When Rashida Parveen arrived in Milwaukee in December 2021, she carried more than just two suitcases. She brought the hopes of a small Pakistani village, the resilience of a family that had defied generational norms, and an unwavering belief that …
Inside a classroom at Milwaukee Marshall High School, the sound of Lego bricks clicking together filled the room as children leaned over tables covered with colorful pieces and half-finished builds. As they pieced together their creations, Nealita Nelson, the instructor …
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. Patients are treated with chemotherapy, which can cause debilitating side effects. A new start-up called SynXT Therapeutics aims to bring some hope to those patients. Founded by …
Powwow People is a documentary film by Sky Hopinka, MFA ’16, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, that was screened during the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival. This vérité-style documentary focuses on the events of a three-day powwow, capturing the reflections, …
Pakou Yang has been named president of Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota. She has served as interim president since June 2025. With this appointment, Dr. Yang is the first Hmong American to lead a college or university in the …
Most of us never think about what happens after water spirals down a drain. But for the people who run wastewater treatment plants, keeping the promise of clean water is a race against time – and data. Treatment plant operators …
Jayden Varline, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alum with a PhD from the Criminal Justice & Criminology department, worked with professors on a number of research projects each semester, but she’s most driven by her work studying sexual assault on college …
Growing up in Wisconsin, Brennan Dow spent his childhood exploring wooded nooks in public parks and splashing through streams and lakes near Stevens Point. His coming-of-age unfolded just before cell phones became ubiquitous, said Dow, who earned his master’s in …
The Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres is proud to celebrate the graduating class of 2026 and their fantastic thesis films! Seniors work all year on their thesis films; writing, directing, producing, editing, and polishing these films. Come …
Theirs is a multilayered love story: for each other and their family, for UW-Milwaukee and for education’s transformative power. Jane Dolan and Randy Grippe were married for 40 years, and both attended UWM. Both also held a deep passion for …
