UWM professor Colleen Galambos named Woman of Influence
Colleen Galambos, a professor of social work at the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, has been named to the Milwaukee Business Journal’s 2020 Women of Influence list.
News in Brief
Head of EPA visits UWM, announces funding to keep trash out of lake
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler visited UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences to announce a $492,000 grant for the Harbor District in Milwaukee to build and install a trash collector on the Kinnickinnic River designed to help protect Lake Michigan.
UWM offers free, online summer class about City of Milwaukee
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is offering a free, online summer class focused on the City of Milwaukee as a way for high school students and others to try out online learning.
Panel discussion to focus on racial justice
Amid protests nationwide after the death of George Floyd in police custody last month, UWM this week is holding the first in a series of panel discussions about the civil unrest and ways to move forward.
UWM researchers develop mathematical model to reveal brain’s neural activity
Groundbreaking research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has implications for understanding and predicting the progression of degenerative disorders of the brain, including Alzheimer’s disease, and for lessening the impact of traumatic brain injuries.
NSF funds UWM research that could accelerate COVID-19 vaccine development
Woo-Jin Chang will investigate the effectiveness of an “electric filter” to quickly extract the viruses that cause COVID-19 in as little as one minute from a saliva or blood sample.
NIH funding renewed for research consortium that includes UWM
The five-year, $24.4 million grant will allow the institute to continue accelerating the translation of research discoveries into patient care, bringing new therapies and interventions to patients, improving health outcomes and building training programs and community engagement.
UWM nursing prof receives Fulbright award to support work in health equity
Heidi Luft, an assistant professor in UWM’s College of Nursing, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to the Dominican Republic in the field of nursing and public health.
New study seeks a ‘motion fingerprint’ for wrists
Brooke Slavens, associate professor in the College of Health Sciences, is involved in a study that aims to help health care providers identify abnormal movements caused by various kinds of wrist injuries or conditions.
College of Nursing grad programs move up in rankings
Graduate programs at the UWM College of Nursing the are again ranked among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2021 edition of “American’s Best Graduate Schools.”