For Anjana Adhikari, pursuing a PhD in Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee has meant taking science beyond the laboratory — into Great Lakes waters, communities affected by harmful algal blooms and research sites around the world. Adhikari …
For Rose Hennessy Garza, PhD, preventing sexual violence means moving beyond awareness alone and asking a more difficult question: How can colleges and communities put effective prevention strategies into practice in ways that truly meet the needs of different students? …
Children at the UWM Children’s Learning Center became “Body Scientists” for a day this summer, exploring how their hearts, muscles and balance help their bodies move. On July 14, Zilber College of Public Health Kinesiology teaching staff and students led …
When historic flooding struck Milwaukee in August 2025, Aziz Abdullah didn’t have experience in water restoration. What he did have was a commitment to his community — and a willingness to act. One year later, Abdullah, a student in the Accelerated …
When more than 5,000 athletes arrived in Milwaukee for the 2026 USA Triathlon, they had access to something competitors at most races do not: real-time information about the temperature of the water they were about to enter. That information was …
Wildfire smoke has increasingly become part of summer in Wisconsin, bringing hazy skies, poor air quality and growing questions about what repeated smoke exposure could mean for public health. Amy Kalkbrenner, professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of …
