Milky Way mystery radio wave signal found

An international team of astronomers that includes one from UWM has discovered unusual radio signals coming from the direction of the center of the Milky Way galaxy, but they don’t have any idea what the source is. The pattern of …

History alum is a curator for Luxembourg-American connections

The only thing that Serena Stuettgen knew about Luxembourg was that it was a small country in Europe. Even so, she applied as a curator at the Luxembourg American Cultural Society (LACS) Museum in 2019, hoping to land her first …

UWM’s best honored at Fall Awards Ceremony

More than two dozen UWM faculty and staff members were recognized for their outstanding service to UWM during the annual Fall Awards presentation on Oct. 13. Many of the honorees are from the College of Letters & Science, and they …

UW System gives top honor to Econ Department manager

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents is honoring Brenda Cullin, academic department associate/ office manager in the UWM Department of Economics, with a University Staff Excellence award. Cullin is one of two individual UW System employees and one …

Geography professors get grant to combine art, science, and water

Art, learning, and water all intersect in Milwaukee, thanks to a new $2.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Ryan Holifield, an associate professor of geography at UWM, is the principal investigator on the four-year grant that aims to …

A study in perseverance: Student returns to UWM

After Henry Wehrs graduates, he’d like to join the Peace Corps. Or work in a nonprofit focusing on financial literacy. Or join an organization that supports affordable housing access. He’s been there. He gets it. “That (used to be) one …