Student & Alumni Stories
- UWM alum creates social media phenomenon with ‘Spooky Lake Month’For UWM alumna Geo Rutherford, October is a hectic month, when she races to create 31 days of social media content about what she calls “haunted hydrology.” Her videos explore the mysteries of water, from Great Lakes shipwrecks to Lake Natron in Tanzania, where the water is a caustic brine that calcifies creatures that land on its shores.
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- Comedy streaming service Dropout adds alum’s film to movie catalogueDropout is now hosting Hundreds of Beavers, a critically acclaimed slapstick comedy created by alums Kurt Ravenwood (BFA 2011, Film), Quinn Hester (BFA 2021, Film), and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews (BFA 2014, Film). The feature-length …
- Alum designs costumes for upcoming Gettysburg 1863 filmAlum Maggie Koenig (BFA 2008, Theatre Production) assisted in designing costumes for upcoming war film Gettysburg 1863, a historical fiction about the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg. Previously, she designed a costume for the …
- Building designed by Jim Shields garners awards by Wisconsin Masonry Alliance and Milwaukee Historic Preservation CommissionDesigned by Jim Shields, FAIA, the new Fitz Apartment Building at 2630 N Hackett Ave in Milwaukee has received two awards: the “Excellence in Clay Masonry Award” and the “Dennis Wilichowski Craftsmanship Award” for the …
- Kyle Reynolds participates in audio journal examining specific generation of architectsAssociate Professor and Interim Head of School Kyle Reynolds recently participated in the audio journal Attention 8: Talking About My Generation. The issue is created and edited by Joseph Bedford and guest edited and produced …
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