Inaugural Chancellor Chat explores UWM scientist’s groundbreaking research
UWM Chancellor Mark Mone and Karyn Frick discussed her groundbreaking estrogen research at the inaugural Chancellor Chat.
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For these couples, love bloomed at UWM
One of our favorite annual traditions is the Valentine’s Day photo gallery. Check out this year’s edition, where eight couples tell us their stories of meeting and falling in love at UWM.
UWM project will document the work of Wisconsin’s first Black architect
The UWM team is partnering with the Robinson family, the Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Docomomo Wisconsin. The team will unveil a website this summer dedicated to Robinson’s life and architectural projects.
UWM Alumni Association announces 2024 awardees
The UWM Alumni Association has announced its 2024 roster of awardees, which includes 11 UWM alumni and partners. The awards ceremony will be at the Pfister Hotel on Friday, Feb. 23.
UWM administrators and alums make list of top 100 power brokers
UWM is well represented on the Milwaukee Business Journal’s list of top 100 power brokers in Milwaukee for 2024. Three UWM officials and numerous alumni made the list, which the newspaper compiles annually.
UWM researchers win grant to digitally map racially restrictive housing covenants
Two UWM researchers have won a federal grant of nearly $150,000 to continue their research into restrictive racial covenants in Milwaukee County.
UWM biologist awarded $2.4 million for an antibiotic alternative for treating crop diseases
A UWM faculty researcher has been awarded two federal grants to further study of a compound he sourced from a bacterium that shows promise for controlling some crop diseases with the same efficacy as the human antibiotic.
Why public health campaigns about opioid misuse work – or don’t
Young people have experienced the greatest percentage increase in opioid overdose deaths but are often resistant to the influence of public health campaigns. UWM associate professor Xiaoxia Cao is exploring what can work.
Alums still thrilled by ‘once-in-a-lifetime, surreal’ World Cup experience
Olivia and Chandler McDaniel, 2020 UWM alums, played integral parts in the Philippines’ historic World Cup run and attempt to qualify for the Olympics.
Second chance program helps students finish what they started
Scholarships and support help bring hundreds of students back to UWM to complete their degrees.