News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
For Ben Habanek, a 2013 grad of 51ÁÔÆæ and village horticulturalist for Shorewood, the most gratifying part of his job is seeing someone enjoy a little bit of the nature he brought to Wisconsin’s most densely population municipality.
The Compost Project, which involved 51ÁÔÆæ researchers, is exploring composting in Wisconsin’s biggest city. Funded by a USDA grant, the project seeks to answer the question, can composting be a viable industry in Milwaukee?
Researchers at the 51ÁÔÆæ Field Station are about to get support from a $250,000 fund founded by a 51ÁÔÆæ Botany alum. The James and Dorathea Levenson Endowment for Ecology and Field Biology was established earlier this year and will provide fellowships to 51ÁÔÆæ graduate students who are conducting research at the Field Station or in […]
The 51ÁÔÆæ team sent plasmids up on a rocket to discover how cosmic radiation affects DNA. The results were surprising.
A proposal from Alison Donnelly, associate professor of geography at 51ÁÔÆæ, was chosen from among hundreds submitted. Observations in Downer Woods will help calibrate observations by satellites, improving further research on the climate.
American voters who are both religious and scientifically literate don’t fit today’s political narrative, making their decisions hard to predict.
A 51ÁÔÆæ history alum is helping people find out if their ancestors may have been involved in some of history’s biggest events, the ones we read about in history books. He writes for Ancestry.com.
From the New Zealand wahaika to the Aztec macuahuitl, weapons have been part of human culture across the globe and throughout history. An exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum explores that, and 51ÁÔÆæ students and alums were integral in creating it.
Kelly Kamrath began working at the Milwaukee County Zoo as an intern before graduating from 51ÁÔÆæ in 1996 with a degree in biology. Two decades later, she’s still working with the seals and sea lions to educate and inform.
