The Next Wave of Discovery
The Nobel Prize-winning quest to discover gravitational waves is changing astronomy by giving scientists the most comprehensive tools yet for exploring the universe.
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Stoking an Industrial Revolution
UWM’s new Connected Systems Institute is partnering with Fortune 500 companies to prepare for the next industrial revolution. Their work and training will transform how business is done.
How Math Makes Movies of Molecules
UWM physicists make it possible to create three dimensional movies featuring the smallest machines of life, with the algorithms used in Nobel Prize-winning research.
An Immigrant’s Journey
Chia Youyee Vang’s own refugee experience sparked her passion to explore the lives of Hmong people worldwide. Her work offers lessons on how to help newer refugee groups.
Menopause on Your Mind
Neuroscientist Karyn Frick is unraveling the complex reasons why women are far more likely than men to suffer memory loss as they age. She’s also seeking ways to prevent it.
The Ethics of Big Data
A UWM study asks how researchers should approach an era of unprecedented information about people’s private lives.
Justice for all
Tina Freiburger has found evidence of racial disparities in Milwaukee County judicial decisions. She wants to make courts more effective while ensuring that everyone is treated equally.
Renewable Horizons
Wilkistar Otieno helps companies get the most out of what they make, developing a scientific model that advises industries and their customers when a remanufactured product is better than a new one.
Virtually Limitless
The possibilities of virtual reality extend far beyond games. UWM’s Immersive Media Lab explores how this exciting technology could change the way we learn.
A Map to Recovery
A comprehensive map of the underwater habitat may hold the key to revitalizing fish populations in Milwaukee’s inner harbor.
Frontiers
A forest frozen in time
The fossils from a forest on Earth’s coldest continent are older than the dinosaurs and offer clues on the effects of greenhouse gases and climate change.
Brain reaction
The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study will follow more than 10,000 children across the country, providing valuable information on helping young people become successful adults.
Blowing up buildings
UWM’s Whitney Moon researches the advantages that inflatable structures have over brick-and-mortar buildings, including cost and portability.
Getting food to where it is needed most
Marketing professor Laura Peracchio studies success stories like Hunger Task Force’s Mobile Market, which provides better access to nutritious food for impoverished people.
Spotlight : Energy
Energizing the future of batteries
UWM scientists are creating more powerful and longer-lasting batteries that can be used in everything from electronics to electric cars.
Energy help from giant kelp
Researcher Filipe Alberto is searching for the genetic traits in earth’s fastest-growing organism to find strains that are best-suited for mass production of biofuel.
Spotlight : Health and Wellness
Seeking answers to opioid deaths
UWM researchers interview the children of overdose victims in an effort to learn more about the impact of this national crisis.
Making anything possible
Professor Roger O. Smith’s commitment mirrors that of UWM’s occupational therapy program, which is marking its 100th year.
Graduate Research
The mystery of beach bum bacteria
New research done at UWM shows E. coli in sand may not be a sign of sewage-polluted runoff, and health officials may be closing some beaches unnecessarily.
A dose of humor for treating fears
Children with Williams syndrome often struggle with anxiety and fear. New research done at UWM shows treating objects of fear with humor can help children overcome their phobias.
A doctorate earned from afar in Oman
Amal Ali Al-Ghassani’s research shows frequent visits from family members and home health workers are critical in a country lacking nursing homes. Her work was inspired by her father-in-law’s experience with stroke.
Undergraduate Research
When data is for the birds
UWM geography student Erica Gerloski records where birds die on campus, providing information that other researchers are using to reduce bird collisions with buildings.
An immediate impact
UWM offers students unique opportunities to do research as early as the summer before their freshman year. Meet some of the outstanding undergraduates whose work is making a difference now.
Books
Against the Deportation Terror: Organizing for Immigrant Rights in the Twentieth Century
Historian Rachel Ida Buff looks at the relationship between immigration restriction and the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born.
Atari Age: The Emergence of Video Games in America
The introduction of video games in the 1970s had parents, educators and politicians struggling to decide whether they were a boon or a menace.
The Transit of Venus
This new work features poems from Susan Firer, the city of Milwaukee’s poet laureate from 2008 to 2010.
The Jazz Republic: Music, Race, and American Culture in Weimar Germany
Jonathan O. Wipplinger explores the role jazz had in Germany’s first democracy.
Paris by the Book
After Leah’s troubled husband disappears from their Milwaukee home, she and her daughters start afresh in Paris.
By the Numbers
An elite research institution
Here are few reasons why UWM is recognized as one of America’s top research universities.
Letter
Chancellor’s welcome
Chancellor Mark Mone invites you to discover how UWM research is expanding what we know.