Three new distinguished professors named
Three faculty members have been named UWM distinguished professors by a panel of current faculty holding that title. The addition brings the current active number in this prestigious group to 24.
College of Letters & Science
Clayborn Benson: An alum, and student again, who is immersed in learning history
You can never learn enough about what history has to teach you. That’s why 73-year-old history graduate student Clayborn Benson, who leads the Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum, is still educating himself and others.
First Nadella scholarship winners attracted to computer science through games
Nine recent graduates of Milwaukee high school are the first to be awarded full-ride Nadella scholarships, which are intended to attract more students from marginalized communities into tech fields.
What the mechanical forces behind protein folding can tell us about metastatic cancer
A team of researchers from UWM is using a unique tool view the interaction between proteins to figure out why sometimes cancerous tumors are suppressed and other times are allowed to grow and spread.
Automated hiring systems could be making the worker shortage worse
Companies are increasingly turning to automation to assist in the hiring process, but those algorithms could be causing harm, UWM researcher Noelle Chesley has found.
UWM honors top undergraduate researchers
This year’s Senior Excellence in Research Award have been exploring wide-ranging topics including machine learning, architecture, biology, medicine and the intersection of art and technology.
UWM grads help provide domestic source of critical medical diagnostic material
Chemistry professor Mark Dietz and graduates of his lab are helping two Wisconsin companies produce a vital material that was until recently available only from foreign sources.
For frogs, the mating competition is mighty fierce
When it’s time to mate, the female Eastern gray tree frog goes to the pond, where hundreds of potential suitors await, each calling in wildly varying chirps. So how does she choose?
For songbirds, bigger or brighter might be better
On this episode of Curious Campus, UWM distinguished professor Peter Dunn talks about birding and his research into the common yellowthroat.
Philosopher’s work helps detangle the nature of honesty
Peter van Elswyk, associate professor of philosophy at UWM, recently received a grant from the Honesty Project to define what honesty is in the context of conversation.