Lubar Entrepreneurship Center gives students skills to succeed, no matter the field
Students across the full gamut of academic disciplines at UWM have innovative ideas, and LEC programming helps turn those ideas into businesses.
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UWM battery startup awarded a second federal commercialization grant
Two UWM physicists have been awarded a grant of just over a $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop lithium-ion battery parts made from a patented material called graphene monoxide.
UWM battery startup awarded a second federal commercialization grant
MILWAUKEE _ Two physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have been awarded a grant of just over a $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop lithium-ion battery parts made from a unique, patented material called graphene monoxide. Their material dramatically boosts the energy storage capacity of li-ion batteries. Dr. Carol Hirschmugl and […]
Papatla named university co-director of Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute
Purush Papatla, a marketing professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been named as one of two university directors in the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute, a collaborative educational and research initiative among Northwestern Mutual and its foundation, UWM and Marquette University.
Governor visits UWM to survey the water workforce landscape
The best way to protect water resources while also supporting economic growth is through an alliance among all UW System campuses, Gov. Tony Evers said after touring the School of Freshwater Sciences.
Dornbos named AAAS science policy fellow
Stephen Dornbos, a professor of geosciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been awarded a prestigious Science & Technology Policy Fellowship by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
UWM names new dean of the College of Health Sciences
MILWAUKEE _ Health educator Timothy K. Behrens has been named dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the fifth dean since the college’s inception in 1974. Behrens comes to UWM from Northern Arizona University, where he was a professor and chair of the Department of Health Sciences. He […]
UWM names new dean of the College of Health Sciences
Health educator Timothy K. Behrens has been named dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the fifth dean since the college’s inception in 1974.
Nursing researcher awarded grant to study obesity in children with spina bifida
MILWAUKEE _ Children with spina bifida, a congenital condition of the spine and spinal cord, have a higher rate of obesity compared to typically developing peers. One barrier to better prevention of obesity is accurately assessing body fat. Michele Polfuss is leading a research team in a $3.6 million federal grant to investigate methods of […]
Nursing researcher awarded grant to study obesity in children with spina bifida
Michele Polfuss, an associate professor at UWM, is leading a research team in a $3.6 million federal grant to investigate methods of accurately measuring patients’ body composition in a clinical setting.