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Released: 1-Oct-2019 4:30 PM EDT
UW-Milwaukee Battery Startup Awarded a Second Federal Commercialization Grant
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

A pair of academic researchers have federal funding for their startup, which will make battery parts from a unique, patented material called graphene monoxide. Their material dramatically boosts the energy storage capacity of li-ion batteries.

Released: 30-Sep-2019 3:05 PM EDT
UWM to Offer Tuition, Application Help to Bahamas Students Impacted by Hurricane
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE_The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is offering tuition and admissions assistance to students from the Bahamas impacted by Hurricane Dorian.

   
Released: 9-Sep-2019 8:35 AM EDT
Technology’s role in everyday life can shape family discussions about screen time with school back in session
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Noelle Chesley says research isn't clear about the best ways for parents to monitor and regular their children's time using phones, computers and other communications technology.

Released: 7-Aug-2019 11:00 AM EDT
New Online Program Offers Convenient Way to Study Jewish Culture and History and Hebrew
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is first public university in United States to offer fully online Jewish Studies major

Released: 30-Jul-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Starting college soon? Freshmen can start prepping before leaving home
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Good preparation can help an 18-year-old student cope with the sometimes overwhelming changes that come with college. Here are some of the ways students can get ready.

Released: 30-Jul-2019 10:05 AM EDT
From trauma to healing
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee researchers are helping families and communities deal with trauma and its aftermath.

Released: 29-Jul-2019 4:05 PM EDT
String theory
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Rene Izquierdo is a teacher, performer and researcher. He has saved some bygone music of his Cuban homeland from being lost to history.'

Released: 24-Jul-2019 10:30 AM EDT
Tiny changes, big impact
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

You can’t see nanoparticles, but many of the products we use contain these atomic-scale units of various chemical elements. Are these miniscule bits of human industry safe when they are shed into the environment? Rebecca Klaper is working to identify which are toxic and design them to be safer in the first place.

Released: 22-Jul-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Food for thought on sustainable agriculture
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Half of the world’s food energy comes from varieties of three cereal crops: wheat, rice and corn. Growing these takes a lot of chemical fertilizer, which isn't sustainable. Microbiologist Gyaneshwar Prasad is unpacking how certain microbes that naturally fertilize legumes might be able to do the same in other staple crops.

Released: 22-Jul-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Economist with focus on health care can provide analysis as health insurance re-emerges as presidential campaign issue ahead of next debates
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Scott Adams served on the Council of Economic Advisers under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

   
Released: 16-Jul-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Rehab with robots
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Rehabilitation devices that conform to the body provide more than support for feeble or rigid muscles. With embedded AI, these 'exoskeletons' communicate with muscles when the brain cannot.

Released: 15-Jul-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Decoding online consumer behavior
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Social media unleashed an ocean of consumer data and, while many are drowning in it, digital marketing whiz Purush Papatla sails.

Released: 12-Jul-2019 12:20 PM EDT
Research for the next 50 years of space exploration
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Fifty years after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, the goal of expanding space exploration lives on in UWM labs, where research offers the potential for safer and longer cosmic flights.

Released: 10-Jul-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Researchers awarded grant to study obesity in children with spina bifida
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Health providers would like to give better diet guidelines to parents of children with spina bifida but exact measurements of the children's body composition are hard to obtain. This group aims develop an easy method of gathering body fat information with the ultimate goal of preventing obesity.

Released: 24-Jun-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Political scientist offers tips, insight on what to watch for as presidential debates begin
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Thomas Holbrook, who has studied presidential campaigns for nearly three decades, is a distinguished professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Released: 6-Jun-2019 5:05 PM EDT
UW System forms Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will lead a collaboration of 13 UW System institutions in a research and teaching partnership aimed at enhancing Wisconsin’s leadership in freshwater science, technology, entrepreneurship and economic growth.

Released: 4-Jun-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Creating mascots to entertain fans
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Brittany Jacob, an alum of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Washington County campus, leads a team that is behind a number of well-known corporate and sports mascots.

16-May-2019 12:05 PM EDT
New method simplifies the search for protein receptor complexes, speeding drug development
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

A new method of assessing the actions of medicines by matching them to their unique protein receptors has the potential to greatly accelerate drug development and diminish the number of drug trials that fail during clinical trials.

Released: 18-Apr-2019 3:40 PM EDT
Census Scholars Submit Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on Citizenship Question
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

A group of scholars from five universities has submitted a "friend of the court" brief to the Supreme Court concluding that a citizenship question has never been asked of the entire U.S. population in execution of the U.S. Census. The finding refutes the administration's claim, which is part of a lawsuit that the high court will review April 23.

Released: 3-Apr-2019 2:05 PM EDT
UW-Milwaukee astrophysicist elected spokesperson of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Astrophysicist Patrick Brady has been elected spokesperson for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration as new run begins with Virgo.

Released: 18-Feb-2019 5:05 PM EST
UW-Milwaukee poet blends Spanish, English
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Cárdenas was among those honored with an Outstanding Woman of Color award by the University of Wisconsin System.

Released: 18-Feb-2019 4:05 PM EST
UW-Milwaukee student food pantry honored
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The food pantry has served more than 500 students in its first few months of operation.

Released: 18-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
UW-Milwaukee Supports Students Coming Out of Foster Care
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Program, one of only two in the University of Wisconsin System, provides coaching and information for students without traditional family networks.

Released: 7-Feb-2019 12:05 PM EST
UW-Milwaukee names new dean of the Lubar School of Business
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Kaushal Chari has been named dean of the Lubar School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He begins his tenure in June 2019.

   
Released: 7-Feb-2019 12:05 PM EST
Milwaukee Engineering Research Conference held at UWM Feb. 28-March 1
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Conference highlights future opportunities on a range of connected engineering- and artificial intelligence-related topics, from advanced manufacturing to the water-energy nexus.

Released: 19-Dec-2018 11:05 AM EST
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee undergraduate researchers honored
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

More than 1,000 students are involved in undergraduate research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The university was one of two nationally which received the 2018 Campus-Wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments from the Council on Undergraduate Research.

Released: 18-Dec-2018 4:05 PM EST
UW-Milwaukee's Nonprof-IT provides tech support to community groups
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Milwaukee nonprofits benefit from free expertise; students earn credit and experience through Nonprof-IT program.

Released: 7-Dec-2018 11:50 AM EST
New media scholar, mathematician named distinguished professors at UW-Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Richard Grusin of English and Richard Stockbridge of mathematics are the newest distinguished professors at UWM. Thirty-one distinguished professors now teach, research and mentor students at Wisconsin’s only public urban research university.

Released: 15-Nov-2018 1:05 PM EST
UW-Milwaukee welcomes new Letters & Science dean
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

University selects Scott Gronert to lead its largest school or college

Released: 1-Nov-2018 12:05 PM EDT
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee announces new chief student affairs, enrollment officers
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has named Kelly Haag as its chief student affairs officer and Katie Miota as its chief enrollment officer.

Released: 30-Oct-2018 3:00 PM EDT
UWM Debuts Coordinated Master's Degree in Public Health, Social Work
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Graduates who earn UWM's new coordinated master’s degree in public health and social work will be well positioned to succeed in two careers experiencing rapid job growth

Released: 24-Oct-2018 9:15 AM EDT
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee receives 2 highly competitive federal grants in international education
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Two centers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have received a combined $2.4 million from the U.S. Department of Education to support teaching and student scholarships in international and area studies.

Released: 11-Oct-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Why are babies born into poverty more likely to develop chronic disease?
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Researchers are investigating whether infants born into poverty have stronger inflammatory responses, predisposing them to chronic disease during their lives.

Released: 11-Oct-2018 1:05 PM EDT
‘Stripped down’ estrogen holds promise for treating dementia in women
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Researchers from three Milwaukee-area universities have developed a “stripped-down” estrogen molecule that improves memory in an animal model of post-menopausal dementia, kickstarting new drug discovery for treating memory loss in women.

Released: 27-Sep-2018 5:05 PM EDT
Center for 21st Century Studies Turns 50
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

One of the nation's first humanities research centers turns 50 on Oct. 26. Artists, scholars and filmmakers from across the U.S. will attend a free, public anniversary symposium at the center's home at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Released: 24-Sep-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Center for 21st Century Studies Names Six Humanities Fellows for 2018-19
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

UW-Milwaukee-based fellows cover a wide range of arts, history and contemporary society: Soap opera history to Yiddish drama; scientific theory to themes of occupancy; (video) gaming in American society to revolution and translation in Japan

Released: 24-Sep-2018 11:05 AM EDT
'Hollywood Reporter' Names UW-Milwaukee Film Program One of America's Best
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

New BFA in animation and new satellite location round out exciting semester for Peck School of the Arts at UW-Milwaukee

Released: 17-Sep-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Prototyping Center turns ideas into reality
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

UWM's Prototyping Center works with academics, students and local businesses to test and make prototypes of potential new products.

Released: 13-Sep-2018 4:15 PM EDT
What is Next in North Korea: Denuclearization and the DPRK Regime
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

UWM Distinguished Professor of Political Science Uk Heo and Stanford University Professor of Sociology Gi-Wook Shin, leading international relations scholars with deep expertise on Korean political and security affairs, will headline this free public talk. The talk will be moderated by UWM Associate Professor of History Nan Kim.

Released: 13-Sep-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Foxconn Ramps Up Recruiting in Wisconsin with Foxconn Day at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Foxconn recruiters will be at UW-Milwaukee to recruit students for internships and co-ops and members of the general public for full-time jobs.


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