Science & Technology
Undergrad’s interest in research leads to opportunity at Harvard
After earning a chemical technology degree and working in the field for several years, Seresa McDowell decided to further her education to advance in her field. Now she’s helping design and construct molecules.
UWM researchers find that beavers could be a remedy for downstream floods
Beavers were once abundant in the Milwaukee area, but fur trappers wiped them out more than 200 years ago. But restoring some of their population upstream could alleviate urban flooding, research shows.
Undergrad researcher ‘stepping back in time’ on Lake Michigan shoreline
Mikayla Walker is one of the student researchers studying fossils deposited along the Lake Michigan lakeshore from some 40,000 years ago, when the area was far different, made up of marshes and bogs.
UWM biologist named a 2021 UW System Regent Scholar
The honor recognizes Ava Udvadia’s research into the genetics that allow healing of nerve damage, along with her efforts to encourage undergraduates to participate in that work.
Solar Decathlon finalists aim to help solve city’s vacant lot problem
Students at UWM and UW-Madison have designed an energy efficient home that’s adaptable enough to be built on almost any of the vacant lots in Milwaukee.
Dan Egan named Brico Fund Journalist in Residence at UWM’s Center for Water Policy
Dan Egan, an environmental journalist and author of the “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes,” has been named the Brico Fund Journalist in Residence at the Center for Water Policy in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences.
TechEd Frontiers offers short-term learning opportunities to fill skills gap
UWM is addressing the need for “upskilling” by launching TechEd Frontiers, a workforce development learning platform that offers online, on-demand pathways, or courses, that can advance people in high-demand jobs.
Undergrad’s research focuses on fish-fry staple yellow perch
Emma Kraco was always interested in biological sciences in elementary and high school. “I loved looking for bugs, looking at tiny things up close. It just made sense to get interested in water, especially fresh water. It’s absolutely teeming with life all the time.”
UWM physicists make molecular movies of a biological process of energy conversion
Many organisms use sunlight to fuel cellular functions. But exactly how does this conversion of solar energy into chemical energy unfold?
UWM-sponsored Lake Sturgeon Bowl celebrates its 20th year
The quiz competition has raised knowledge of and spurred interest in freshwater and ocean science among high school students across the Midwest.