With help from NASA, students launch experiment into space
The UWM team sent plasmids up on a rocket to discover how cosmic radiation affects DNA. The results were surprising.
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Downer Woods a key part of space agencies’ research project
A proposal from Alison Donnelly, associate professor of geography at UWM, was chosen from among hundreds submitted. Observations in Downer Woods will help calibrate observations by satellites, improving further research on the climate.
Einstein’s theory of gravity holds – even in extreme conditions
UWM’s David Kaplan is part of a research team that has shown that yet another prediction by Albert Einstein 100 years ago holds up, even in some extreme conditions in deep space.
John Gurda — Milwaukee’s accidental historian
A twist of fate and a UWM education helped create a 45-year career as Milwaukee’s pre-eminent chronicler of its past.
UWM economist explores consequences of a tariff-driven trade war
The US has begun imposing billions of dollars worth of tariffs on many of its major trading partners, and those countries are responding in kind. So, what now? UWM economist Hamid Mohtadi has some ideas.
UWM researchers use big data to solve big problems
Scientists are harnessing the huge volumes of data generated in today’s computerized world to find better ways to treat disease, make better decisions in business, make more accurate predictions about weather and create better public policy, to name a few. UWM researchers are on the cutting edge.
Mental health summit reaches out to African-American veterans
UWM’s Military and Veterans Resource Center has been partnering with the Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center for six years on summits that provide info and help to veterans. This year’s summit is on June 23.
UWM, Foxconn create international internship program in engineering
Five students will go to Taiwan in February to study at Chung Yuan Christian University and work at Foxconn facilities.
NEXT.cc provides an award-winning resource for education
The website, co-founded by UWM professor Mark Keane, is the brainchild of a group of organizations working to meld architecture, design and STEM topics into a useful resource for teachers, students and children all over the world.
With new public health degree, Zilber School aims to increase its impact
A new Bachelor of Science in Public Health degree will enable UWM to bolster Wisconsin public health workforce, which is rapidly aging and being depleted by retirements even as the need increases.