
Can a computer game help alleviate anxiety?
UWM doctoral student Abel Mathew believes the game may be a way to train the anxious brains of people with skin-picking disorders to break this habit.
UWM doctoral student Abel Mathew believes the game may be a way to train the anxious brains of people with skin-picking disorders to break this habit.
UWM mechanical engineering doctoral student Amin Zarandi is exploring ways to fine-tune rocket fuel tanks to improve the fuel-burning process.
UWM researchers are evaluating whether preschool children can simultaneously improve reading readiness and social emotional learning in areas like empathy.
Nikotris Perkins wants to delve deeper into how Black women make everything work & fulfill multiple roles while facing challenges such as racism and sexism.
UWM doctoral student Austin Harris uses data science to take a shot at determining why NBA teams win about 60% of their home games.
UWM health sciences doctoral student Bethany Forseth’s research helped fill the knowledge gap about the physiological health benefits of yoga.
Researchers are experimenting with infrared light as a treatment for symptoms of multiple sclerosis.
A 2-year-old recognizes her mother immediately, but emotion or simple sunglasses can foil computers.
Lessons learned researching Lake Michigan have helped to better understand one of the African Great Lakes.
A study of presidential debates finds speech that’s manipulative, deceptive or violates norms is becoming more common.
After losing his wife to addiction, Daniel Knutson aims to develop nonaddictive drugs for depression and migraine pain.
Antonio Doxtator is studying how the Oneida language has been taught in an effort to learn how to save it.
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.
Students in UWM’s App Brewery worked with doctors at the Medical College of Wisconsin to develop an app that helps guide doctors during brain surgery. The app is being tested at hospitals nationwide.
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.
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.
Graduate student David Cornell is looking for ways to prevent deaths from sudden heart attacks after intense activity. His work could help professional athletes, firefighters and others.
As part of his doctoral studies in anthropology, Josh Driscoll is using beverage remnants from a 2,450-year-old cauldron to re-create the beer it once held. The results shed light on food preservation and social ties in the Iron Age.
UWM students in the Community Design Solutions program develop plan to refresh Milwaukee’s 27th Street.
UWM graduate student Subhomita Ghosh Roy studies the practice of dumping toxic dye water within India’s garment industry.