Perched on an aquaculture breakthrough

The days when Lake Michigan teemed with yellow perch are gone, but UWM’s aquaculture efforts are restoring the species. The work could reduce a U.S. seafood trade deficit that’s reached $14 billion.

Giving children a voice about race

UWM researcher Erin Winkler knows it’s difficult to speak with children about race and racism, but she says it’s vital we do so.

Teaching culturally diverse classrooms

Modern-day students come from many types of cultural backgrounds. UWM and Milwaukee Public Schools are teaming up to help teachers respect those cultures while promoting academics and overall well-being.

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.

The intersection of science, religion and politics

American voters who are both religious and scientifically literate don’t fit today’s political narrative, making their decisions hard to predict.

Influencing researchers around the world

Junhong Chen’s work is among the top 1 percent of most-cited research papers in the materials science field over the past 11 years.

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.

Comfort for the dying in Malawi

Palliative care is scarce in Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu’s home country, and it often falls to young women, perpetuating illiteracy and poverty. She wants to break that cycle.

The secret lives of birds

Ornithologists Peter Dunn and Linda Whittingham are exploring the connection between infidelity and disease resistance.

Blowing up buildings

UWM’s Whitney Moon researches the advantages that inflatable structures have over brick-and-mortar buildings, including cost and portability.

Checking in on school behavior

The Check-In/Check-Out program is a popular method schools use to help students with mild problem behaviors. Educational psychologist David Klingbeil is trying to improve it.

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.

How addresses affect inequality

A UWM sociologist’s data shows how different neighborhoods – even those relatively close geographically – can have very different effects on things like health, education and employment.

When origami meets chemistry

Jian Chen’s research team took a page from origami and applied it to shape-memory materials, meaning things like plastic can be programmed to have one shape for a specific purpose, then reprogrammed to another if necessary.

Helping children overcome the odds

How Helen Bader School researchers are helping Wisconsin’s at-risk children and families.

Robot research at the Jewish Home

UWM’s Christine Kovach has a rare collaboration that offers new avenues for nursing home studies.

An early spring

A UWM climatologist’s research shows that plants are budding and blooming earlier at scores of national parks.

The effects of toxic stress

UWM’s David Pate explains how chronic, unmitigated stress affects the health and well-being of black men for a lifetime.

The curious case of caffeine

Ira Driscoll’s study finds an interesting association between women over 65 and higher caffeine intake.

Keeping the water flowing

A UWM engineer helps policymakers decide where repairs are most needed in the nation’s public water and wastewater systems.