Claudia Orjuela (UWM MA, Art [Art Education], 2019). Video still captured from Facebook Watch . By Kathy Quirk University Relations The pandemic disrupted lives in many ways, but it also gave birth to some innovations, including one that is helping… Read More
Tathagato Chakraborty (UWM doctoral student, Urban Studies) and Yotala Oszkay Febres-Cordero (Graduate Research Fellow, UWM Center for Economic Development). Images: Chakraborty portrait from LinkedIn ; Oszkay portrait from uwm.edu/ced ; background image from uwm.maps.arcgis.com . By Sarah Vickery College of… Read More
Duncan Brown (PhD, Physics, 2004). Images: portrait from news.syr.edu ; logo and background image from syracuse.edu . From Syracuse University News Duncan Brown (UWM PhD, Physics, 2004), the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics and an accomplished physicist, has been… Read More
Cynthia Vernon (UWM MS, Biological Sciences, 1981). Images from the Letters & Science website . By Sarah Vickery College of Letters & Science The Monterey Bay Aquarium is a pioneering sort of place. Nestled right on the California coastline—the building… Read More
LaShawnda Holland (UWM MS, Curriculum and Instruction, 2003). Images: logo from wauwatosa.k12.wi.us ; background image from cio.com . From Wauwatosa School District LaShawnda Holland (UWM MS, Curriculum and Instruction, 2003) is the Wauwatosa School District’s director of diversity and inclusion… Read More
Susan Kerns (UWM PhD, English, 2013). Images: portrait from alumni.uwm ; trophy image by Elias Gonzalez from columbiachronicle.com ; Columbia College Chicago logo from colum.edu . By Robin Sluzas and Irvin Ibarra The Columbia Chronicle Senior Vice President and Provost… Read More
Nirmal Raja. Background image: Her exhibit, “Me/You/Us and the Question” (hand embroidery on hand-dyed silk organza, 48” x 48” x 48”), which explores “how the pandemic has asked us to investigate not only the self but also our relationship to… Read More
Dietz lab alumni (unless noted) pictured from top left: Cory Hawkins, Michael Kaul (current Chemistry PhD student), Mohammed Abdul Momen, James Wankowski, and Kevin Wolters. All trained at UWM in the highly specialized work of separations involving nuclear material, a… Read More
Freshwater Sciences graduate student Ian Nebendahl. UWM Photo/Troye Fox By Kaitlin Stainbrook When he was a college freshman at UW-Parkside, Ian Nebendahl, a graduate student from Naperville, Illinois, thought he would end up majoring in business. A class called Great… Read More
MArch student Alexis Meyer. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox). By Kaitlin Stainbrook Alexis Meyer first fell in love with UW-Milwaukee when she was looking for an accredited architecture program for her bachelor’s degree. (UW-Milwaukee has one of the only accredited architecture programs… Read More