{"id":20729,"date":"2024-08-13T16:35:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T21:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/?p=20729"},"modified":"2024-08-20T17:03:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T22:03:35","slug":"uw-board-of-regents-approved-six-faculty-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/uw-board-of-regents-approved-six-faculty-promotions\/","title":{"rendered":"UW Board of Regents approved six faculty promotions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to the following faculty members in the college whose promotions were recently approved by the UW Board of Regents. 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