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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.



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