The pandemic disrupted lives in many ways, but it also gave birth to some innovations, including one that is helping children who have experienced displacement as refugees, asylum seekers or immigrants. In 2020, the Lynden Sculpture Garden began reaching out …
Milwaukee is a city of opportunity—if you live in the right neighborhood. The proof is mapped out in blue and white. This map (accessible at uwm.maps.arcgis.com) was made as part of the Mapping Opportunity for the Milwaukee Metro Area project. …
From Syracuse University News Duncan Brown (UWM PhD, Physics, 2004), the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics and an accomplished physicist, has been appointed Syracuse University’s next vice president for research, effective Aug. 15. “Duncan’s career here at Syracuse University …
The Monterey Bay Aquarium is a pioneering sort of place. Nestled right on the California coastline—the building has decks that stretch out over Monterey Bay itself—the aquarium was the first institution to build a living kelp forest within its walls …
From Wauwatosa School District LaShawnda Holland (UWM MS, Curriculum and Instruction, 2003) is the Wauwatosa School District’s director of diversity and inclusion effective July 1. Holland is an exceptionally dedicated, forward-thinking educator with an incredible record of effective leadership, student …
By Robin Sluzas and Irvin Ibarra The Columbia Chronicle Senior Vice President and Provost Marcella David announced the four winners of Columbia’s 2022 Excellence in Teaching Awardearlier this month. She also noted all four have fascinating teaching ideologies that have …
From the City of Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and the City of Milwaukee Arts Board (MAB) honored the 2022 Mildred L. Harpole Artists of the Year—UWM alumni Ck Ledesma (BFA, Painting/Art History, 2013) and Nirmal Raja (MFA, Art, 2011)—and 2022 …
A UW-Milwaukee chemistry professor and graduates of his lab are helping two Wisconsin companies produce a vital material that was until recently available only from foreign sources. The material is molybdenum-99, the parent of technetium-99m, the most widely used radioisotope in …
When he was a college freshman at UW-Parkside, Ian Nebendahl, a graduate student from Naperville, Illinois, thought he would end up majoring in business. A class called Great Lakes Water Resources changed his mind and he realized he wanted to …
Alexis Meyer first fell in love with UW-Milwaukee when she was looking for an accredited architecture program for her bachelor’s degree. (UW-Milwaukee has one of the only accredited architecture programs in Wisconsin.) Although she considered staying in Minnesota, she wanted …
