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Environmental law professor named director of UWM Center for Water Policy

By Laura OttoSeptember 23, 2020

Melissa K. Scanlan has been named the new Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair in Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In this position she also directs the Center for Water Policy at UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences.

Dolan to participate on Library of Congress discussion on early voting

By UWM NewsSeptember 18, 2020

Kathleen Dolan, distinguished professor of political science at UWM, will join a Library of Congress discussion about early voting and voting by mail on Sept. 24.

Faculty members team up to save students money on textbooks

By September 18, 2020

Professor Ann Swartz and Laura Rooney, clinical associate professor, decided to use a common textbook for a sequence of three classes they teach in exercise physiology.

Virtual show ‘Falldances’ kicks off Peck School 2020 season

By September 15, 2020Arts & HumanitiesMusic & Dance

The season must go on despite the pandemic. The Peck School of the Arts is opening its fall 2020 season Sept. 17-19 at 7:30 p.m. with a virtual performance that features a collaborative program of dance, film and an original composition.

UWM students connect to presidential campaign through Data Science Institute research

By UWM NewsSeptember 7, 2020Business & World AffairsPolitics & Social Science
Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute graphic that includes the logos for Northwestern Mutual, UW-Milwaukee, and Marquette University

UWM students are using data science to help shed light on what might be driving voters in the 2020 presidential election campaign.

UWM Research Foundation announces new Catalyst Grants

By Laura OttoAugust 24, 2020Campus & CommunityCampus News

The grants totaling $200,000 back projects focused on 3D concrete printing, removal of PFAS contamination from the environment, better aquaculture filtration, a novel biological pesticide for crops and a smartphone app for wound healing.

Two UWM students receive national awards in US Department of Energy competition

By Carolyn BuciorAugust 24, 2020Campus & CommunityStudents

The U.S. Department of Energy recognized the research of two of the college’s graduate students at the 2020 Industrial Assessment Center Student and Alumni Awards.

Regents approve bachelor’s program for UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences

By Gemma TarlachAugust 20, 2020Science & TechnologyWater & Environment
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A pioneer in water-focused research and the largest institution of its kind on the Great Lakes, the School of Freshwater Sciences at UW-Milwaukee will offer its first undergraduate program beginning in Fall 2021.

Company licenses drug development compounds from UWM Research Foundation

By Laura OttoAugust 13, 2020

The newly licensed compounds, developed by the laboratory of James Cook, act on a particular neurotransmitter receptor in the brain, which has shown promise for treatment of epilepsy and other convulsant disorders. 

New UWM Libraries digital collection offers insight into history of socialism in Milwaukee

By UWM NewsAugust 11, 2020

A new digital collection from UWM Libraries offers insight into the history of socialist politics in Milwaukee and the life of former Mayor Emil Seidel, the first socialist to govern a major American city.

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