News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
A team of researchers from UWM’s Joseph J. Zilber College of Public Health has received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how social media affects suicide rates among at-risk youth.
The grant is part of $9 million in funding awarded by the EPA to four institutions for research to address knowledge gaps and better identify and manage antimicrobial resistance risk.
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.
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.
At this year’s symposium, over 250 UWM students, mentored by over 130 of UWM’s faculty and research staff, presented their work.
Some 40% to 50% of crimes are never reported to police, so a UWM grad student turned to U.S. Census data to figure out why.
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.
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.
The rise of smart technologies in manufacturing plants can be overwhelming for small- and medium-sized operations. The Connected Systems Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has created a solution.
Two UWM researchers have won a federal grant of nearly $150,000 to continue their research into restrictive racial covenants in Milwaukee County.
