To exit prostitution, courts and safety are key
Joan Blakey is helping to develop a Milwaukee court that keeps women with a history of prostitution out of jail, connecting them with the help they need to heal and move beyond prostitution.
Research
Health Sciences faculty members honored
Recent awards and recognitions for College of Health Sciences faculty members: Clinical Assistant Professor Caitlin Croegaert received the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association “Mentor Award.” Croegaert is a faculty co-sponsor of the UWM chapter of the association and was nominated by her students. She received the award at the Wisconsin Speech Language-Pathology and Audiology Association Annual […]
English prof helps “unexpected writers”
Poor writing costs companies time and money. UWM’s Dave Clark has a solution — software that will guide “unexpected writers” in producing reports and other documents.
A 3-D scanning demonstration with 14th-century statue
The Art History Department and the School of Architecture and Urban Planning will collaborate in a 3-D scanner demonstration and workshop at 3:30 p.m. April 6 in the Art History Gallery in Mitchell Hall. The scanning demonstration will involve a 14th-century wooden statue of the Virgin Mary from the UWM Art Collection, housed in Art […]
Microbiologist leads Lake Michigan’s cleanup crew
Microbiologist Sandra McLellan is reshaping Milwaukee’s relationship with water by making the city’s beaches popular again and cleaning up the local water supply.
UWM undergrad students heading to national conference
Forty-eight UW-Milwaukee undergraduate students will present their faculty-led research April 7-9 at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. UWM students will join about 4,000 students from nearly 400 universities from across the United States at this annual event. This is the largest delegation of students UWM has sent to the […]
Legacy pollutants linked to lifelong health issues
UWM professor Michael Laiosa studies the potentially harmful effects that legacy pollutants such as dioxin may have on fetuses.
Walls, firewalls and minority politics in 2016
UWM Professor Paru Shah discusses the role of minority voters in the 2016 presidential campaign, and how the “minority vote” is not a monolithic entity.
Anthropologists uncover Wisconsin’s past
The Cultural Resource Management Program at UWM carefully picks up the pieces when construction projects dig into forgotten city cemeteries or mass graves.
How ‘liking’ leads to buying
UWM professors Amit Bhatnagar and Purush Papatla are pinpointing how brands can harness social media to improve advertising strategies and enhance sales.