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

By Laura 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 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 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

From Microsoft to MADtv, here are 11 UWM alums whose work you know

By Laura OttoMarch 26, 2015Campus & CommunityAlumni

UWM alumni include many business executives and high-ranking public officials, such as the U.S. ambassador to Iceland, Luis Arreaga.

UWM engineer builds device to show how blood flows when we think

By Laura OttoMarch 9, 2015Health

UWM engineer Ramin Pashaie’s device could help answer a particularly puzzling question – how blood is directed to the brain to power thinking.

UWM sensor could make detecting Ebola as easy as spitting

By Laura OttoFebruary 26, 2015HealthPublic Health

Junhong Chen, a UWM professor of mechanical and materials engineering, will use a sensor platform he created to detect water contamination to make the low-cost virus sensor.

UWM study: Golden vehicle for drug delivery has hidden costs

By Laura OttoFebruary 17, 2015HealthBiotechnology

A recent UWM study has found that while engineered gold nanoparticles are attractive for smart drug delivery, they come with a downside: great potential to disrupt a woman’s fertility.

Student entrepreneurs could change how athletes compete

By Laura OttoFebruary 5, 2015Business & World AffairsBusiness

The Student Startup Challenge provides funding and classroom support to help winners develop prototypes, mobile applications and business plans.

National Academy of Inventors and UWM announce NAI Fellow

By Laura OttoDecember 18, 2014

Pradeep Rohatgi, UWM Distinguished Professor of Materials Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

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