UWM signs collaborative agreement with Ningbo University in China
MILWAUKEE — Representatives of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have entered into an agreement with a Chinese university that will expand educational cooperation and initiate collaborative efforts on freshwater-related research. Johannes Britz, UWM Provost and Vice Chancellor, and David Yu, interim dean of the Graduate School, today met with local leaders and scientists involved in [...]
Conference on sex and gender diversity to be held at UW-Milwaukee
The UWM LGBT Studies Program presents a conference, “Sex and Gender Spectra,” Nov. 28-Dec. 1 on the UWM East Side campus.
UW System unveils first Flexible Option degree programs
Students will demonstrate competency based on variety of learning experiences MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin System announced today the first degree programs that will be offered under its innovative UW Flexible Option starting in Fall 2013. The UW System is expected to be the first public university system in the nation to offer [...]
UWM grant supports a new way to monitor Great Lakes invasives
MILWAUKEE—Keeping count of the number and kinds of invasive species deposited in the Great Lakes by ships coming from other bodies of water amounts to a statistical nightmare, says J. Rudi Strickler, UWM Shaw Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences. These aquatic organisms, which range from fish and mussels to tiny water fleas, are introduced by [...]
New center studies nanoparticles in the environment
A collaborative research project involving five Midwestern institutions, including UWM, is taking an interdisciplinary look at the interactions of nanoparticles within living tissue.
Overcoming memories that trigger cocaine relapse
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have identified mechanisms in the brain responsible for regulating cocaine-seeking behavior, providing an avenue for drug development that could greatly reduce the high relapse rate among cocaine addicts.
UWM’s Urban Edge Award honors New York firm
Weiss/Manfredi Architecture / Landscape / Urbanism has won the 2013 Urban Edge Award, given by UWM’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Lecture examines school culture and student success
A nationally known educator will discuss how school culture is related to academic achievement at a free public lecture.
Discussion will focus on information, emotions and voter decision-making
David Redlawsk will discuss the relation among information, emotions and voter decision-making, Oct. 12.
Reitman to discuss Bob Dylan Oct. 2
Radio celebrity Bob Reitman will visit UW-Milwaukee on Tuesday, Oct. 2, for “My Reasonable Obsession with Bob Dylan,” a conversation about Bob Dylan and his music.
