Gale Klappa, a UW-Milwaukee alumnus and executive chairman of WEC Energy Group, was honored with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award by the UWM Alumni Association at its annual awards evening on Friday, Feb. 23, at the Pfister Hotel. At the …
Are you interested in an exciting career in the foreign service or international business? Do you want to gain a better understanding of world politics and religion? Do you want to master a challenging language and learn about vibrant cultures? …
Chronic fatigue syndrome is not well understood, though the Centers for Disease Control estimates that up to 2.5 million Americans are living with CFS. The syndrome is characterized by “post-exercise malaise,” or extreme fatigue after a person does any strenuous …
As soon as Giovanna made the trip from her home in a suburb of Chicago to tour UWM’s campus, she knew she belonged there. “I loved the look of campus buildings and bits of nature,” she says. “I love how …
A UWM faculty researcher has been awarded two federal grants, totaling $2.4 million, to further study of a compound he sourced from a bacterium that shows promise for controlling some crop diseases with the same efficacy as the human antibiotic. …
Young people aged 15-24 have experienced the greatest percentage increase in opioid overdose deaths in recent years. Yet the same age group is often resistant to the influence of public health campaigns. The effectiveness of ad campaigns targeting young adults …
As a Wisconsin native who was raised on Packers football, Kaitlin Sharkey is working in the heart of enemy territory. Sharkey is a sports reporter and anchor for WGN TV in Chicago. Her primary beat? Covering the Chicago Bears football …
Olivia McDaniel admits she was pretty nervous when she stepped into goal for her World Cup match in July. “It was a really huge field and there was all the hype, but the minute you step on the field you …
Sickle cell anemia is caused by a mutation on the hemoglobin beta gene. A child can inherit cystic fibrosis if both parents are carriers of the recessive CFTR gene. Carriers of the BRCA1 or 2 genes are at increased risk …
Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Nazca people lived on the southern coast of Peru, close to the shore of the ocean on one side and bordered by a desert on the other. They were a farming people who relied on …
Congratulations, graduates! On Dec. 17, more than 2,000 graduates from the Class of 2023 received their diplomas at UW-Milwaukee’s Winter Commencement Ceremony. We are proud to congratulate all of our new alumni, especially those who graduated from the College of …
With the 100-year anniversary of the invention of the Planetarium, a famous astronaut visiting the UWM campus, and a partial solar eclipse, this fall semester has been truly stellar at the UWM Planetarium. To celebrate the centennial of the first …
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