UW-Milwaukee

  1. How AI-powered chatbots can make – or break – consumer trust

    Photo of Scott Schanke, an assistant professor in UWM’s Lubar College of Business, who studies the design of artificial intelligence agents for public-facing business interactions, and how different interfaces can make or break consumer trust. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)

    May 7, 2025

    Chatbots – those little text bubbles that pop up in the corner of so many consumer sites – have long been a fixture in the digital world. Now, the growing popularity of generative AI programs has only supercharged their presence, and their abilities. Conversations with ChatGPT and similar apps are getting more realistic by the […]

  2. Kohler Trust for Clean Water gives $2.5 million to UWM for Great Lakes research

    Photo of aerial view of UW-Milwaukee

    April 4, 2025

    The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will supercharge its Great Lakes research thanks to a $2.5 million gift from the Kohler Trust for Clean Water. The funding will initially support enhanced research on water quality and ecosystem health led by Harvey Bootsma, the inaugural Kohler Endowed Chair of Great Lakes Science in UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences. […]

  3. UWM is a partner on a project to address rural transportation needs with autonomous vehicles

    Photo of Autonomous Drive (Adobe Stock)

    March 26, 2025

    Researchers at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science are partners on a $15 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to explore the benefits and responsible use of autonomous vehicles in rural communities where transportation services are limited. The six-year project will develop solutions to improve mobility, such as enabling nondrivers to better access health […]

  4. How a tabletop robot may revolutionize physical therapy delivery

    March 18, 2025

    A longstanding problem with stroke patients left with restricted functioning of their hands is that many miss their physical therapy appointments, slowing their already incremental recovery pace. Habib Rahman, the Richard and Joanne Grigg Professor and mechanical engineering chair at UWM, is working on a platform that dramatically reimagines how physical therapy is delivered, improving […]

  5. UW-Milwaukee Zilber College research project aims to address needs of dementia patients and caregivers

    Photo of aerial view of UW-Milwaukee

    February 24, 2025

    A grant from Bader Philanthropies will help fund a research project that aims to address the unmet need for self-care guidelines among Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. The project is led by Priya Nambisan, associate professor of biostatistics and health informatics at the Joseph J. Zilber College of Public Health at UWM. The project will use […]

  6. UWM underwater archaeologist appears on History Channel show

    Photo of UW-Milwaukee underwater archaeologist Ashley Lemke

    February 6, 2025

    When the History Channel looked for an expert to talk about some of the world’s biggest underwater mysteries, they found one in Milwaukee. At UW-Milwaukee, in fact. Ashley Lemke, an associate professor of anthropology who is an expert in underwater archaeology, flew to New York City over the summer to appear on “Mysteries Unearthed,” a […]

  7. Co-worker gives a lifesaving gift with kidney transplant

    Photo of Tom Bjornstad’s friend and co-worker, Bobbi Zeise, “literally (gave) me back my life,” he says, by donating her kidney to him. “Where would this world be if everyone had the same courage and faith in humanity as Bobbi?” (Photo courtesy of Tom Bjornstad)

    January 9, 2025

    On July 10, UWM staff member Tom Bjornstad had a lifesaving experience when he received a kidney from a coworker. For more than eight years, Bjornstad, 55, had been on dialysis due to kidney failure. The reality of living with this condition meant more than four hours a day hooked up to a machine, feeling […]

  8. No matter the language, UWM education student helps her MPS students

    Photo of UW-Milwaukee graduate student Pauline Kanyiva Mwendwa

    November 20, 2024

    If a student asks her a question in Swahili, Pauline Kanyiva Mwendwa will try to answer. Likewise, if she gets a question in Spanish, she can help. Mwendwa, a graduate student in the UWM School of Education, is an English-bilingual teacher for juniors and seniors at Pulaski High School in Milwaukee. “We have students from […]

  9. UW-Milwaukee guitar students and alumni win major festivals throughout North America

    Photo of UWM guitarists

    November 14, 2024

    UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts guitar students and alumni took center stage over the summer at a variety of festivals throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. And several of those artists found great success and brought accolades back to Milwaukee. Alum takes top prize at biggest international guitar competition Leonela Alejandro (BFA 2020, Music) […]

  10. UWM assisting with Milwaukee’s Net-Zero Energy Homes $3.4 million project

    Photo of UWM Professor of Architecture Mo Zell

    October 18, 2024

    UW-Milwaukee’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning is a key partner in a new $3.4 million grant awarded to the city of Milwaukee by the U.S. Department of Energy. Milwaukee is using the grant to develop 25 all-electric, Net-Zero Energy Homes on vacant lots in three disadvantaged communities. UWM professors Mo Zell and Alex Timmer are […]

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