UWM Research magazine

Decoding consumer behavior

In a world flooded with customer data, Purush Papatla looks to psychology to interpret what it all means

Research News

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January 13, 2020
UWM researcher studies importance of diversity in recruiting, retaining teachers
January 8, 2020
Hollywood’s gender pay inequity: $1 million per film, UWM researcher finds
January 2, 2020
Amid city’s grit, grad maps wild underwater world of Milwaukee’s estuary

Features

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From trauma to healing

UWM researchers have developed tools to help families and communities.

String theory

Rene Izquierdo has built a world-renowned guitar program at UWM and saved some bygone music of his Cuban homeland from being lost to history.

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Rehab with robots

UWM researchers are designing exoskeletons and artificial intelligence to help patients regain their former mobility.

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Why women leave engineering

After learning the reasons behind this steady exodus, UWM researchers are exploring how diversity can impact innovation in engineering work teams.

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Inside the new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center

The center will make entrepreneurship an integral part of the UWM experience for all students and faculty members.

Food for thought on sustainable agriculture

A UWM microbiologist is exploring how farmers could use less chemical fertilizer and still produce more food.

Close-up of daphnia or small zooplankton

Tiny changes, big impact

As nanoparticles grow ever more common, Rebecca Klaper plays a key role in exploring ways to keep them from harming our freshwater ecosystems.

Fatherly love

Emmanuel Ngui explores the role fathers can play in reducing infant mortality and improving maternal and child health.

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Decoding consumer behavior

In a world flooded with customer data, Purush Papatla looks to psychology to interpret what it all means.

Frontiers

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Spiders weave a web of memories

Spiders may be smarter than you think. Black widows make mental maps of their webs to help them find food.

UWM student shows two neighborhood girls garden planter plans

Partnering with Milwaukee’s overlooked neighborhoods

Arijit Sen leads the Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School, an ongoing project that gets architecture students involved with local Milwaukee neighborhoods.

A researcher sits on a boat in Lake Malawi in Africa.

Cataloging the aquarium

Fascinated by his childhood aquarium, Mike Pauers has devoted himself to documenting new varieties of the popular ornamental fish called Labeotropheus.