1. UWM professor is a pioneer in tech and health

    Photo: Priya Nambisan, associate professor of health care informatics at UWM, says that tracking and monitoring is a key to maintaining good health. “Mentally, keeping track doesn’t work. Your brain cheats, and it’s too much information to keep in your head.” (UWM Photo/Andy Manis)

    Priya Nambisan was deep in her career and raising a family when she noticed some changes in her health. She had researched the relationship between health and technology for years but was about to experience their impact firsthand. “I called my physician, and I was sweating,” said Nambisan, associate professor of health care informatics at […]

  2. UW-Milwaukee instructor’s Nonprof-IT brings alumni support full circle

    Photo of Adam Hudson leads Nonprof-IT, a program at UWM that connects student teams with local nonprofits in need of low-cost tech solutions. (UWM Photo/Andy Manis)

    Adam Hudson, a lecturer in UWM’s School of Information Studies, knows the value of partnerships that benefit everyone involved. That’s what led him to found Nonprof-IT, an internship program that connects students with local nonprofits. What he didn’t expect was the response from alums, many of whom return as Nonprof-IT mentors. Their involvement creates a snowball effect, growing a […]

  3. Architecture seminar brings a pop of big art to Milwaukee lakefront

    Photo: Associate Professor Whitney Moon (left) and UWM student Kirsten Josefchuk are surrounded by inflatable art inspired by designs by students in a seminar taught by Moon. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    This summer, visitors to Milwaukee’s McKinley Beach were greeted by an unexpected sight: a massive, colorful inflatable sculpture rising against the skyline. The installation, first conceived by UWM architecture students as HydroBloom, was further developed by FuzzPop Workshop into a final piece titled Threshold. The work debuted as part of ArtBlaze, a series of art and music […]

  4. Biomedical engineering student uses AI to analyze medical data

    Photo of UWM student Georgina Monese, who is pursuing her bachelor's in biomedical engineering, driven to use new technology to help people and improve medicine. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    UW-Milwaukee wasn’t Georgina Monese’s first choice. She started her college journey at UW-Madison to study astrophysics, but in the back of her mind was biomedical engineering. She’d been introduced to the subject through a high school program, and Monese loved the idea of using technology to help people in a hands-on way. Biomedical engineers typically work […]

  5. Varsho becomes first UWM alum to make it to the World Series

    Photo: Daulton Varsho played for three seasons at UWM before being drafted in 2017 by the Arizona Diamondbacks. He played three years for Arizona before being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays before the 2023 season. (Milwaukee Athletics photo)

    For the first time in 32 years, the Toronto Blue Jays are going to the World Series. And a UWM alum, Daulton Varsho, played an important part in making that happen. Varsho collected two hits Monday in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, including a single to drive in Toronto’s first run in the first inning […]

  6. Consider the zombie: Imaginative scenarios help high school students tackle college-level academics

    Some 140 Milwaukee area high school students got a glimpse of college-level intellectual pursuit last week – with the help of zombies. UW-Milwaukee (UWM) hosted students from six high schools at the annual “UWM Rhetoric & _____ Conference: Practicing Rhetoric in New Contexts.” The half-day event brought together students who are enrolled in UWM English […]

  7. UW-Milwaukee engineer discovers a way to turn used EV batteries into fertilizer

    Photo of Deyang Qu, professor of mechanical engineering at UWM, holding a lithium iron phosphate battery, one of many needed to power electric vehicles. He has developed a strategy to recycle the retired batteries to create an economic opportunity. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    As electric vehicle batteries age out – typically after about 10 years – the world is bracing for a wave of expired lithium-ion batteries with no affordable way to recycle them. The problem is especially pressing with lithium iron phosphate batteries, the kind most commonly used in EVs, E-delivery vans and E-buses. Traditional disposal of […]

  8. UWM professor builds robots to help people stay independent

    Photo: Habib Rahman (left), director of UWM's Biorobotics Lab, and PhD student Md Mahafuzur Rahaman Khan demonstrate their lab's assistive robotic arm that could be mounted to wheelchairs to help stroke and spinal cord injury patients perform everyday tasks. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)

    For someone who’s had a stroke or a spinal cord injury, even simple tasks like drinking a glass of water or picking up the remote can be difficult. These individuals might struggle with limited functionality in their arms and hands, often a result of nerve damage that prevents their muscles from properly receiving electrical signals […]

  9. UW-Milwaukee researchers studying ways to improve removal of ‘forever chemicals’ from water

    Photo: Xiaoli Ma (left), associate professor of materials science and engineering, and Yin Wang, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, show a tray of tiny water samples they will load into the equipment for PFAS detection. (UWM Photo/Laura Otto)

    Two UWM researchers have won a grant to study ways to improve the efficiency and precision of removing PFAS compounds from water. Yin Wang, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Xiaoli Ma, associate professor of materials science and engineering, are investigators on the two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense. In the […]

  10. UW-Milwaukee undergrad students study AI outsourcing and what it means for human jobs

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    In the 1960s and ’70s, the U.S. manufacturing sector began hemorrhaging jobs as companies outsourced production to places like India and China, where wages were lower and labor was less expensive. Today, American companies are at the beginning of another wave of outsourcing. This time, the jobs aren’t heading overseas. Instead, they’re being turned over […]