Science & Technology
UWM awarded $975,000 to expand its expertise in clean-energy workforce development
UWM is among 10 universities nationwide funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to launch a Building Training and Assessment Center.
Microsoft gives UWM $1.2 million for Connected Systems Institute at UWM
The gift will be used to educate and expand Wisconsin’s talent pipeline for Industry 4.0 manufacturing, which allows small and medium manufacturers to integrate new technologies into their production process.
UWM’s Junjie Niu awarded STEM Forward’s Engineer of the Year
MILWAUKEE_Junjie Niu, associate professor of materials science and engineering at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science, was named the 2023 STEM Forward Engineer of the Year. The award recognizes outstanding contributors to the engineering profession from the greater Milwaukee area. STEM Forward is a Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization that inspires youth to pursue STEM careers. […]
UWM alum works to uncover building blocks of the universe at SNOLAB
Jodi Cooley is executive director of the huge underground research facility in Canada where scientists from around the world are working on experiments to help better understand the building blocks of the universe.
‘Exploding dots’ help teach students about math
Nick Johnson once dropped out of math class in high school. Now, as a UWM math specialist, he helps incoming college students get up to speed and conveys his love of the field.
Hamann named new executive director at Connected Systems Institute
Joe Hamann has been named the new executive director at UWM’s Connected Systems Institute.
High school students to learn about tech opportunities at career fair at UWM
An estimated 125 high school students from Milwaukee Public Schools are set to arrive at UWM on Wednesday, Nov. 8, to learn more about career opportunities in technology.
College of Engineering celebrates its renovated research spaces
When UWM’s Engineering & Mathematical Sciences building opened in 1971, many of its 13 floors were dark and segmented into individual rooms. After a two-year renovation of the ninth and 10th floors, the new spaces, designated for research, are hardly recognizable.
Citizen scientists can now also use their brains to help find new pulsars
Citizen scientists have provided important help to astronomers exploring the heavens, and now they are invited to take a more hands-on role.
Celebrating the wonder of space in October at UWM
Astronomy is one of the most popular sciences, in part, because looking at the night sky is universal, something we all share, Jean Creighton says. But people may also feel a connection for another reason.