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UWM alum takes passion for policy to Washington, D.C.

By Chris BaylorOctober 19, 2017Business & World AffairsBusiness

UW-Milwaukee alum Sumit Agarwal is a professor of economics and finance at Georgetown University. Being in the heart of American policy is perfect for his research and his passion — a passion that bloomed at UWM.

UWM alums win awards at Milwaukee Film Festival

By UWM NewsOctober 16, 2017
Carol Brandt talks into a microphone while standing on stage with Jonathan Jackson.

Seven films directed by UWM alumni won awards at the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival. In total, alumni won $25,000 and additionally received over $50,000 in production services.

Fall awards shine a bright light on some of UWM’s finest

By UWM NewsOctober 12, 2017Campus & CommunityCampus News
Mone leans over to shake the hand of the seated George Sosnovsky.

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 physics researchers collaborate with new Nobel laureate in chemistry

By Laura OttoOctober 9, 2017Science & TechnologyScience
Scientists stand in a hallway.

A group of UWM physicists has done collaborative research with one of the newly named Nobel laureates in chemistry, Columbia University’s Joachim Frank. Frank, along with Jacques Dubochet and Richard Henderson, won the prize for their development of cryo-electron microscopy, a method of imaging that renders detailed 3-D pictures of the smallest units of life, […]

Alum helps recent foster children find homes

By October 9, 2017Arts & HumanitiesArchitecture
Miceli and his son stand under the rain gazebo they designed.

Children aging out of the foster care system need an affordable place to live. A south side neighborhood needed to rehabilitate deteriorating houses. UWM architecture grad John Miceli helped solve both problems with one project.

UWM-developed app helps protect patients’ brains during surgery

By Laura OttoOctober 5, 2017Campus & CommunityCampus Partnerships
A student works on a computer.

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.

UWM scientists played key roles in LIGO Nobel Prize victory

By October 3, 2017Science & TechnologyScience
Four men stand in a room full of computers.

The 2017 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded Tuesday morning to Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish, but scientists at UWM played important roles in the worldwide effort to detect gravitational waves.

Health care training program aims to increase diversity in workforce

By UWM NewsSeptember 21, 2017HealthChildren's Health
UWM Professor Vickie Moerchen leans on a table and smiles while talking to students.

UWM is home to a program like very few in the United States. It’s one of just six undergraduate institutions in the country to receive a Maternal & Child Health Pipeline Training grant, which aims to boost the diversity of the health care workforce.

Nobel Prize-winning chemist to speak at UWM Sept. 29

By Laura OttoSeptember 18, 2017Science & TechnologyScience

Dutch chemist and Nobel laureate Bernard Feringa will give a public lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Friday, Sept. 29, on how he made important components for powering future nanomachines and nanorobots.

UWM scientists developing wind turbine blades that heal themselves

By Laura OttoSeptember 14, 2017Science & TechnologyEngineering
A wind turbine blade glows purple under ultraviolet light.

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.

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