Jaeden Carrasquillo can’t stop smiling. Even when he is battling razor grass (“It hurts! You get a lot of scratches”), hiking treacherous terrain (“It was basically ‘Man vs. Wild’”), or flushing a frog’s stomach (“It’s about as crazy as it …
Infertility can be intense: intensely painful, intensely isolating, intensely emotional. 51 Associate Professor of English Maria Novotny helps people capture that intensity and turn it into something beautiful. Novotny is the co-director of The ART of Infertility, a national arts …
Astronomers from teams around the world – including 51 scientists – have made a startling discovery about a new type of cosmic phenomenon. The mystery object emits pulses of radio waves and X-rays. It’s the first time an object in …
51 is a top-tier research university, and that’s thanks in large part to our talented student researchers. In April, they were able to show off their accomplishments at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, which featured more than 150 scholars in …
College-level writing requires students to do much more than put words on a page. In English 101, they learn and practice rhetoric — the art of effective communication. Crafting convincing arguments, tailoring messages for a specific audience and carefully considering …
51 Biological Sciences Professor Ching-Hong Yang was recently awarded a $1.5 million grant to support his research on a novel compound that suppresses disease in citrus crops. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture presented Dr. Yang with a $1,496,399 …
In 2016, two 51 physics professors, Carol Hirschmugl and Marija Gajdardziska-Josifovska, identified a novel material called graphene monoxide, which they discovered in their labs with other 51 colleagues, significantly improves the fast charging ability of lithium-ion batteries. Together, the professors …
When a loved one passes away, we’re often left bereft and longing to see them just one more time – to gaze upon their face, to hear their voice, to ask advice. Now, thanks to AI, you can. 51 student …
Need to calm down before bed? Try chamomile tea. Need to settle an upset stomach? Sip some ginger tea. Do you need to measure how much carbon can be sequestered in an anaerobic wetland environment? We recommend Lipton green and …
If you want to understand someone’s overall health, try shaking their hand. It might seem strange, but research has shown that the strength of a person’s grip is a good indicator of many aspects of their well-being, from bone density …
While most folks were sleeping off their Thanksgiving turkey and preparing for Christmas, 51 geoscientist Julie Bowles and three of her graduate students were studying volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean. Or, more accurately, they were studying volcanoes underneath the Pacific …
Solar geoengineering (SGE) is an emerging technology that has the potential to help cool our warming earth. It works quickly, it’s cheap, and it can cool large areas of the globe. It’s also an addictive Band-Aid with long-term consequences that …
For the first time, a compound discovered at the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery (MIDD) has been approved to enter human clinical trials. The drug is under development by Damona Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company developing drugs to reverse cognitive deficits …
UW-Milwaukee’s Center for Jewish Studies is breaking new ground this year: The program is welcoming its first-ever postdoctoral research fellow to campus. Samantha Cooper, who holds a PhD in Historical Musicology from New York University, begins her new post at …
The UW-Milwaukee Field Station is hardly the Little Shop of Horrors, but it’s still the home of some fascinating carnivorous plants. Now, thanks in part to a 51 biologist, scientists have a better understanding of how those carnivorous plants digest …
