthia Maduka, a journalism, advertising, and media studies major, smiles in front of the U.S. …
December 26, 2018

JAMS students scoop grant for journalism immersion trips

Students gather together for dinner at a restaurant in Port Arthur, Texas, after a long …
December 26, 2018

Fun games, Serious Play: Gaming group spreads analysis via Twitch

Members of Serious Play including (back row from left) Scott Brunner, Kristopher Purzycki, Thomas Malaby, …
December 26, 2018

What’s in a species? Biologist helps determine wolf taxonomy

Red wolves are considered a distinct species of wolf and are currently protected under the …
December 26, 2018

O Canto Do Mar journal gives Portuguese speakers a creative voice

Portuguese language coordinator Susana Antunes and O Canto Do Mar student editor Luis Filho display …
December 26, 2018

New dean brings student-success mindset to Letters & Science

College of Letters & Science Dean Scott Gronert can relate to the uncertainty faced by …