Course offers students help with choosing their path
The goal of the three-credit course, which is open to all undergraduates, is to help students choose a major at UWM, but also helps them explore their interests, abilities and goals.
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Microplastics pass through fish, but do they cause harm?
Dong-Fang Deng, professor of freshwater sciences at UWM, sought to find out what happens when fish ingest the tiny particles of plastic that increasingly litter our oceans and lakes.
Bader Philanthropies grants $3 million to Electa Quinney Institute
This grant will strengthen the institute and provide for the hiring of additional Indigenous faculty researchers and instructors, as well as supporting the services it offers.
First Nadella scholarship winners attracted to computer science through games
Nine recent graduates of Milwaukee high school are the first to be awarded full-ride Nadella scholarships, which are intended to attract more students from marginalized communities into tech fields.
What the mechanical forces behind protein folding can tell us about metastatic cancer
A team of researchers from UWM is using a unique tool view the interaction between proteins to figure out why sometimes cancerous tumors are suppressed and other times are allowed to grow and spread.
UWM researchers seek ways to abate warm-weather algae problem
Summer brings warm weather, sunshine and time to enjoy Wisconsin’s beautiful waters. Unfortunately, it can also bring potentially toxic blue green algae that can result in toxins harmful to humans and pets.
Automated hiring systems could be making the worker shortage worse
Companies are increasingly turning to automation to assist in the hiring process, but those algorithms could be causing harm, UWM researcher Noelle Chesley has found.
Research vessel helps unlock mysteries of the Great Lakes
On this episode of Curious Campus, we talk with the new interim captain of the UWM research vessel Neeskay and Harvey Bootsma, a professor at the School of Freshwater Sciences who often uses the ship.
UWM education alum works to find the light in challenging students
Krishana Robinson teaches students who have been detained at Milwaukee’s juvenile justice center. It can be a difficult task, but she finds ways to help as many as she can.
Protecting the Great Lakes ecosystem from nanomaterials
On this edition of Curious Campus, UWM scientist Rebecca Klaper talks about the research being done by the School of Freshwater Sciences and the potential danger of nanomaterials.