Geosciences celebrates its 60th anniversary

The UWM Department of Geosciences celebrated its 60th anniversary in November by bringing together department members, friends of Geosciences, and alumni from across the country for a two-day celebration honoring the department and its accomplishments over the years. Celebrants gathered …

Geography student spots rare bug

As part of the newly revamped Geography Field Work course, geography professor Alison Donnelly brought students on a site visit to the UWM Field Station in Saukville, Wisconsin. The aim of the trip was to give students an opportunity to …

UWM and MCW partner to offer accelerated BS, PharmD degrees

A new partnership between UW-Milwaukee and the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) allows students to earn their PharmD degree in just six years. UWM and MCW announced in October that the institutions will offer an accelerated program that allows students …

Storytelling as research offers insights into society’s needs

Buying or obtaining groceries and preparing food may sound like mundane tasks, but collecting information on how people seek and connect with food can actually foster understanding and help us communicate in a polarized world, said Nicole Welk-Joerger. Welk-Joerger, former …

CES alumna cares for trees in Chugach National Forest, Alaska

If a forest technician falls while hiking through a forest and no one is there to see it, does her backside still hurt? Unequivocally, yes. “There is no trail where we walk,” said Riley Thomas, a forestry technician in the …

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.