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  • Fall Welcome: Natural Sciences Showcase – Calculating your place in STEM

    UWM Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex Atrium 3135 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Taking a science course? Thinking about taking a science course? Unsure which natural science major is best for you? Attend this event to ask questions and find out more about any of the Natural Sciences' programs, courses or activities! Advisors, …

    Free
  • Celts on Campus

    UWM Union Concourse 2200 East Kenwood Boulevard, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Join the Center for Celtic Studies in celebrating Celtic culture. “Celts on Campus” will feature local organizations demonstrating music, dance, and sports originating from Celtic Nations. Other local organizations will share student scholarship opportunities. Learn more about the history and …

    Free
  • Darwin Day at the Greene Geological Museum

    Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum (Lapham 168) 3209 North Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Help us celebrate Charles Darwin's 215th birthday with a day of science fun. Fascinating fossils and glowing minerals Informative lectures from UWM scientists Touchable specimins Taxidermied critters from your own backyard Children's activities Real research from UWM scientists Planetarium show …

  • Women’s & Gender Studies Scholarship Award Ceremony

    UWM Union Wisconsin Room 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Honoring the students selected in the MPS Student "Wisconsin Women Making History" essay contest along with the UWM students selected for scholarships and awards. A hybrid event also open to viewing through Microsoft Teams: Meeting ID: 288 469 789 711 …

    Free
  • Foreign Language & Area Studies – Career Panel

    UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Hear from FLAS alumni in diverse fields, and how learning a less-commonly taught language helped them get to where they are today. Panelists have studied Portuguese, Kichwa, Nahuatl, and Zapotec. Panelists include: Jomarie Coloriano (Zapotec) Alex Bond (Portuguese) Dr. Maren Hawkins …

    Free
  • Planning Your Publishing Career – A Virtual Roundtable

    Virtual/Online Event Link will be provided, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Learn from a panel of local and national book publicity experts about how to plan for a career in the publishing world. The event will overview how each panelist started their career in publishing and offer advice for students (undergrad and …

    Free
  • Internship & Networking Fair in journalism, advertising, public relations, and communication

    UWM Union Ballroom 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    The JAMS Program is hosting its annual Internship & Networking Fair to help students meet with local media outlets, get to know professionals, and network for potential job opportunities. Nearly 20 companies and media outlets will be in attendance, including …

    Free
  • Italian Language Table

    Italian Language Table
    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 766 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Practice language skills outside of the classroom with informal conversations.

    Free
  • French Language Table

    French Language Table
    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 766 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Practice language skills outside of the classroom with informal conversations. All levels welcome!

    Free
  • UWM Greenhouse Open House

    UWM Greenhouse 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Celebrate Earth Week by exploring our plant collection featuring 600+ species from around the world! Enter NWQ and take “Red” elevators up to 4th floor.

    Free
  • German Language Table

    German Language Table
    UWM Language Oasis - Curtin 187 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Practice language skills outside of the classroom with informal conversations. All levels welcome!

    Free
  • The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest
    UWM Honors House, Room 196 3363 North Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Come see the UWM Honors College Drama Club's production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde! It will be held in Honors 196, and doors will open a half hour prior to the show. All performances are open …

    Free
  • This is WGS – Celebrate 50 years of Women’s & Gender Studies @ UWM

    UWM Union Ballroom 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Join us to hear from and network with an alumni panel of WGS alumni and celebrate contributions to UWM over the past 50 years. Refreshments provided and exhibitions will feature student work from our Queer Theory, Indigenous Feminisms, Research Methods, …

    Free
  • Japanese Language Table

    Japanese Language Table
    UWM Language Oasis - Curtin 187 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Practice language skills outside of the classroom with informal conversations. All levels welcome! Not held on March 21 during spring break.

    Free
  • Nobunaga Concerto – screening with subtitles

    UWM Union Alumni Fireside Lounge 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    UWM students in Japan 361: Translating Japanese Media will showcase their subtitling skills through showings of episodes of Nobunaga Concerto. Nobunaga Concerto tells the story of a contemporary high school student who travels back in time and takes the place …

    Free
  • Snaps & Snacks with the Psychology Department

    UWM Spaights Plaza 2200 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Get PSYCHED for the year! Take a pic, grab a snack & swag, and learn about UWM’s Psychology program and ways to get involved. For more information, or to request accommodations, please email unertl@uwm.edu.

    Free
  • World Language Cafe

    UWM Spaights Plaza 2200 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Visit the World Language Café to chat with students and professors from UWM´s language and culture programs-Arabic, Chinese, Classics, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Jewish Studies, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, American Sign Language, Comparative Literature, Global Studies, Translation & Interpreting Studies. …

    Free
  • Classics Program Open House

    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 839 3243 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Everyone is welcome to attend! Pizza and refreshments will be served! For more information, or to request accommodations, please email dewesolow@uwm.edu.

    Free
  • Chemistry Building Grand Opening and Dedication

    UWM Chemistry Building 2000 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Join us as we officially open UWM's newest building. Following remarks by the Chancellor and other special guests, enjoy tours of the spaces, refreshments, and demonstrations and displays of the research and teaching activities the building will house. More details …

    Free
  • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) Open House

    UWM Northwest Quad B2479 2025 East Newport Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    CLACS welcomes all guests to catch up with colleagues and students and meet the new Associate Director, Monica VanBladel. Light refreshments will be provided. Dr. Monica VanBladel starts at UWM on September 25th. Monica comes to UWM with a rich …

    Free
  • Natural Treasures of Milwaukee: The Story of the Thomas A. Greene Geological Collection

    UWM Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex, Room 1150 3135 N. Maryland Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Join us to celebrate the Natural Treasures of Milwaukee and the Story of Thomas A. Greene, one of Wisconsin's most prolific naturalists. Hear UWM alumnus, Dr. Don Mikulic, discuss Thomas Greene, his amazing collection and its scientific and historical value …

    Free
  • Teaching English Abroad and Locally

    Learn how you can develop skills by working as an English teacher during or after completing your university studies! Featuring UWM alumni who have experience, and current opportunities for students to start the process now!

    Free
  • Language Works

    UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    9 out of 10 U.S. employers rely on employees with language skills other than English (Source: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2019) 56% of U.S. employers say their demand for employees with language skills other than English …

    Free
  • Careers & Internships with U.S. State Department

    UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Midwest diplomat-in-residence Susan Falatko will be at UWM to discuss career and internship opportunities with the US Department of State. There are a wide variety of career and internship paths with the Department of State so this is a great …

    Free
  • Puerto Rican bomba: free drum-and-dance workshop

    UWM Zelazo Center, Room 250 2419 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    De-stress with a drum-and-dance workshop as we wrap up the semester! Join renowned percussionist and Bembé Artist-in-Residence Beto Torrens for a hands-on workshop on Puerto Rican bomba, an Afro-Indigenous genre that is the island's oldest music and dance tradition. Try …

    Free
  • Il Circolo Italiano

    Il Circolo Italiano
    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 766 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Learn more about the UWM's Italian program and Italian culture, and engage in Italian conversation. This is a great opportunity to practice your informal Italian language skills. All levels welcome! Five Wednesdays throughout the Fall 2024 semester: Sept. 25 Oct. …

    Free
  • Japanese Conversation Table

    Japanese Conversation Table
    UWM Language Oasis - Curtin 187 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Practice your Japanese language skills with other students. Informal conversation is great practice and an opportunity to meet fellow students. Open to majors, minors and any student interested in Japanese language. Every Thursday during the fall semester up until finals …

    Free
  • Beyond Borders: Writing as Activism & Healing

    UWM Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Hear from Reyna Grande, author of the bestselling memoirs The Distance Between Us (Atria, 2012) and A Dream Called Home (Atria, 2018), where she writes about her life before and after she arrived in the United States from Mexico as …

    Free
  • Alumni Panel Discussion: What Can You Do with a Geography Degree?

    American Geographical Society Library inside the Golda Meir Library (3rd Floor) 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Date: February 14, 2025 Time: 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: American Geographic Society Library (AGSL), UWM Golda Meir Library, Third Floor East Wing Cost: FREE Join us for an engaging alumni panel discussion hosted by the Department of Geography. …

  • Darwin Day

    Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum (Lapham 168) 3209 North Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    When: Saturday, February 15th, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Where: 3209 N Maryland Ave, Lapham Hall, Milwaukee, WI, 53211 Darwin Day is a community science outreach event celebrating the life and times of one of the most brilliant and influential …

    Free
  • Asia in Conversation, “Media Circulations and Risky Publics”

    Virtual Event

    Darshana Sreedhar, Mini Assistant Professor in Department of Communication at University of Wisconsin-Madison; Pallavi Rao, Assistant Professor in Department of Media Studies at University of Virginia; and Lia Wolock, Assistant Professor in Department of Communication at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Friday, …

  • Creative Writing Workshop with Slow Growing in the Time of Trees

    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 939 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Join the Center for 21st Century Studies and Slow Growing in the Time of Trees for a generative writing workshop about art and the most generative of living things: fungi. Come with a writing implement and paper, or birch bark, …

  • Searching for Life in the Universe

    UWM Chemistry Building - Room 108 2000 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, United States

    Speaker: Professor Dawn Erb of the UWM Center for Gravitation, Cosmology, and Astrophysics The Leonard E. Parker Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics, in partnership with the Manfred Olson Planetarium, invites you to an evening with UWM Professor Dawn Erb …

  • State of the Humanities MKE

    Curtin Hall 175

    Overview Join the Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) at UW-Milwaukee for a panel discussion that explores how Milwaukeeans and MKE organizations might sustain, expand, and care for the humanities across our city. In October 2024, the Consortium for Humanities …

  • Slow AI: A Human Training Workshop

    UWM Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Prompting isn’t just for ChatGPT. In this workshop, we’ll return our attention to older ways of writing and thinking that get hijacked by – but are also prototypes for – contemporary productivity models. The first ten attendees to register will …

  • Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies

    Artists Sasha Stiles and Nathaniel Stern install their show Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies for a week-long run at Kenilworth Square East Gallery from February 12 to 20. AI is a transformational force in human history, akin to the rise …

  • 13th Annual Japanese Speech & Recitation Contest

    Curtin Hall 175

    Participating institutions: UWM, Carthage College, and Milwaukee Doyokai Sponsors: Anime Milwaukee, Japan Foundation Los Angeles, Milwaukee Japanese Association, Japan America Society of Wisconsin, and UWM Department of World Languages and Cultures

  • Aesthetics, Art, & AI: Kite

    Join the Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) on March 12 for an artist talk with Kite (a.k.a. Suzanne Kite), an Oglála Lakȟóta artist, composer, and scholar. Her groundbreaking scholarship and practice investigate contemporary Lakota ontologies through research-creation, computational media, and performance. Kite develops body interfaces for machine learning-driven performance, …

  • En-Vision Embodied Writing Workshop

    UWM Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex, Room 1150 3135 N. Maryland Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Hosted by the Center for 21st Century Studies and Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP) co-founder Milo Miller, this workshop will blend mindfulness and creative writing to explore themes of slowing down, radical self-care, critical disability studies, and fostering networks of mutual support …

  • Marden Lecture Series Presents: Juggling Counts

    UWM Lubar Hall, Room N140 3202 N. Maryland Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Presented by Prof. Steve Butler, Morrill, Professor of Mathematics at Iowa State University Mathematics is a language which can help us describe and explore patterns. One source of patterns that mathematicians have been exploring comes from juggling (the tossing of …

  • Exploring Majors Fair

    UWM Zelazo Center, Room 250 2419 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    The College of Letters & Science is hosting an exploring majors fair this spring! Come learn more about the programs in the College of Letters & Science. We offer a broad range of programs - natural science, humanities, and social …

  • Little Free Library Walking Tour With C21

    UWM Union - E153 2200 E Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Join the Center for 21st Century Studies for a walk with the Human Club to explore the Little Free Libraries in our campus community! We will start our journey at the UWM Center for Student Experience and Talent in the Student Union. Then, …

  • Behind the Mic: Two Generations of Journalists in Conversation

    UWM Union Wisconsin Room 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Fresh Air’s Tonya Mosley joins WUWM’s Eric Von Fellow and UWM alumna, Maria Peralta-Arellano for an insightful discussion on their journeys as journalists. From reporting in local communities to covering national conversations, through their experiences, they will explore the challenges, …

  • 28th Annual Student Research Forum, Spring 2026

    UWM Union Alumni Fireside Lounge 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    This year’s keynote speaker is Bench Ansfield (Assistant Professor of History, Temple University and an urban historian of racial capitalism), author of Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City(W. W. Norton, 2025). They are a historian …