By Anna FunkUWM Report Inspired by an uncle who served in the Navy, Michael Figueroa Osorio enlisted at 18 as a hospital corpsman. That service led to a lifelong commitment to public health. “It’s a role full of pride,” Figueroa Osorio …
Since graduating in 2022 from the Zilber College of Public Health with an MPH in Epidemiology, Marina Feffer has been supporting the next generation of public health professionals as a mock interviewer. Over the past several years, she has provided …
Scott Strath, PhD, Professor of Kinesiology at the Zilber College, is serving on a World Health Organization (WHO) Physical Activity (PA) Working Group focused on the integration of wearables and activity monitors into global physical activity surveillance efforts. This international …
By UWM NewsFebruary 18, 2026 Concerns that chatbot use can cause mental and physical harm have prompted policies that require AI chatbots to deliver regular or constant reminders that they are not human. In an opinion paper published Feb. 18 in the …
RFK Jr. Says Americans Need More Protein. His Grok-Powered Food Website Disagrees The site Realfood.gov uses Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot to dispense nutrition information—some of which contradicts the government’s new guidelines. By Emily MullinWiredFebruary 10, 2026 A 30-second Super Bowl ad featuring …
By Kelly MeyerhoferMilwaukee Journal SentinelJanuary 29, 2026 Key Points For weeks, Narges couldn’t reach her family and friends back home in Iran. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate student worried about the worst-case scenario as she watched protests convulse her home …
