{"id":7459,"date":"2025-12-23T12:20:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/webid2-test-lsweb\/?page_id=7459"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:40:05","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/about\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-c-list--border has-dates\"><li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/passing-of-w-michael-ross\/\">Passing of W. Michael Ross<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-10-14T15:25:40-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">October 14, 2024<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">W. Michael Ross It is with heavy hearts that we share alumnus W. Michael Ross (BA, Criminal Justice &amp; Africology, 1999) has passed away on October 6th, 2024. Memorial contributions in support of UWM students of Africology\/African and African Diaspora Studies may be directed to the W. Michael Ross Scholarship\u00a0(4010000).\u00a0Memorial gifts are payable to UWM &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/congratulations-to-phd-program-alumna-dalila-negreiros\/\">Congratulations to PhD program alumna Dalila Negreiros<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-08-04T12:27:09-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">August 4, 2023<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Congratulations to PhD program alumna Dalila Negreiros, who has been appointed as an Advisor of the Secretary of Government Analysis of the Chief of Staff to the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/in-photos-peck-school-students-among-the-first-to-experience-new-study-abroad-course-examining-the-arts-of-resistance-and-resilience-across-the-black-diaspora\/\">IN PHOTOS: Peck School students among the first to experience new study abroad course examining the arts of resistance and resilience across the Black Diaspora<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-02-10T11:56:17-06:00\" class=\"post-date\">February 10, 2023<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">From Peck School of the Arts: &quot;Thirteen students from across UWM signed up for a pilot study abroad experience developed by Associate Professors Portia Cobb (Film, Video, Animation and New Genres) and Dr. David Pate (Social Work). 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