UW-Milwaukee - Undergraduate Research

04/03/2023

Calling all SURF Alumni! If you are still in the Milwaukee area, we would love to see you again as a judge for our Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 28th. If you are interested, read a bit more about what would be expected of you and fill out the form.

Symposium Home | Presentation Information | Mentor of the Year Nomination | Judging Sign-Up | Symposium Website Archive Thank you for your interest in judging at the UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium! To sign up to be a judge follow this link to a Qualtrics Survey where you will be asked for your...

01/19/2023

https://www.climbing.com/news/american-climber-cassy-doolittle-dies-patagonia/
Former SURF student, Cassy Doolittle, died in Patagonia over Christmas. This article does a wonderful job capturing who she was. We feel fortunate to have known her for a short amount of time while she was at UWM.

Cassy Doolittle, 25, was caught in a storm on Christmas Day, returning to camp after a solo of Aguja Guillaumet.

10/25/2022

https://uwm.edu/our/interim-director-kyla-esguerra-receives-uwm-academic-staff-outstanding-performance-and-service-award/

Interim Director, Kyla Esguerra, Receives UWM Academic Staff Outstanding Performance and Service Award October 25, 2022News Congratulations to Kyla on receiving this competitive and prestigious award! The UWM Report story states: “Kyla Esguerra has been instrumental in the nationally recognized su...

10/06/2022

Have you signed up to run the Panther Prowl on Saturday? It's not to late to join our team. We have free team t-shirts while supplies last. Only 10 shirts left! Come help us support student scholarships!

Each year the Alumni Association hosts the Panther Prowl 5K Run/Walk (click link for more race details) with all proceeds going to support UWM student scholarships. This year Office of Undergraduate Research is putting together a team, The Running Experiments, and we want you to join us! When and wh...

05/06/2022

https://sites.uwm.edu/wiscur/2022/05/06/uwm-celebrates-r1-designation-for-the-third-time/

UWM Celebrates ‘R1’ Designation for the Third Time Posted on May 6, 2022 At the conclusion of the 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, UWM campus community members gathered to celebrate the third consecutive ‘R1’ designation. To read more about it, check out the UWM Report article. ...

02/09/2022

https://uwm.edu/our/where-are-they-now-dylan-wilmeth/

Where They Are Now: Dylan Wilmeth February 9, 2022News Dylan Wilmeth was part of the inaugural UR@UWM program in 2008, where he started research in Geosciences. Today, he is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer in Plouzané, France. Dylan completed his PhD at t...

09/24/2021

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08/04/2021

This week concludes our summer bridge program. Check out this video to see what our students have been up to this summer!

In July, 2021, we had a blast with the UR@UWM summer research program! Hear from some of the students about their experiences.

07/23/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/former-sera-student-anna-kaminski-awarded-the-american-meteorological-societys-2021-father-james-b-macelwane-annual-award-in-meteorology/

Former SERA Student, Anna Kaminski, awarded the American Meteorological Society’s 2021 Father James B. Macelwane Annual Award in Meteorology July 23, 2021News Congratulations to Anna Kaminski who has been awarded the American Meteorological Society’s 2021 Father James B. Macelwane Annual Award i...

07/01/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/new-fall-internship-opportunities-for-students/

New Fall Internship Opportunities for Students July 1, 2021News The NMDSI, in partnership with hiring managers in the Core Data and Analytics department at Northwestern Mutual, is excited to announce new internship openings for the Fall 2021 semester! These are exclusive internship opportunities ava...

06/02/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/congratulations-to-surf-and-mcnair-student-michael-vazquez/

05/13/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/congratulations-to-surf-student-hannah-ullberg-winner-of-ceas-poster-competition/

Congratulations to SURF Student, Hannah Ullberg, Winner of CEAS Poster Competition May 13, 2021News In addition to the CEAS poster competition award, Hannah also received an outstanding presentation award for her work in the UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium. Hannah presented a poster and publish...

05/12/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/surf-and-mcnair-student-michael-levandoski-highlighted-in-uwm-report/

SURF and McNair Student, Michael Levandoski, Highlighted in UWM Report May 12, 2021News Congratulations to Mike Levandowski, a graduating senior, who has been involved in research since transferring to UWM. To read more about his journey before and at UWM, click the image below for the full UWM Repo...

05/07/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/congratulations-to-surf-students-inducted-to-phi-beta-kappa/

Congratulations to SURF Students Inducted to Phi Beta Kappa May 7, 2021Uncategorized Many of our graduating senior SURF students were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Read more about their plans for the future by clicking the image below. Best of luck to all of you. We can’t wait to hear what you end...

04/22/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/surf-student-mikayla-walker-highlighted-in-uwm-report/

SURF Student, Mikayla Walker, Highlighted in UWM Report April 22, 2021Uncategorized SURF student, Mikayla Walker, was highlighted in the April UWM Report for her work with geosciences lecturer Scott Schaefer. Mikayla’s research can also be found as part of OUR’s 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Resear...

04/22/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/former-sera-awardee-ryan-majinski-co-authors-paper/

Former SERA Awardee, Ryan Majinski, Co-Authors Paper April 22, 2021News Former Senior Excellence in Research Awardee, Ryan Malinski, is co-author on a recent publication in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. Congratulations to all in the Hossain lab. You can click on the abstract below to be linked t...

04/16/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/2021-uwm-undergraduate-research-symposium-launches/

2021 UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium Launches April 15, 2021News The 2021 UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium is now open. On the site, you will be able to review research work of over 250 students from this last year. These students were mentored by over 180 UWM faculty and research staff. Ch...

04/08/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/tedxuwmilwaukee/

TEDxUWMilwaukee April 8, 2021News TEDxUWMilwaukee is thrilled to announce our virtual spring conference series “Our City. Our Story,” which will be taking place on April 24th, April 27th, and May 8th. We would love to have any interested students attend this year’s conference series. Our event...

03/11/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/ncur-proceedings-publishes-the-work-of-three-surf-students/

NCUR Proceedings Publishes the Work of Three SURF Students March 10, 2021News Although the 2020 National Conference on Undergraduate Research was canceled, students were still able to submit their work to the organization’s online journal, Proceedings. Three SURF students, Raunak Khaitan working w...

03/11/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/former-sera-student-nik-prusinski-publishes-paper/

Former SERA Student, Nik Prusinski, Publishes Paper March 10, 2021News Nik Prusinki was a 2019-2020 SERA student, working with Dr. Dawn Erb. Nik was accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal and which should be appearing soon. Nik is enjoying his first year of grad school at Caltech. Cong...

03/11/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/surf-student-brandon-selbig-featured-in-in-focus/

SURF Student Brandon Selbig Featured in In Focus March 10, 2021News The March 2021 Edition of the College of Letters & Sciences In Focus magazine featured the work of SURF student, Brandon Selbig, working with Dr. Jonathan Kaul in atmospheric sciences. Click on the image below to link to In Focus wh...

02/10/2021

02/05/2021

Learn more about undergraduate research from a current student!
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UWM students have their pick of more than 1,000 undergraduate research opportunities, meaning they can play an important role in the cutting-edge work that m...

02/05/2021

https://uwm.edu/our/congratulations-to-cedrick-antonio-for-his-winning-contributions-to-the-ipe-team/

Congratulations to Cedrick Antonio for His Winning Contributions to the IPE Team February 3, 2021News We are proud to recognize former SURF student Cedrick Antonio, Health Care Administration, for his contributions to the IPE team winning 2nd Place at the 2021 Wisconsin AHEC (Area Health Education C...

09/30/2020

https://youtu.be/1ubdVOY3a0o

We went around the neighborhood asking our UWM faculty what advice they have for new students. Takeaways include building relationships, asking for help and ...

09/22/2020

https://uwm.edu/our/apply-to-the-startup-challenge/

Apply to the Startup Challenge September 22, 2020News Startup Challenge Applications Open! The UWM Startup Challenge is a co-curricular program that fosters an innovative and entrepreneurial culture at UWM by encouraging students to research and develop their ideas, prototype products, services, or....

09/18/2020

https://uwm.edu/our/welcome-incoming-uruwm-cohort-of-2020/

Welcome incoming UR@UWM cohort of 2020! September 18, 2020Uncategorized We are excited to welcome this year’s group of UR@UWM students!

08/12/2020

OUR staff are in the Lubar Circle Drive today until 3:30pm doing curbside pickup for graduation cords. Congratulations to all graduates taking part in Sunday's virtual ceremony!!

08/05/2020

https://uwm.edu/our/former-surf-students-andrew-thompson-basil-hable-and-adam-honts-publish-paper/

Former SURF Students Andrew Thompson, Basil Hable and Adam Honts Publish Paper August 5, 2020News Congratulations to these three former SURF students for their recent publication in Sensing and Imaging! Click the image below to be taken to the article link.

08/05/2020

We are excited to share this project coming out of Architecture and Urban Planning. We have had quite a few undergraduate researchers contribute to it.
https://uwm.edu/our/taking-back-our-worlds-with-dr-arijit-sen/

Taking Back Our Worlds with Dr. Arijit Sen August 5, 2020News Taking Back our Worlds: Conversations during times of Social Distancing is a publicly engaged-Humanities project that explores the historical and contemporary conditions of social and environmental injustice in the city of Milwaukee. This...

07/29/2020

The Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute is excited to announce new internship openings at Northwestern Mutual for the Fall 2020 semester!
https://uwm.edu/our/core-data-and-analytics-department-at-northwestern-mutual-is-excited-to-announce-new-internship-openings-for-the-fall-2020-semester/

The Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute is excited to announce new internship openings at Northwestern Mutual for the Fall 2020 semester! July 29, 2020News These are exclusive internship opportunities available to undergraduate and graduate students at UW-Milwaukee and Marquette. The part-tim...

07/28/2020

https://uwm.edu/our/emily-ruder-and-jacob-rankins-research-featured-in-ls-in-focus/

Emily Ruder and Jacob Rankin’s Research Featured in L&S “In Focus” July 28, 2020News Emily Ruder and Jacob Rankin traveled to Kenya in the summer of 2019 to perform field work on their research concerning charcoal production. You can read the full story in In Focus by clicking the image below ...

05/19/2020

Do you know someone interested in getting involved in research, but they aren't sure where to start? Check out this short video to learn the first step!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=zN_tDhWVvxE

Welcome incoming freshman! This short video will help you get started on your journey to getting involved in undergraduate research.

05/13/2020

https://uwm.edu/our/2020-richard-m-warren-prize-for-excellence-in-psychological-research/

2020 Richard M. Warren Prize for Excellence in Psychological Research May 13, 2020News Congratulations to the winners of the first Richard M. Warren Prize for Excellence in Psychological Research. Awards are based on faculty review of presentations by Psychology majors at the UWM Undergraduate Resea...

05/11/2020

https://uwm.edu/our/uwm-virtual-undergraduate-research-symposium-outstanding-presentation-award-winners/

UWM Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium: Outstanding Presentation Award Winners May 7, 2020News Congratulations to the following Outstanding Presentation Award winners at the 2020 UWM Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium: –Bella Biwer, “Urban Safety and Resistance: Sherman Park, MKE,”...

05/11/2020

https://uwm.edu/our/research-mentor-of-the-year-dawn-erb/

Research Mentor of the Year: Dawn Erb May 7, 2020News Dawn Erb, Associate Professor of Physics, has been named the 2020 Research Mentor of the Year by the Office of Undergraduate Research. Nominated by senior Physics major Nik Prusinski, Erb’s research interests include galaxy formation and evolut...

04/30/2020

https://sites.uwm.edu/wiscur/2020/04/28/2023-ncur-to-host-at-uw-eau-claire/

2023 NCUR to be Hosted at UW-Eau Claire Posted on April 28, 2020 UW-Eau Claire is excited to announce that it will be hosting the 2023 National Conference on Undergraduate Research! We look forward to having more than 4,000 students and their faculty mentors on our campus to celebrate deep learning....

04/24/2020

https://uwm.edu/our/miguel-jaimes-receives-undergraduate-conference-award-from-north-american-membrane-society/

Miguel Jaimes Receives Undergraduate Conference Award from North American Membrane Society April 23, 2020News Undergraduate researcher Miguel Jaimes has received an award to present his work with Dr. Xiaoli Ma in the Department of Material Science and Engineering at the undergraduate conference thro...

04/08/2020

Congratulations to Giorgio Sarro for two honorable mentions from national fellowship programs! Read more about it on our website. https://uwm.edu/our/uwm-surf-student-sarro-receives-two-prestigious-honorable-mentions/

UWM SURF Student Sarro Receives Two Prestigious Honorable Mentions April 6, 2020News Giorgio Sarro, UWM Atmospheric Science senior and Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows awardee, received Honorable Mention status from two national fellowship programs: NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Pro...

03/26/2020

https://uwm.edu/our/covid-19-updates-from-our/

Please check out the changes made to our spring calendar of events. We are looking forward to seeing our students' work during our first ever virtual symposium!

COVID-19 Updates from OUR March 21, 2020News, Uncategorized Due to circumstances out of our control this semester, OUR has made several changes to our spring calendar. Our Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held as a virtual showcase of the work our students have done on their research....