Starting down the path to discovery with undergraduate research

Five UWM undergrad research students share their work, from studying the effects of microplastics to examining fossil deposits on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Award-winning undergraduate research at UWM

Seven UWM undergrad research students share their work, from omnidirectional robots to interactive maps of Milwaukee neighborhoods.

Award-winning undergraduate research

UWM is one of only two national recipients of the 2018 Campus-Wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments.

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.

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.

Saving time, saving lives

UWM’s App Brewery teams with Children’s Hospital to help physicians during pediatric emergencies.

Portrait of Milwaukee’s Latino History

UWM students help research, design and create a mural depicting a range of moments from past to present.

A flying buttress

Architecture student Asal Issa’s design could save hundreds of avian lives as part of UWM’s wide-ranging study on bird-building collisions.