Campus Events: Lectures Conferences and Symposiums
The Art of Fiction Craft Talk with René Steinke
- October 15, 2019
- 2:00pm - 3:30pm
- UWM Mitchell Hall, Room 361, 3203 N. Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
- Letters & Sciences
Please join us in celebrating 50 years of Creative Writing at UWM with a fiction craft talk with René Steinke. René Steinke’s most recent novel, “Friendswood” was named one of…
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Open Peer Review: The Current Landscape and Emerging Models
- October 16, 2019
- 12:45pm - 1:45pm
- WI
- School of Information Studies
SOIS Research Committee Presentation – Open Peer Review: The Current Landscape and Emerging Models Presented by: Dr. Dietmar Wolfram, Professor UWM School of Information Studies Dr. Hyoungjoo Park, Visiting Assistant…
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Toxicological Effects of Antimicrobials (Triclosan and Triclocarban) and Cyanopeptides (Anabaenopeptins and Cyanopeptolins) in the Nemotode C. elegans
- October 16, 2019
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- UWM Union Room 191, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
- Zilber School of Public Health
Presented by Kade A. Lenz, Doctoral Candidate, Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health Environmental contaminants are increasingly detected in surface water, soil, and sediment. There is a concern that…
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An Evening with Atlas Obscura’s Dylan Thuras
- October 16, 2019
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Golda Meir Library, American Geographical Society Library, 3rd floor, Golda Meir Library, American Geographical Society Library, 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
- Campus Special Events/University Relations Events
Dylan Thuras adventures back to Milwaukee for an event celebrating the new edition of his explorer’s guide that the New York Times calls “a wanderlust-whetting cabinet of curiosities on paper.” And…
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Space Crazy! Kids' Letters to Astronauts in the Early Space Age
- October 16, 2019
- 7:00pm - 8:00pm
- UWM Manfred Olson Planetarium, 1900 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
- Letters & Sciences
What was it like to be a kid during the “space craze,” when “cosmic enthusiasm” was igniting imaginations on both sides of the Cold War divide? Join Dr. Roshanna P.…
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UWM Creative Writing Program's 50th Anniversary Celebration and Alumni Reading
- October 16, 2019
- 7:30pm - 10:00pm
- UWM Greene Hall, 3347 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
- Letters & Sciences
Featuring recollections from 50 years of our graduate Creative Writing Program and a showcase of 10 alumni reading for 5 minutes each, mixed with lots of reconnecting, friendship and, of…
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Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Tomory Dodge
- October 16, 2019
- 7:30pm - 9:00pm
- Arts Center Lecture Hall, Arts Center Lecture Hall (ACL 120) | 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
- Peck School of the Arts
Tomory Dodge is an internationally recognized contemporary painter. Much of his early work depicted scenes of wind blown detritus in desert-like settings, often exhibiting surreal or apocalyptic undertones while maintaining…
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Geosciences: Great Technology to Industry Adoption, the Long Road of Commercialization
- October 17, 2019
- 4:00am - 5:00pm
- UWM Lapham Hall, Room N103, 3209 N. Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
- Letters & Sciences
Presented by Beth Conerty, Business Development Manager of the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This event will take place in Lapham N 103.
Event DetailsInfidelity Plus
- October 18, 2019
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- UWM Enderis Hall, Room 103, 2400 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
- Letters & Sciences
The Department of Communication presents a talk by Ebony Utley, Professor of Communication Studies at California State University Long Beach. Dr. Utley will present her research work on infidelity and…
Event DetailsTL Taylor: Play as Transformative Work
- October 18, 2019
- 3:30pm - 5:00pm
- Curtin 175, 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
- Center for 21st Century Studies
In this talk, Taylor explores the ways game live streamers are transforming their otherwise private play into public entertainment. Drawing on her research with live streamers, she offers a challenge…
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