Student Stories
CHS alumna directs camp for children with social disorders
Speech-Language Pathologist Elizabeth Robbin (‘06 MS Communication Sciences and Disorders) spends her summers working as the Director of Camp Firefly. Camp Firefly is a unique overnight camp for children, ages 9-18, who have social disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder,... Read More
Amid city’s grit, SFS alum maps wild underwater world of Milwaukee’s estuary
“It’s not just urban sheet-pile walls and dredged canals,” Brennan Dow says about Milwaukee’s lower estuary. “There’s a whole world happening next to you that you don’t know about.” (UWM Photo/Troye Fox) By Elizabeth Hoover College of Letters and Science... Read More
OT alum and LSS president Colón named Nonprofit Executive of the Year
In 2017, Héctor Colón became the first Lutheran Social Services CEO who was not a Lutheran minister. By Peter Hansen Graduate School UWM Occupational Therapy alumnus Héctor Colón (MS ’01, BS ‘97) was named Nonprofit Executive of the Year at... Read More
CEAS alum combines research with her job to help make city greener
Janeé Pederson worked on a project to harvest rainwater at Alice’s Garden, a two-acre farm in the heart of Milwaukee, to help make the farm more sustainable. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox) By Kathy Quirk University Relations & Communications A UWM alumna... Read More
Alum keeps CA lawmakers informed through fellowship
UWM physics alum Sydney Chamberlin crosses one of Senator Henry Stern’s bills on the Senate desk. She crossed two additional bills for the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water. Photo courtey California Council on Science and Technology. By Sarah... Read More
UWM alum provides research basis for books on water quality
Growing up in Milwaukee as the daughter of a Coast Guard veteran, UWM alum Katie Hall’s interest in water came naturally. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox) By Kathy Quirk University Relations & Communications Katie Hall’s friends and family worried about her future... Read More
Physics doctoral student is first author on “molecular movie” paper
In this illustration, microcrystals are injected (top left) and a reaction is initiated by blue laser pulses hitting the proteins within the crystals. The atomic structure of the protein (right) is probed during the reaction by the X-ray pulses (bottom... Read More
Business Journal features three SARUP alumni in “40 Under 40” issue
UWM master of architecture (MArch) alumni (left to right): Steve Morales (2004), Lyssa Olker (2004), and Jezamil Arroyo-Vega (2008). By Kathy Quirk University Relations & Communications Steve Morales, partner in the architectural firm Rinka+ Steve Morales got interested in architecture... Read More
UWM alum shares state’s treasures on ‘Outdoor Wisconsin’
Elizabeth Cramer earned two degrees from UWM—a bachelor’s degree in music in 2004 and a master’s in psychology in 2008. (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Cramer) By Matthew Cade College of Letters and Science From humble beginnings as a small-town country... Read More
Geosciences grad student uncovers microscopic secrets in Utah stones
Geosciences graduate student Chad Martin collected rocks in Utah to understand how the Willard Thrust Fault formed. Photo courtesy of Chad Martin. By Sarah Vickery College of Letters & Science When rocks move along a fault plane, they often grind... Read More