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Lactation at Work: Expressing Milk, Expressed Concern, and the Expressive Value of Law
Lactation at Work: Expressing Milk, Expressed Concern, and the Expressive Value of Law
Dr. Elizabeth Hoffman, a sociologist from Purdue University, will present findings from her research on employed mothers. She notes that, as women entered the US workforce in increasing numbers, they faced the conundrum of how to maintain breastfeeding and hold down …
Careers in Neuropsychology
Careers in Neuropsychology
What is neuropsychology? This event will explain the field and the professional jobs available. We will explore the career pathways into clinical neuropsychology which will require a graduate degree. These professionals work directly with clients and patients to provide evaluation …
#NEGATIVEVIBES: The Impact of Social Media on Body Image and Self Esteem
#NEGATIVEVIBES: The Impact of Social Media on Body Image and Self Esteem
Join Dr. Ellen Selkie (UW-Madison) for a 2024 Eating Disorders Awareness Week event. Agenda: 5:30 to 6:30 - Food and Activity Stations 6:30 to 7:45 - Dr. Selkie's presentation and a Q and A session 7:45 to 8:00 - Wrap …
The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind
The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind
Join us for an evening with Melissa Kearney. Kearney is a renowned economist, specializing in issues related to social policy, poverty, and inequality. She presents a data-driven argument for the importance of marriage in addressing economic challenges in the United …
Gerald J. Alred Professional Writing Awards Ceremony
Gerald J. Alred Professional Writing Awards Ceremony
Honoring the students who were selected for the best professional writing entries submitted in calendar year 2023. Speakers include chair of the English department professor Lane Hall; Emerita English professor Mariann Maris; English professor Derek Handley; executive director of the …
Combinatorial Resolutions of Monomial Ideals
Combinatorial Resolutions of Monomial Ideals
Department of Mathematical Sciences Colloquium presented by Dr. Selvi Kara, Bryn Mawr College. One of the central problems in commutative algebra concerns understanding the structure of an ideal in a polynomial ring. Abstractly, an ideal’s structure can be expressed through …
Integrating social, environmental and mobility factors in studying violence in the city of Chicago
Integrating social, environmental and mobility factors in studying violence in the city of Chicago
Dissertation proposal presentation of Matthias Schilli: Violence has been studied as a social and public health issue for a long time. We investigate the violence in the City of Chicago by integrating social, environmental, and mobility factors in spatial statistical …
Examining the urban microclimate effects on urban building energy uses in the city of Milwaukee
Examining the urban microclimate effects on urban building energy uses in the city of Milwaukee
Dissertation proposal presentation of Lulu Liu: Over-concentrated urban buildings and energy consumption have become one of the major reasons for the environmental deterioration in urban areas and can directly or indirectly cause urban microclimate changes. Energy consumption in urban areas …
Science Bag: Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?
Science Bag: Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?
Presented by Professor Prasenjit Guptasarma, UWM Dept. of Physics (College of Letters and Science) and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (UWM College of Engineering and Applied Sciences)
What’s Next? A Community Story Circle
What’s Next? A Community Story Circle
Part of the “Growing Resistance: Untold Stories of Milwaukee’s Community Guardians” exhibit currently showing at the Brooks Stevens Gallery at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), Community guardians are common folks—homeowners, renters, block leaders, elders, and civic minded …