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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November 25, 2019
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November 6, 2019
$10 million donation puts UWM on path to new research vessel
November 4, 2019
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Features

Fatherly love

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

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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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.

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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.

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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.

Food for thought on sustainable agriculture

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

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From trauma to healing

UWM researchers have developed tools to help families and communities.

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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.

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Rehab with robots

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

Frontiers

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A better understanding of blood flow and brain aneurysms

Methods borrowed from meteorologists could help doctors more accurately predict ruptures in weak blood vessels.

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Examining overlooked costs of outsourcing decisions

Avik Chakrabarti, associate professor of economics, researches the unforeseen and indirect costs of companies outsourcing work abroad.

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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.

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Public perceptions of the Supreme Court

Political scientist Sara Benesh examines how and why Supreme Court justices step into the public eye, from Sesame Street to commencement addresses.

Spotlight : Public Health

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Improving mental health care for new and expecting mothers

UWM and the Medical College of Wisconsin are partnering on a program that supports doctors treating pregnant and perinatal women.

Liquid biopsies could lead to better cancer treatments

Tumors shed fragments of DNA into the blood, which Spencer Huang believes could help doctors diagnose cancer earlier and provide more effective treatment.