Choosing UWM: A full-circle Mother’s Day story

When Priya Premnath arrived in Milwaukee to begin her career as an assistant professor, she wasn’t thinking about her family history. Fresh from a postdoctoral position in Canada, her focus was simple: find the right job. But her arrival quietly …

Senior Design Teams wrap with presentations, May 6-15

More than 40 senior design teams are preparing to give their project presentations between May 6-15. Projects commissioned for many of the teams came from local businesses big and small, including UMedec, Stantec, Deltahawk, MetalTek, Hellermann Tyton and Zoppas Industries. …

Ogunniyi wins the UWM Victor Podlaski scholarship

Olanrewaju Emmanuel Ogunniyi was awarded the UWM Victor Podlaski scholarship, which recognizes Ogunniyi’s demonstrated interest in advancing Polish culture by the late Podlaski, a lifelong Milwaukee resident and World War II veteran. Although he didn’t attend UWM, Podlaski established the …

CEAS poster competition and 3MT winners light up the Union

Hats off to the nearly 100 students who put their research and experiential learning discoveries on display at the college’s Student Research Poster Competition & Experiential Learning Expo on April 25. Of the 96 poster entries, 65 were from graduate …

Mechanical engineering doctoral student conquered 3MT 2026

Abdallah Benelmadjat, PhD student in mechanical engineering, took the top prize in the “Three-Minute Thesis (3MT)” by explaining his research to a general audience in just three minutes and using only one static PowerPoint tile. 3MT, founded by the University …