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Master of Legal Studies Info Session

UWM Lubar Hall, Room N120 3202 North Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Learn about an online Master of Legal Studies program offered through Seton Hall Law School. This graduate program provides students with a working knowledge of the law that can be applied in business or professional settings. It is intended for …

Classics Open House

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 866 3243 N. Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Learn more about the Classics major or minor at UWM! Professors Elisabetta Cova and Deanna Wesolowski host this event. You’ll learn about the requirements and course offerings; internships, research and other experiential learning opportunities; and advising. Get your questions answered …

Free
Event Series The French Table

The French Table

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

Informal conversations in French. Great opportunity to practice your skills with other members of the UWM community. All levels welcome! Meets regularly on various Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the Fall 2022 semester.

Free

Math Colloquium: Ehrhart Theory and Partial Permutohedra

UWM EMS Building, Room E495 3200 N. Cramer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Presented by Dr. Erik Insko, Professor of Mathematics, Iowa State University. In this talk, I will give a brief introduction to Ehrhart polynomials, which count the number of lattice points in a convex lattice polytope and also describe the polytope's …

Event Series The French Table

The French Table

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

Informal conversations in French. Great opportunity to practice your skills with other members of the UWM community. All levels welcome! Meets regularly on various Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the Fall 2022 semester.

Free

The Rise of Right-Wing Comedy

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 368 3243 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them argues that it is both an intellectual and politically strategic mistake to assume that comedy has a liberal bias. Right-wing comedy has been hiding in plain sight, finding its …

Free

Women’s & Gender Studies Lunch & Learn with Margaret Noodin

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 181 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Margaret Noodin, Professor of English and Associate Dean for Humanities, UWM presents: “Ginagadawendamin Nooniyang miinwaa Jaagineyang Akiing: Breastfeeding and Exhaustion as Models for Chaos Theory on Earth.” This event will be held in-person in Curtin Hall room 181 or Virtually …

Free

Creative Writing Program – Visiting Writers Series – Phong Nguyen

UWM Lubar Hall, Room S231 3202 N. Maryland Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Author Phong Nguyen will be giving a craft talk at 3 pm and a reading from his recent work, "Bronze Drum," followed by a talk at 7 pm. Both events are free and will be livestreamed. (See link below to …

Free

International Career Bootcamp

UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center 107 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

With special guest Jake Gill, CEO of Skritter & UWM Alum Join us for an event focusing on alumni internship experiences and post-graduation careers! Learn about internship opportunities, boost your resume and LinkedIn, and network with others at our alumni …

Free

Creative Writing Program – Visiting Writers Series – Phong Nguyen

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Author Phong Nguyen will be giving a craft talk at 3 pm and a reading from his recent work, "Bronze Drum," followed by a talk at 7 pm. Both events are free and will be livestreamed. (See link below to …

Planetarium Show: Exploring Exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope

UWM Manfred Olson Planetarium 1900 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

The world is buzzing about the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful space telescope ever built that will serve as the premier deep space observatory for the next decade. Learn about our ever-expanding view of the universe …

$5 – $6

Home Movie Day

UWM Mitchell Hall, Room B91 3203 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Attendees are invited to bring home movies in the form of 8mm, Super 8mm, 16mm, VHS, Mini-DV, or digital files, have the materials inspected/repaired by UWM volunteers, and then screened with an audience while the owner narrates. Throughout the day, …

Free

Dangerous Women, Effective Changemakers – Film and Panel Discussion

Mitchell Hall, Room 191 3203 N. Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Women changemakers have been often labeled “dangerous,” but their voices and actions have been essential in creating positive change and remain so today. A public forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County and UWM Women’s & …

Free

The Post-Roe Research Landscape

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

Thinking about university research after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Featuring: Donna McGee, Sam Westcott, Maria Novotny, and Rachel Bloom-Pojar.

Free
Event Series The French Table

The French Table

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

Informal conversations in French. Great opportunity to practice your skills with other members of the UWM community. All levels welcome! Meets regularly on various Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the Fall 2022 semester.

Free

Adventures in Archaeology: UWM Student Research Experiences Abroad

UWM Mitchell Hall, Room 159 3203 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Students from Classics, Art History, and Anthropology will come together to share their experiences abroad. Any major who is interested in a archaeological type of study abroad research experience is strongly encouraged to attend and hear directly from your peers …

Free

Transland Under Seige: A Brief History

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

A virtual event with Helen Boyd Kramer from Lawrence University. A quick but thorough tour of how we came to be where we are now, starting with the first theories of trans identity, visibility movements, and trans activity in the …

WGS Vilas Trust Lecture: Indigenous Art as Revisioning and Unsettling Colonial Enclosure

UWM Greene Hall 3347 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Women's & Gender Studies Vilas Trust Lecture Series continues with Mishuana Goeman, Professor and Chair of Indigenous Studies at the University of Buffalo. The talk, titled "Indigenous Art as Revisioning and Unsettling Colonial Enclosure," will examine the ways in which …

Free

Anthropology Colloquium: Opacity, Rézonans, and the Politics of Bearing Witness in Anthropology

UWM Sabin Hall, Room G28 3413 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Presentation by Professor Jerome Camal, Department of Anthropology, UW-Madison. This talk explores the politics of bearing witness through ethnography - asking anthropologists to acknowledge and confront our discipline’s entanglements and complicity with structures of dispossessions inherited from the colonial plantation …

Free

Creative Writing Program Graduate Student-Faculty Reading

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Readings of creative work by three graduate students and one faculty member: Beck Behnke, Sophie Nunberg, Katherine Witt, and Professor Liam Callanan. In-Person and live streamed. See URL below.

Free
Event Series Linguistics – Virtual Open House

Linguistics – Virtual Open House

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

Prospective students interested in the linguistics major or minor are invited to learn more about the program and meet some of our faculty! Two dates for this event - Oct. 25 or Nov. 29! You’ll learn about our academic program …

Free
Event Series The French Table

The French Table

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

Informal conversations in French. Great opportunity to practice your skills with other members of the UWM community. All levels welcome! Meets regularly on various Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the Fall 2022 semester.

Free

Peace Corps Prep Program – Info Session

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

It’s never too early to prepare yourself for future service. Peace Corps Prep is a certificate program for undergraduates that prepares you to be a strong candidate for Peace Corps service. Guest David Abundis, recruiter for the Peace Corps, and …

Free

Celtic Studies’ Samhain

UWM Greene Hall 3347 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Join the Center for Celtic Studies for a celebration of the Celtic Otherworld through spooky stories, Celtic treats, live music, and a costume contest. Free and open to the public of all ages.

Free

Communication – Virtual Open House

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

Prospective students interested in the communication major or minor are invited to learn more about the program and meet some of our faculty! You’ll learn about our academic program and its requirements, discover our student research opportunities, and learn about …

Event Series The French Table

The French Table

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

Informal conversations in French. Great opportunity to practice your skills with other members of the UWM community. All levels welcome! Meets regularly on various Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the Fall 2022 semester.

Free

Math Colloquium: Gelfand-Zeitlin Integrable Systems: Where linear algebra, geometry, and representation theory meet

UWM EMS Building, Room E495 3200 N. Cramer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Presented by Dr. Mark Colarusso, Professor of Mathematics, University of South Alabama. In the 19th century, physicists were interested in determining the conditions under which the equations of motion for a classical mechanical system could be found by integrating a …

Free

Planetarium Show: Exploring Exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope

UWM Manfred Olson Planetarium 1900 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

The world is buzzing about the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful space telescope ever built that will serve as the premier deep space observatory for the next decade. Learn about our ever-expanding view of the universe …

$5 – $6

Clube Lusófono: AQUARELA DO BRASIL with Brazilian singer and composer Octavio Arcanjo

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

The Brazilian singer and composer Octavio Arcanjo will present a retrospective about Brazilian music connecting with Portuguese 360 class "A Journey through the Music of the Lusofphone World". As a musicien Arcanjo will perform Brazilian musics connecting with the idea …

Free

Trauma-Informed Teaching Workshop

UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center 107 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Help students achieve essential learning outcomes through a balance of flexibility and accountability, high standards, and care for students. This trauma-informed workshop aims to provide frameworks for practicing intentionality and care in the classroom. A coordinated effort between the Dean …

Free
Event Series The French Table

The French Table

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

Informal conversations in French. Great opportunity to practice your skills with other members of the UWM community. All levels welcome! Meets regularly on various Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the Fall 2022 semester.

Free

Alumna Visit – Learn about careers in economics and international trade

UWM Lubar Hall, Room S233 3202 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

UWM Economics and International Studies alumna Chelsey Libecki-Duszynski '13 speaks about her job experiences since graduation. She completed an Export Specialist internship at US Commercial Services when she was a student and has worked for a number of companies on …

Free

Math Colloquium: An insertion algorithm on multiset partitions with applications to diagram algebras

UWM EMS Building, Room E495 3200 N. Cramer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Dr. Laura Colmenarejo, Professor of Mathematics, North Carolina State University. In algebraic combinatorics, the Robinson-Schensted-Knuth algorithm is a fundamental correspondence between words and pairs of semistandard tableaux illustrating identities of dimensions of irreducible representations of several groups. In this talk, …

Free

Planetarium Show: Exploring Exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope

UWM Manfred Olson Planetarium 1900 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

The world is buzzing about the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful space telescope ever built that will serve as the premier deep space observatory for the next decade. Learn about our ever-expanding view of the universe …

$5 – $6

Clube Lusófono: Macau – A Bridge Between East and West

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

The Portuguese writer Dora Gago will share her experiences living in Macau through her writing. This event connects with Portuguese 310 class "Advanced Composition and Conversation".

Free

Hidden Treasure: Finding Women Dealers and Collectors of Far Eastern Art in Paris, 1858-1914

Mitchell Hall, Room 191 3203 N. Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Elizabeth Emery, Professor of World Languages and Cultures at Montclair State University, is giving a free public talk about her recent book Reframing Japonisme: Women and the Asian Art Market in Nineteenth-Century France, 1853-1914 (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020) and her …

Free

From an Inkwell around the World: Global Varieties of “The Little Prince”

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

Translation and Interpreting Studies is hosting a virtual Zoom talk with Walter Sauer (Verlag Edition Tintenfaß). He will give an online presentation from Neckarsteinach near Heidelberg, Germany. Walter Sauer’s publishing house is devoted mainly to bi- and multilingual children’s books …

Free

Women’s & Gender Studies Lunch & Learn with Morgan Foster

UWM Curtin Hall, Room 181 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Morgan Foster, Undergraduate Advisor and Program Coordinator in Women's & Gender Studies, UWM, presents: “American Girls: Girlhood Fiction and Fandoms in America.” Attend in-person or via livestream at the link below. Contact wgs@uwm.edu for details.

Free
Event Series The French Table

The French Table

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

Informal conversations in French. Great opportunity to practice your skills with other members of the UWM community. All levels welcome! Meets regularly on various Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the Fall 2022 semester.

Free

Milwaukee: A City Built on Water with Milwaukee Historian John Gurda

UWM Lapham Hall, Room N103 3209 N. Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

John Gurda is a Milwaukee-born writer and historian who has been studying his hometown since 1972. He is the author of twenty-two books, including histories of Milwaukee-area neighborhoods, industries, and places of worship. Gurda’s most ambitious efforts are The Making …

Free

From Roe to Dobbs: the End of Legal Abortion (Zoom)

This lecture analyzes the history of legal abortion since 1973 and discusses the factors that led to the overturning of Roe earlier this year. Johanna Schoen is professor of History at Rutgers University-New Brunswick with an affiliation at the Institute …

Free

Asia in Conversation: Media, Technology, and Society in Late Imperial China (Zoom)

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

Xin Yu, Visiting Assistant Professor in the History Department at UWM will be in conversation with Suyoung Son, Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University, and Tobie Meyer-Fong, professor of history at Johns Hopkins University. The …

Free

Math Colloquium: Rainbow Problems in Groups

UWM EMS Building, Room E495 3200 N. Cramer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Presented by Dr. Michael Young, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University. A set is considered rainbow if each element of the set is assigned a distinct color. In this talk, we will discuss problems and techniques about determining the …

Free

Creative Writing Program Graduate Student-Faculty Reading Series: United We Read

Boswell Book Company 2559 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Readings of creative work by three graduate students and one faculty member: Cassandra Bruner, Sass Denny, Camilla Lee, and Professor Rebecca Dunham. In person or live stream on YouTube at https://youtu.be/SnlrBMGcuzI

Free

Planetarium Show: Constellations of the Zodiac-Sagittarius

UWM Manfred Olson Planetarium 1900 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Delve into the astronomy and mythology behind the zodiac and learn how to find your zodiac constellation in the night sky. In this live, interactive show, we will explore the stories and science of the zodiac constellations with a focus …

$5 – $6