In Focus 2021 – Letters & Science

Introducing the Curious Campus podcast

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:31:53 +0000

Join 51�� for discussions on science, discovery and culture. Curious Campus is produced by 51��, in cooperation with its research partners. Our work improves the economic outlook and quality of life of our city, state and global community. www.wuwm.com/show/curiouscampus Exploring …

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Grad student’s new book tackles mental health and media

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:31:23 +0000

Christopher Olson has coped with anxiety and depression his entire life. One day, he watched an episode of the Netflix series “BoJack Horseman,” an animated show about an alcoholic former television star navigating Hollywood. In that episode, the audience hears …

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Physicists create breakthrough tool for molecular movies

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:31:04 +0000

Scientists are trying to discover the exact sequence of events that occurs when light strikes photoactive proteins, changing their atomic structure, or “shape.” That biochemical process unfolds in processes like photosynthesis. Until now, only the first and last states of …

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51�� debuts Peace Corps Prep

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:30:48 +0000

Students interested in joining the Peace Corps after graduation will be more ready than ever before, thanks to a new undergraduate certificate program. UW-Milwaukee has partnered with the Peace Corps to offer Peace Corps Prep, a series of classes and …

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Alum helps Milwaukee’s homeless through COVID and more

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:30:33 +0000

It was March of 2020 and Rafael Acevedo was scrambling to protect nearly 1,000 of Milwaukee’s most vulnerable citizens. As the city’s grant compliance manager, Acevedo is responsible for overseeing Milwaukee’s efforts to end homelessness. He works closely with nonprofit …

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Fire Circle at 51�� honors Native American presence

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:30:16 +0000

51�� has installed a fire circle in front of Merrill Hall to recognize Indigenous peoples and provide a place of celebration for Native American students and others. A ceremonial gathering was held Oct. 26. The gathering included the posting of …

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Geoscientists win grant to clean ‘produced water’ from oil drilling

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:29:58 +0000

Joshua Swigart and Charles Paradis are hoping to stop earthquakes and change the oil industry for good, and they were just awarded a $50,000 Catalyst Grant to help them do it. Swigart is a 51�� graduate student working toward his …

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Milky Way mystery radio wave signal found

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 19:21:50 +0000

An international team of astronomers that includes one from 51�� has discovered unusual radio signals coming from the direction of the center of the Milky Way galaxy, but they don’t have any idea what the source is. The pattern of …

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History alum is a curator for Luxembourg-American connections

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 19:21:05 +0000

The only thing that Serena Stuettgen knew about Luxembourg was that it was a small country in Europe. Even so, she applied as a curator at the Luxembourg American Cultural Society (LACS) Museum in 2019, hoping to land her first …

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51��’s best honored at Fall Awards Ceremony

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 19:19:38 +0000

More than two dozen 51�� faculty and staff members were recognized for their outstanding service to 51�� during the annual Fall Awards presentation on Oct. 13. Many of the honorees are from the College of Letters & Science, and they …

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UW System gives top honor to Econ Department manager

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 19:19:22 +0000

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents is honoring Brenda Cullin, academic department associate/ office manager in the 51�� Department of Economics, with a University Staff Excellence award. Cullin is one of two individual UW System employees and one …

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51��’s glassblower marries art and science to create custom glassware for research

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 19:18:50 +0000

In the basement of the Chemistry Building, Neal Korfhage wields a torch with careful precision. Before him, an Erlenmeyer flask fixed to a spinning lathe is getting an upgrade: Three indents around its base to increase the surface area inside. …

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Geography professors get grant to combine art, science, and water

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 19:18:18 +0000

Art, learning, and water all intersect in Milwaukee, thanks to a new $2.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Ryan Holifield, an associate professor of geography at 51��, is the principal investigator on the four-year grant that aims to …

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A study in perseverance: Student returns to 51��

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 19:17:13 +0000

After Henry Wehrs graduates, he’d like to join the Peace Corps. Or work in a nonprofit focusing on financial literacy. Or join an organization that supports affordable housing access. He’s been there. He gets it. “That (used to be) one …

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New director, new direction for Center for 21st Century Studies

lachaus2@uwm.edu — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:33:18 +0000

In 1995, her new PhD in hand, Anne Basting took the elevator to the ninth floor of Curtin Hall to begin her first-ever job in academia as a fellow in 51��’s Center for 21st Century Studies. She was concentrating on …

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