Beau Bernhoft (UWM MPA—2019). Portrait courtesy Green Bay Press-Gazette. Village of Little Chute Beau Bernhoft (UWM MPA—2019) became the new administrator of the Village of Little Chute, Wisconsin on October 11. He previously worked as the village and zoning administrator… Read More

Zac Dickhut and a display of visitor information he has assembled at the Waupun Area Chamber of Commerce. He has been acting director of the chamber since March and says he is eager to aid the group in its mission…. Read More

PhD student Becky Curtis. Portrait from LinkedIn . Background image from Watermarks website. Logo courtesy Sea Grant . School of Freshwater Sciences Becky Curtis has always been interested in the environment and how societies interact with and impact nature. This… Read More

UWM Communication PhD student and 2021 master’s alumna Alexandra Parr Balaram uses Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” as a case in point in her award-winning essay. Alexandra Parr Balaram (Communication PhD student) received the 2021 James L…. Read More

SFS master’s students Lexi Passante (left) and Brigid Meyers. The work of SFS students Lexi Passante and Brigid Meyers, both graduate research assistants in the McLellan Lab, is featured in two recent YouTube videos. Salt-Loving Bacteria in Milwaukee’s Freshwater? Sep… Read More

Tosin Adebayo (PhD, Communication—2020) The National Communication Association has awarded UWM graduate Comfort Tosin Adebayo (PhD, Communication—2020) the Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award for her study, “Maternal Healthcare Experiences of African American Women in Milwaukee: A Relational Dialectics… Read More

Megan Feifer (UWM MA, English [Modern Studies]—2008). Photo from LinkedIn . Background image from Facebook . College logo from Berea College . Department of Women’s & Gender Studies Dr. Megan Feifer (UWM MA, English [Modern Studies]—2008) is the new bell… Read More

Tyler Kunze began working with UWM professor Harvey Bootsma this summer before enrolling in graduate school. Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin Tyler Kunze never anticipated a career as a water scientist. Yet in May, he became the first student to earn… Read More

Lenore Boris (UWM PhD, Nursing—2015). Photo from St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center website. Other images from St. Joseph’s College of Nursing. St. Joseph’s Hospital (Syracuse, N.Y.) Health Center Lenore Boris, PhD, JD, RN has been named dean of St. Joseph’s… Read More

The research of Linguistics PhD student Robin Fritche (UWM MA, Linguistics—2017) shows that mothers reading to their young children over-enunciate the letter ‘T’ in some instances to help their children learn its pronunciation.. By Sarah Vickery College of Letters &… Read More