News & Events

  • Innovation for Innovation: LEC Team at the 2023 VentureWell OPEN

    April 26, 2023
    LEC Teaching Fellows and other members of the LEC team attended the VentureWell OPEN Annual Conference, which connects STEM faculty and students in an innovative atmosphere. A highlight of OPEN are its presentations – or lack thereof. Participants instead hold workshops, interactive discussions, and panels to promote creativity and engagement among conference participants. The theme ...
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  • UWM administrators and alums make list of top 100 power brokers

    February 8, 2024
    UWM is well represented on the Milwaukee Business Journal’s list of top 100 power brokers in Milwaukee for 2024. Three UWM officials and numerous alumni made the list, which the newspaper compiles annually. The list is intended to recognize people who are movers and shakers in the region. To learn more, please click here.
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  • Announcement: Kubly Well-Being Fellows

    January 22, 2024
    Join us for the inaugural LEC Charles E. Kubly Well-being Fellows initiative, a collaborative effort between the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center (LEC), the WELL Entrepreneur program, and the UWM Student Health and Wellness Center. This initiative is part of LEC’s mission to offer diverse programs that benefit the UWM community. This initiative will provide Peer Health ...
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  • LEC Adjusted Hours Through Start of Spring Semester

    December 19, 2023
    The LEC will have the following adjusted hours this Winter Break and UWinteriM: The LEC will be closing at 6:00 p.m. through Thursday and at 4:30 on Friday this week (12/18 – 12/22) The LEC will be closed 12/23 – 1/1 and reopen on 1/2 for UWinteriM hours (8 a.m. – 5 p.m. M-F) The LEC will return ...
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  • Deep Dive – Dr. Robin Mello

    November 30, 2023
    As we dig our heels into the 2023-2024 academic year, UWM Professor of Theater Dr. Robin Mello has been attracting her students with innovative methods, encouraging them to step out of their comfort zones and embrace the role failure plays in the creative process. This past October, Professor Mello traveled to the UK to the ...
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  • Foodie Friday: Colin Flanner’s Panko Crusted Chicken Tenders

    October 20, 2023
    Foodie Friday – Colin Flanner’s Panko Breaded Chicken Tender
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  • The UWMRF ENGAGE Mentor Program is Seeking Innovators

    October 13, 2023
    Are you looking for a mentor for your idea? The UWM Research Foundation ENGAGE Mentor Program is here to help! This program features 23 different mentors that collectively cover a wide variety of fields, all of whom are able and willing to aid Innovators around Milwaukee. How do I get started as an Innovator? The best way ...
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  • Small Business Brown Bag Lunch

    August 26, 2023
    If you are in the LEC at the noon hour on Wednesdays, we welcome you to join our Small Business Brown Bag Lunches. Bring your lunch, bring your smile, bring you! Flexible, casual, drop in when you can. Small Business Brown Bag Lunches are held in the LEC at the Touchdown and Launch Space every Wednesday ...
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  • The LEC is Hiring an Innovation Intern

    June 27, 2023
    “Working here you are not treated like an intern. When you come to the table you are just as important and valued as the others. You have just as much as space to speak as someone who has been here multiple years.” – MJ Horinek, previous LEC Innovation Intern Find the Innovation Intern Description Here! The Lubar ...
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  • UWM Student Mitchelle Lyle Wins WBIT Grand Prize

    June 14, 2023
    Earlier this year, UW-Milwaukee student Mitchelle Lyle took home first place in the 2023 WiSys Big Idea Tournament – a first for UW-Milwaukee. Mitchelle has a Bachelors and Masters of Science in Industrial and System Engineering and is currently studying French. “I didn’t have time in graduate school, so I wanted ...
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  • UWMRF’s 15th Annual First Look Forum Highlights

    April 26, 2023
    On April 20th, professors and students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Medical College of Wisconsin, and Marquette University came together to share their innovative technologies with investors and companies from all over southeast Wisconsin to the Rockwell Automation headquarters in Milwaukee.   Tessa Myers, Senior Vice President of Intelligent Devices at Rockwell and a UWM Research Foundation ...
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