Federal grant advances tool to evaluate home environment for people with disabilities
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Nursing students offered tuition stipend
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee nursing student are being offered a $500 tuition stipend for the spring semester if they help out in a health care setting during the university’s winter break.
UWM College of Nursing expanding program to UWM at Waukesha
Students in the Waukesha area who want to obtain a four-year nursing degree from UWM will soon be able to do so almost entirely at UWM at Waukesha. The UWM College of Nursing is expanding its program to UWM at Waukesha beginning in fall 2021.
UWM joins effort to improve nutrition education
UWM, Milwaukee Area Technical College and Mount Mary University are combining efforts to improve and expand access to nutrition and dietetics education, with a special emphasis on diversifying the workforce.
UWM faculty member delivers myth-busting advice through ‘Dear Pandemic’
Epidemiologist Amanda Simanek has banded together with colleagues nationwide to battle the misinformation about COVID-19 that’s been spreading like a virus on social media.
Future nurse practitioners reach out to help students in quarantine
Students in coronavirus quarantine or isolation can feel, well, isolated. That’s why the College of Nursing created a program to check in on those students to make sure their needs are met.
UWM professor explores nuanced perceptions of aging in culture
Getting older isn’t just about moving into a retirement community and “over-the-hill” balloons for birthday parties. It’s also not just about finding the latest elixirs or exercise routines to stay fit or maintain a youthful complexion.
New book explores a cure for the absent father
Forty percent of babies in the United States are born to unwed parents, a fact that increases the likelihood that young fathers, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, will not have a positive presence in their children’s lives.
Combined factors compound lead exposure disparity for Milwaukee children
The combined neighborhood factors of race, poverty and low homeownership compound the risk for elevated childhood blood lead levels in Milwaukee County, according to a study by public health researchers at UWM.
Improving the public’s understanding of COVID-19 data in charts and graphs
A UWM researcher is part of a team that is investigating how people interpret information about COVID-19 in graphs, maps and charts presented by the media.
UWM professor Colleen Galambos named Woman of Influence
Colleen Galambos, a professor of social work at the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, has been named to the Milwaukee Business Journal’s 2020 Women of Influence list.