News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
When her instructor said UWM’s Honors College was planning a service trip, Emma Cowen, a sophomore majoring in Spanish and global studies, leapt at the opportunity. “I didn’t care where we were going. I just knew I wanted to go,” she said.
The fifth annual UWM International Dessert Competition on April 16 will offer students a chance to compete and the public a chance to sample sweet treats from around the world.
Graham Stearns has already done a science project on gravitational waves with advice and support from UWM physics grad students. He was among more than 1,500 young scientists in middle and high school taking part in the Wisconsin Science Olympiad at UWM April 6-7.
Nine researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have received a total of $743,000 from the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute as part of the institute’s $2.8 million omnibus grant to support Great Lakes research. The researchers, including two from engineering, two from biological sciences and five from freshwater sciences, are working on projects ranging […]
The UWM Spiral Garden and Power Plant Cistern Project has been honored by the American Society of Landscape Architects’ Wisconsin Chapter with the group’s 2018 award for landscape projects costing $500,000 or less.
Three graduate students – all from the College of Letters and Science – took the top prizes in UWM’s inaugural Three-Minute Thesis competition (3MT), an elevator pitch-style event that aims to explain complex research to a general audience in three-minute increments. The event was held at the Zelazo Center on Wednesday, April 4. Lisa Taxier, […]
More than 1,500 young scientists from all over Wisconsin will be at UW-Milwaukee April 6 and 7 to compete in the 2018 Wisconsin Science Olympiad for middle and high school students.
“Saturday Night Live” star Leslie Jones will be this year’s headliner for this year’s Comedy Bash on April 26, sponsored by UWM’s Campus Activities Board.
Five teams of UWM students placed in this year’s New Ventures Business Plan Competition, hosted by the Lubar School of Business. Funded by La Macchia Enterprises, the contest is in its 12th year and is open to students from any discipline on campus. Winnings totaled $20,000.
Aaron Mandell now knows what it’s like to spin the “Wheel of Fortune.” Mandell, an assistant professor who teaches accounting and tax at UWM, will be featured on the game show on Wednesday, March 21.
