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UW-Milwaukee is celebrating philanthropist and environmentalist Lynde B. Uihlein’s new $10 million gift to benefit freshwater sciences research and education. Chancellor Thomas Gibson made the announcement Thursday morning, standing in front of the UWM research vessel Neeskay, with Lake Michigan’s inner harbor serving as an appropriate backdrop. He was joined by Uihlein, the Brico Fund’s […]

Todd Miller has always loved Wisconsin waters. He has fond memories of swimming in Lake Michigan, visiting his grandparents’ lake house and going on family fishing trips. It was those early experiences that drew him back to the Milwaukee area after earning his PhD and completing postdoctoral research on harmful algae on the East Coast. […]

Growing up in Wisconsin, Brennan Dow spent his childhood exploring wooded nooks in public parks and splashing through streams and lakes near Stevens Point. His coming-of-age unfolded just before cell phones became ubiquitous, said Dow, who earned his master’s in freshwater sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and now works for the Wisconsin Department of […]

Mike Driscoll, a Peck School of the Arts alum and teacher at Bay View High School, has been named one of five national recipients of the 2025 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. The award includes $100,000 to support Driscoll’s continued impact on students through hands-on learning and skilled trades education. After […]

For Naomi Reigh Kraut, the halls of a library have always been her happy place. “Walking aisles of books as a child was a special thing,” she said. “They felt like beautiful, sacred spaces, and that feeling has never gone away.” Kraut is at the start of a new life chapter today, having just completed […]

t’s the largest long-term study of brain development and child health ever done, and faculty and students in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Psychological & Brain Sciences Department are playing a crucial role. A decade ago, the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study began following more than 11,000 children and their parents, with the goal of generating […]

Why would a young astronomer from India travel some 8,000 miles around the world to pursue his Ph.D. in physics? Simple. Pratyusava Baral wanted to study with the UW-Milwaukee physicists who deciphered the data for the first-ever detection of gravitational waves. Baral came to UWM in 2021 after earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in […]

There’s no drug that reliably helps fractured or damaged bones regenerate. And, for patients recovering from bone cancer, the environment inside the body is working against healing. Priya Premnath, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has received the 2026 Shaw Early Career Research Award to study a dual approach to bone cancer treatment and recovery. With […]

When Jena Choi moved from Los Angeles to Whitefish Bay in middle school, she swapped ocean beaches for freshwater ecosystems. Lake Michigan and the area’s abundant rivers fostered a love of kayaking and deepened her appreciation for aquatic systems. But it wasn’t until she enrolled in UW-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences that Choi realized the possibilities of […]

Engineering is in Greta Boehm’s DNA. Along with teaching engineering and robotics classes at her high school in Madison, Boehm’s dad ran the school’s engineering club. As a high schooler, Boehm learned how to use 3D printers with her classmates. One of the most memorable club projects was creating 3D prosthetic hands used by local […]