Collaboration with high schools helps create pipeline of entrepreneurs
Business & World Affairs
Avdeev named director of innovation at Lubar Entrepreneurship Center
In his new role, Ilya Avdeev — an associate professor of mechanical engineering who has been instrumental in fostering entrepreneurship at UWM — will lead program development and partnership cultivation.
U.S. Senate candidates square off at UWM Mainstage Theatre
The candidates in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate met for a debate Thursday, two weeks after a Democratic gubernatorial debate at UWM and just weeks before the primary.
All eyes on UWM for first 2018 gubernatorial debate
All eight Democratic candidates for governor participated in the debate July 12 in the Mainstage Theatre, addressing issues ranging from Foxconn to the minimum wage to the state’s prison population.
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, 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.
UWM study looks at how company politics affect restructuring goals
So why do similar companies obtain successful outcomes from reorganizing while others do not? It depends on how the various internal players behave, said Daniel Albert at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Novel research program helps MPS teachers ignite an interest in STEM
Beginning this summer, two UWM faculty members will build and support a network of MPS personnel and local industry representatives who work together to transform the city’s STEM education in high schools.
Four decades after starting college, psychology student finally graduating
It’s never too late to graduate. That’s the experience of Christine Lyons, who started at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the 1970s and is finally graduating in May 2018.
Student entrepreneurs win seed funding
Five teams of UWM students placed in this year’s New Ventures Business Plan Competition, hosted by the Lubar School of Business. Funded by La Macchia Enterprises, the contest is in its 12th year and is open to students from any discipline on campus. Winnings totaled $20,000.