UWM serves up honest conversation at first On the Table forum
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is participating in an initiative next week that aims to harness the power of conversation.
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Fall awards shine a bright light on some of UWM’s finest
Twenty-eight faculty and staff members received awards recognizing their work to make UW-Milwaukee a better place at the 2017 Fall Awards Ceremony Oct. 11.
UWM-developed app helps protect patients’ brains during surgery
Students in UWM’s App Brewery worked with doctors at the Medical College of Wisconsin to develop an app that helps guide doctors during the delicate process of brain surgery.
Campus African-American group to present first scholarships
The African American Faculty & Staff Council is scheduled to present its first two scholarships at a gathering Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Union Art Gallery.
UWM scientists developing wind turbine blades that heal themselves
Technology being developed by Ryoichi Amano could automatically repair cracks in wind turbine blades, making this important source of green energy safer and more efficient.
Grant funds UWM research to mass-produce water sensors
A graphene-based water sensor developed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee outperforms current technologies for sensing speed, accuracy and sensitivity – exactly what’s needed to continuously monitor drinking water for miniscule traces of contaminants like lead. But the cost of mass-producing these tiny sensors using traditional methods is high. The National Science Foundation has recently awarded […]
UWM study looks at women in engineering – and why they leave
The field of engineering has a hard time attracting and retaining women. Two UWM faculty members just published research looking at the reasons why in the May issue of Frontiers of Psychology.
UWM joins research center aimed at producing safer, more sustainable energy
UWM will bring its expertise in microgrid technology to the industry-academic effort “to make the U.S. electrical grid more reliable, greener and less expensive,” according to Adel Nasiri.
Spring graduates talk about their most influential teachers
As another class of UWM graduates prepares to set forth into the world, here’s a look at a few of those students with the faculty members who most inspired them and pushed them to succeed.
Avdeev, Basting named as first two Kellner fellows in entrepreneurship
UWM faculty members Ilya Avdeev and Anne Basting have been named as the first Kellner Entrepreneurship Fellows. The positions are awarded to UWM scholars who contribute to the growing culture of entrepreneurship at UWM through research and teaching. Avdeev, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Basting, a professor of theater, are supported by the Mary […]