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 …
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 …
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 …
Off the coast of the island of Fournoi in Greece lies a sunken graveyard. “Here we discovered the largest concentration of ancient shipwrecks in the world,” said Peter Campbell, an underwater archaeologist and a Lecturer at Cranfield University in England. …
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 …
Kayla Miller had just a little under 30 credits left to go to complete her degree in psychology when she left UWM in the fall semester of 2022. Her father had died unexpectedly, and she was a single parent raising …
More than two dozen people were honored for their many years of service to UW-Milwaukee at the annual Fall Awards ceremony on Oct. 25 at the Zelazo Center, including faculty and staff from the College of Letters & Science. Ernest …
Most people think of WebMD as the place to research their medical symptoms – and to possibly psych themselves out when their vague symptoms match up with various cancers. But WebMD, a company that provides the public with information about …
Justin Miller’s favorite church wasn’t even on his list of buildings to visit. But as he was wrapping up a long day of surveying religious buildings in Milwaukee last January, he looked across the road from the church he’d just …
The Neville Public Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin, just wrapped up an exhibit entitled, “Morbid Curiosities.” As the name might suggest, the displays featured fascinating, arcane, and at times, even disgusting, oddities from years past. Among the items available for …
Citizen scientists have provided important help to astronomers exploring the heavens, and now they are invited to take a more hands-on role. In their efforts to scour the universe for evidence of gravitational waves, scientists have enlisted the help of …
With support from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, An-Phu Tran Nguyen has begun his appointment at UWMilwaukee as both an assistant professor of biological sciences and as a Shaw Scientist. Shaw Scientist awards were developed by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, working …
Allison Jornlin is a writer, a ghost hunter, and, in her own words, a professional weirdo. She’s also the tour developer for American Ghost Walks, a family business that takes guests on haunted history tours of cities in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, …
Facing the devastating sight of an empty crib, the prospect of another negative pregnancy test, or the physical and mental toll after another unsuccessful round of IVF, some individuals struggling with infertility turned to art to express their anger, frustration, …
Home values appreciate more slowly for lower-income, minority and female homeowners. These were among the findings of a recent research project by a team from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The project was funded by the Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC). …
