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MILWAUKEE — With rechargeable batteries in high demand because of electric vehicles, consumer electronics and renewable energy storage, researchers at UW-Milwaukee are using artificial intelligence to try and make them stronger and more efficient.

As a toddler, Brooke Slavens loved playing make believe. Except for her, that involved taking temperatures, giving shots and role-playing other nurse duties with stuffed animals and her brother. “I was just kind of drawn to help and care for others, including animals,” said Slavens, now a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

UWM’s partnership with Microsoft benefits students, faculty and local manufacturers. Joe Hamann, executive director of Connected Systems Institute, joins Chancellor Thomas Gibson and David Lee for a deep dive into this innovative lab.

Nigeria’s struggle to deliver social programmes efficiently is not simply a matter of money but rather of data. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, about 63 per cent of Nigerians, which is roughly about 133 million people, are multidimensionally poor, lacking access to essential services such as health, education, and sanitation. Behind that figure […]

In almost every profession, feedback is fraught. Some managers dread giving it. Employees brace for it. Across industries, feedback often lands as cruel rather than constructive. Shrihari Sridhar, senior associate dean and Joe Foster ’56 Chair in Business Leadership at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School, has seen the damage firsthand and created a tool […]

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 […]

Muhammad Fahad is a research assistant at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee whose work sits at the intersection of computer vision, trajectory modeling, and robotics. One of his most visible initiatives is the Enhanced Crosswalk Lighting Evaluation Project, a $125,000 effort funded by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT). Muhammad Fahad authored the winning proposal and now leads the […]

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. (CBS 58) — Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith, a Milwaukee native, said Thursday, Sept. 18 that the company is finalizing construction of what he called the world’s most powerful AI datacenter in Mount Pleasant. The $3.3 billion project is expected to be operational in early 2026. The company will also […]

Microsoft plans to spend $4 billion to build a second data center in Mount Pleasant that it says will be the most advanced AI center in the world. The new project includes construction of the facility and technology infrastructure, according to a company announcement on Sept. 18. The latest announcement brings the cost of Microsoft’s […]

MILWAUKEE — Microsoft has begun hiring for its $3.3 billion data center in Racine County. It’s set to open in early 2026. The company has also bought land in Kenosha to build another. As part of the multi-billion-dollar development deal, Microsoft helped establish an AI Co-Innovation Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). It’s located at […]