New 2019 UWM Research magazine celebrates cutting-edge work
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Cross, business leaders highlight need for new UWM Chemistry building
UW System President Ray Cross and business leaders toured the UWM Chemistry building Thursday to highlight the need to replace it and other aging academic buildings statewide.
Four from UWM advance to the final round of the ‘Smart Cities’ competition
Four UWM entries, including three from the College of Engineering & Applied Science, are among the 30 projects that have advanced to the third and final round of the “Smart Cities-Smart Futures” competition, sponsored by Foxconn.
Students meet with governor, express their concerns
Gov. Tony Evers visited UWM Monday morning to speak with students about their concerns. The visit comes four days after Evers proposed his first budget as governor, including a proposal to increase funding for the UW System by $150 million.
St. Eugene School taps into Panther Pride, collects for UWM Food Pantry
When UWM employee Kevin Beisser found out about the near-empty shelves of the UWM Food Pantry, he approached his son’s principal at St. Eugene School in Fox Point. How about a food drive?
Program gives support to students coming out of foster care system
Operating without traditional family structure, former foster children often have a difficult time navigating the challenges of college. UWM’s recently established Fostering Success program aims to help.
Patience pays off for UWM women’s basketball coach
It took some time, but Kyle Rechlicz has led a turnaround in the women’s basketball program — both on the court and in the classroom — by focusing on character and accountability.
UWM staff act as good Samaritans after bike accident
James “Groovy” Cocroft, an employee of the Military and Veterans Resource Center at UWM, recently reminded Katie Mosack that there are still good people in this world.
Esswein recognized for urban planning leadership
For her vision as a designer and planner and her passion as an educator in the School of Architecture & Urban Planning, urban planning professor Carolyn Esswein has been named a finalist for the 2019 Northern Trust Navigator Award.
UWM’s 10 largest research grants for 2018
A research university runs on federal grant funding. UWM had $58 million in research expenditures in fiscal year 2018, with more than half coming from federal agencies.
UWM maintains its top-tier research status
UWM is one of 130 institutions of the 4,423 universities evaluated this year that earned inclusion in Carnegie’s “highest research activity” category, a designation that includes many Ivy League and public flagship institutions.