Science & Technology
Students go to ends of the Earth to dig up climate history
UWM geosciences students are piecing together data from rocks and sediment to figure out clues left behind by glaciers. The knowledge can help us understand climate change in the present.
Grad works to build community while tending to the earth
Amirah AbuLughod is learning about small-scale farming while working at Stony Point Center, home to a multifaith community that provides opportunities for interfaith growth and spiritual reflection.
Fun games, Serious Play: Gaming group spreads analysis via Twitch
A collection of UWM faculty and students is using their own Twitch channel to explore the academic side of video and board games.
What’s in a species? Biologist helps determine wolf taxonomy
Emily Latch, associate professor of biological sciences at UWM, is giving the U.S. government a hand as it tries to figure out which wolves should be protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Campus Spiral Garden retains even more stormwater than before
Improvements made to UWM’s award-winning Spiral Garden last year have improved the feature’s ability to divert stormwater runoff from rushing into sewers.
Nonprof-IT provides tech support to community groups
UWM’s Nonprof-IT program provides benefits for everyone involved: Information technology students get real-world experience and local nonprofit groups get free help with their websites and technology.
UWM staffer joins ocean exploration with man who discovered the Titanic
Liz Sutton, outreach manager at UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences, is joining one of the world’s great explorers on a mission to map the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Her job: To perform a digital show-and-tell with the underwater images.
Alum’s horticulture job isn’t all roses – it’s education, too
For Ben Habanek, a 2013 grad of UWM and village horticulturalist for Shorewood, the most gratifying part of his job is seeing someone enjoy a little bit of the nature he brought to Wisconsin’s most densely population municipality.
Two UWM Freshwater students win Evinrude fellowships
Emily Lou LaMartina and Erik Carlson are the two recipients of the 2018 Evinrude Water Research Excellence Fellowships.
UWM physicists help launch next-gen atomic imaging with X-ray lasers
A team led by Marius Schmidt, UWM professor of physics, co-authored a paper about the first test of an imaging device that showed the structural changes of an enzyme as it rendered an antibiotic useless.