Author: Correspondent

A team of investigators led by UWM epidemiologist Amy Kalkbrenner has landed a $2.3 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to explore what role air pollution has in causing children to develop autism. Scientists know that children’s exposure to chemicals in the environment influences whether they will develop these disorders, and several recent studies have implicated air pollution from vehicles. But questions remain about the biology behind how air pollutants can harm the developing brain, and whether some children may be more resilient or susceptible to the impacts. “By adding a wealth of information...

A robotics team of students from four Milwaukee Public Schools has qualified for the second year in a row to attend the prestigious FIRST Robotics World Championship after winning the Wisconsin Regional FIRST Robotics competition, held March 25 in Milwaukee. Known as the Ultimate Protection Squad, Team 1675 includes students from Lynde and Harry Bradley Technology and Trade School, Milwaukee School of Languages, Ronald Wilson Reagan College Preparatory High School and Rufus King International High School. The victory was an incredible comeback after a disappointing finish at another competition on March 11, where the team finished in 34th place...

More than 500 female travel bloggers, influencers, and industry members will be exploring the Cream City as they meet for their annual conference. The Women in Travel Summit 2017 (WITS) comes to Milwaukee from April 21 to 23, when industry members will meet for a weekend of learning and networking. This year’s conference, held at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center, also serves a secondary purpose, to showcase the city of Milwaukee. “We’re thrilled to be hosting the 2017 Women in Travel Summit and can’t wait to welcome this group of talented, adventure-loving writers. We’re excited to show them the...

Walter Hood and his Hood Design Studio, have been chosen to create a new linear park within the Beerline Trail Neighborhood Development Project in Milwaukee’s Riverwest and Harambee area. The development project intends to sustain and enrich the lives of the people in Harambee and Riverwest by promoting health, well-being and prosperity through increase circulation of resources, voices, ideas, labor and creativity. Hood, an artist and landscape designer and the founder/creative director of Hood Design Studio in Oakland, Ca., was selected out of a group of three finalists for the project. Hood’s work on the Beerline Trail extension is...

Grants, funded with money from the State of Wisconsin, will provide up to $10,000 toward the rehab cost of each home. A competitive selection process has ended with six organizations selected to take part in the Milwaukee Employment/Renovation Initiative (ME/RI). The selected firms will renovate a total of up to 100 tax-foreclosed homes in an area south of Capitol Drive, north of Lloyd Street, west of 20th Street, and east of 60th Street. That geographic area includes the Sherman Park neighborhood. Selected firms are committed to hire at least one unemployed or underemployed Milwaukee resident to work on each...

Milwaukee’s Public Policy Forum released a report on March 27 that analyzed the condition of regional fixed-route transit systems, and offered recommendations to fill gaps where services fall short of bringing workers to their job sites. Milwaukee’s Public Policy Forum released a report on March 27 that analyzed the condition of regional fixed-route transit systems, and offered recommendations to fill gaps where services fall short of bringing workers to their job sites. The rise of smart phones, mobile applications, and new private transportation service providers has ushered in a highly experimental period in which transit systems are testing new...