Early-Life Exposure to BPA Affects Adult Learning
The study is the first to identify a neurobehavioral effect of BPA using a zebrafish model exposed to concentrations comparable to what humans might encounter in the environment.
View ArticleUWM Discovery Advances Graphene-Based Electronics
Scientists and engineers at UWM have discovered an entirely new semiconducting carbon-based material that is synthesized from the "wonder kid" of the carbon family, graphene. It exhibits...
View ArticleStudy Explores Link Between Smoking During Pregnancy, Autism
Women who smoke in pregnancy may be more likely to have a child with high-functioning autism, such as Asperger's Disorder, according to preliminary findings from a study published online by the journal...
View Article'The Wire' Course Trend Began with UWM Scholar
Baltimore and Milwaukee are two cities UWM Professor Marc Levine has lived in and researched. So it's no surprise that Levine's course based on the HBO series "The Wire" began the university trend of...
View ArticleAndy Geiger Named Athletic Director at UW-Milwaukee
Andy Geiger, former athletic director for five NCAA Division I programs including Ohio State and Stanford University, has been named athletic director at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM).
View ArticleThe Myth of the Disconnected Telecommuter
The assumption that employees who regularly telecommute will feel less attached to the organization they work for due to feeling isolated and disconnected is a myth, according to a study led by a...
View ArticleBringing Down the Cost of Fuel Cells
A new catalyst material developed at UW-Milwaukee could dramatically reduce the cost of producing microbial fuel cells.
View ArticleLearning Architecture From a Rising Star
A handful of architecture students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee studied with Marcus Prize winner Diebedo Francis Kere, an emerging star from the African nation of Burkino Faso whose...
View ArticleUWM: The Future of Water is Here
From solutions for urban aquaculture to new centers for Great Lakes genomics and water policy, go inside the largest academic research institution on the Great Lakes - the UW-Milwaukee School of...
View ArticleProf Suggests Reality Check for Sexy Summer Read
Hot, sexy bestsellers like "50 Shades of Grey" offer teaching opportunities, but also challenges, says Robin Poedel, clinical assistant professor of nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee...
View ArticleTurning History's 'Lost' Into 'Found'
When antiquities go MIA, sometimes the sleuthing of a network of scholars can lead to rediscovery . That's what happened recently at the American Geographical Society Library at the UW-Milwaukee.
View ArticleScholar Looks at Olympics' Aftermath in Cities
Does the modern model of economic revitalization through hosting the Olympic Games really work for cities?
View ArticleGE Healthcare & UWM Create Talent Pipeline in Advanced Medical Imaging Software
A $3 million commitment from GE Healthcare will support a "first of its kind" talent pipeline for Wisconsin-based medical imaging software developers and researchers, driving the next generation of...
View ArticleTCARE Navigator Commercializes UWM's Innovative Caregiver Support System
TCARE Navigator LLC, a Milwaukee start-up company, now has a license agreement with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Research Foundation (UWMRF) to commercialize an innovative caregiver...
View ArticleActors Embrace Atypical Gig to Help Child Welfare Caseworkers
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Helen Bader School of Social Welfare provides training for new caseworkers with The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families through the school's Milwaukee...
View ArticleBolsa Familia Boosts Families in Brazil
An innovative federal family support program in Brazil is avoiding local political interference and helping families in that country improve their children's education and gain access to medical care,...
View ArticleRestoring America's Homegrown Philosophy
Students and scholars are taking a renewed interest in an "underdog" method of philosophy that is also uniquely American.
View ArticleResearchers Create Novel Optical Fibers
Researchers at UW-Milwaukee have found a novel way to propagate multiple beams of light in a single strand of optical fiber. The discovery could increase the amount of information fiber optic cables...
View ArticleFamily in the ER: Get Out of the Way or Stay?
A two-year study led by nursing researcher Jane Leske at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has shown that family members of trauma patients can benefit by being present during critical procedures...
View ArticleCracking the Ice Code
UWM geologist John Isbell reads rock, looking for the natural rules that govern the Earth's climate in the absence of human activity. His work is challenging many assumptions about the ways drastic...
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