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National I-Corps program in Milwaukee turns out first 10 teams; applications for next round due Sept. 25

By Laura L OttoSeptember 3, 2015

MILWAUKEE _ The first cohort of 10 teams to complete entrepreneurial training in the national I-Corps program in Milwaukee are all moving forward, armed with product ideas from artificial red blood cells to a phone app that adds more security to transmitting photos. Comprised of faculty and students from five Milwaukee-area universities, the teams were […]

UWM lands share of $20 million NSF grant to help make safer nanoparticles

By Laura L OttoAugust 31, 2015
Freshwater Sciences Professor Rebecca Klaper and her colleagues at the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology have received a $20 million National Science Foundation grant to help develop safer, more sustainable nanoparticles. The particles are already used in hundreds of products ranging from sunscreen to sporting goods. (UWM Photo/Derek Rickert)

Freshwater Sciences Professor Rebecca Klaper and her colleagues at the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology have received a $20 million National Science Foundation grant to help develop safer, more sustainable nanoparticles. The particles are already used in hundreds of products ranging from sunscreen to sporting goods.

UWM alum interns on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

By Laura L OttoJune 11, 2015

The position provides him in direct contact with CEOs of some of the nation’s largest tech companies, Cabinet-level officials and world-renowned scientists and engineers.

Snap-on rolls out industrial wrench developed at UWM

By Laura L OttoJune 10, 2015Business & World AffairsBusiness

Nearly 30 percent of worker injuries in the gas utility industry come from changing meters. To reduce those injuries, engineers at UWM have partnered with Kenosha-based toolmaker Snap-on Inc. to develop an ergonomic wrench.

UWM provides a tasty treat for fish-eating zoo animals: live prey

By Laura L OttoJune 10, 2015Science & TechnologyWater & Environment

Fish-eating animals at the Milwaukee County Zoo now get an occasional treat, compliments of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The animals can hunt in their enclosures for live fish raised as part of aquaculture research at the School of Freshwater Sciences.

Five ways UWM is changing the way we eat

By Laura L OttoMay 11, 2015Health

In an age where processed foods dominate our diets, UWM researchers are working to give us a fuller picture of why we consume certain foods – and how we can eat healthier.

New NSF-funded Physics Frontiers Center joins the race to detect gravitational waves

By Laura L OttoMarch 30, 2015

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) $14.5 million over 5 years to create and operate a Physics Frontiers Center (PFC).

UWM leads search for quintessential information about universe

By Laura L OttoMarch 30, 2015

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and partners will advance efforts to detect low-frequency gravitational waves in the universe with a $14.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation .

When he hears “you can’t,” he says “wanna bet?”

By Laura L OttoMarch 30, 2015Campus & CommunityStudents

Jonathan Heider’s outlook is like that of any other student at the rigorous School of Architecture and Urban Planning: Do it and don’t hold back

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