Tackling the continuing issue of ageism in health care
Andrew Steward, assistant professor of social work at UWM, has published research looking into the ways that medical professionals treat older patients affect the quality of care.
Research
UWM leads new NSF-funded consortium to research greener, high-performance concrete
A grant from the National Science Foundation will establish a center to help create new technologies to improve concrete’s sustainability, durability and labor efficiency, while also bringing down its cost.
Undergrad researchers show their work at symposium
At this year’s symposium, over 250 UWM students, mentored by over 130 of UWM’s faculty and research staff, presented their work.
UWM engineer helps create sensors of foodborne bacteria using quantum dots
Qingsu Cheng, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is part of a team developing low-cost biosensors that can quickly identify foodborne bacteria using the fluorescence of quantum dots for detection.
$1.3 million gift moves UWM closer to new research vessel
The Kohler Trust for Clean Water has given the UWM Foundation $1.3 million toward construction of the Maggi Sue. This gift brings the university within $3.5 million of its goal of $20 million needed to begin the construction process.
NMDSI awards over $600,000 to experts at UWM and Marquette
The Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute has awarded $675,000 to researchers at its university partners, UW-Milwaukee and Marquette University.
UWM’s Junjie Niu awarded STEM Forward’s Engineer of the Year
MILWAUKEE_Junjie Niu, associate professor of materials science and engineering at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science, was named the 2023 STEM Forward Engineer of the Year. The award recognizes outstanding contributors to the engineering profession from the greater Milwaukee area. STEM Forward is a Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization that inspires youth to pursue STEM careers. […]
College of Engineering celebrates its renovated research spaces
When UWM’s Engineering & Mathematical Sciences building opened in 1971, many of its 13 floors were dark and segmented into individual rooms. After a two-year renovation of the ninth and 10th floors, the new spaces, designated for research, are hardly recognizable.
Citizen scientists can now also use their brains to help find new pulsars
Citizen scientists have provided important help to astronomers exploring the heavens, and now they are invited to take a more hands-on role.
UWM and Medical College team up to give students opportunities to pursue cancer research careers
The collaboration is designed to train a new generation of researchers by pairing classroom training with hands-on experience as students work alongside mentors from the Cancer Center.