McNair scholar explores how volunteering can harm
People who travel to developing nations to try to do good oftentimes have the opposite effect, according to research by UWM international studies major Emily Crain-Castle.
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Undergraduate researchers explore frontiers of human knowledge
Each year UWM’s Office of Undergraduate Research honors several seniors with its Senior Excellence in Research Awards. Here’s a look at the projects and research the 2019-2020 SERA students are working on.
UWM alum forged a path from prison to Princeton
On the day he was sentenced to prison at age 18, Yusuf Dahl made a decision: He was going to turn his life around. In the two decades since then, he’s done just that.
Conservation alum works to feed Wisconsin’s hungry
Sarah Wisniewski helps run the Hunger Task Force’s farm, which produces fresh fruits and vegetables for more than 180 food pantries, shelters and soup kitchens in southeastern Wisconsin.
Researcher looks at impacts of climate change on heat stress in cities
As the world gets hotter, Woonsup Choi wondered whether that added heat might disproportionately affect different types of city dwellers. So he explored data from Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
General Studies dean brings unusual background to new position
A scholar of folklore and an expert on organizational development and leadership, Simon Bronner is focused on finding ways to meet the challenge of helping UWM’s Washington County and Waukesha campuses thrive.
Alum’s ‘Trad to Rad’ TV show displays culinary talents
Tyler Mader, a UWM graduate who is part of the Mader restaurant family, travels the country with his cooking show, punching up traditional favorites with a radical twist.
Hallway gallery shows off the beauty of biology
A formerly blank hallway in Lapham Hall now brims with vibrant posters showing the research that biology students do. It’s a way to show prospective students and others what happens behind the scenes, says Jeffrey Karron.
Geosciences grad takes out-of-this-world pics using NASA’s Curiosity rover
Darian Dixon is a camera operator. It just so happens that the cameras he controls are 140 million miles away.
If Agatha Christie wrote it, alum knows whodunit
UWM grad Christopher Chan got hooked on the late author’s mysteries when he was a child. Now, he’s an expert.